OBITUARY

Southland Times, Issue 23921, 13 September 1939, Page 9

OBITUARY

MR J. C. PEACOCK

Mr John Campbell Peacock, well-" known Wellington barrister and solicitor, who was killed in a motor-accident recently, was the youngest son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Peacock, of Auckland. He was born in 1879. After leaving Auckland Grammar School he attended Auckland University College, gaining his LL.B. degree at the age of 21. He was called to the Bar in 1901, and had practised ever since.

In 1913 he married Miss Margaret Simpson, daughter of the late Mr R. M. Simpson. He leaves, besides his wife, a son and daughter.

Mr Peacock for many years was one of New Zealand’s foremost tennis players. He won his first New Zealand championship in 1901, when he was just 22 years of age, and he took the national singles title again in 1910. He won the New Zealand doubles title no fewer than six times—in 1900 with H. A. Parker; in 1901, 1902, 1909 and 1910 with F M. B. Fisher; and in 1925 with M. L. C. Wilson. He represented New Zealand in the Davis Cup matches against Yugoslavia and Portugal. Besides his ability as a great player, Mr Peacock did signal service for the game as an administrator. He was a vicepresident of the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association since 1921, and was president in 1934-35. He was also president of the Wellington Lawn Tennis Association since 1921, and represente4 Wellington as a player on many occaMr Peacock was a promnient member of the Wellington Golf Club and an untiring member of the committee. He had been captain of the club for the last three years, and as an exponent of the game was one of the leading players. He was also a member of the New Zealand Golf Council.

MR J. A. SCOTT The death occurred in Sydney on September 4 of Mr John Askew Scott, a former editor of the Tablet, who held the degrees of M.A. and LL.B. He succeeded Bishop Cleary in the editorship of the Tablet, and that journal in its jubilee issue in 1923 described him as an extremely able and scholarly writer of terse, vigorous English, deeply versed in the teachings of the church, of which he was a convert, and endowed with great natural gifts of tact and judgment. Towards the end of his term of office he was decorated by the Pope with the gold cross Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice, an honour conferred only on those who have served the cause of religion with marked distinction. For about nine years he filled the editorial chair of the Tablet with success, and when failing health compelled him to resign he was succeeded by the late Dr Kelly. Mr Scott is survived by his wife, who lives in Wellington.

MR THOMAS ALEXANDER

(United Press Association) WANGANUI, September 12. The death has occurred of Mr Thomas Alexander, a member of the Waitotara County Council and chairman of the Okoia Co-operative Dairy Company. Bom at Wanganui 70 years ago, he was educated at the old Boys High School and Collegiate School, and was later a successful farmer in the Maxwell district.