OBITUARY

Southland Times, Issue 24183, 20 July 1940, Page 6

OBITUARY

MR GARNET CAMPBELL Mr Garnet Campbell, who died at Christchurch at the age of 60, was a resident of New Zealand for more than 40 years. He left Glasgow in 1900, and settled in Waimate, South Canterbury, in the same year. When the Workers’ Educational Association extended its activities to Waimate, Mr Campbell studied economics under the tutorship of Professor H, Belshaw. Later he became secretary of the association and retained that position until his departure for Christchurch in 1930.

Mr Campbell was a member of the Scottish Society and the Waimate Highland Pipe Band for 28 years. He joined the Waimate branch of the St. John Ambulance Association, and was one of those whose work resulted in the obtaining of a motor ambulance for the Waimate district. The friendly society movement also claimed his interest, and he passed through all the offices of the Foresters’ Lodge. i When the Labour Party established a branch in Waimate, Mr Campbell was one of its most active members helping to prepare the way for a Labour candidate for the Waitaki elec-1 torate. ■ In 1930 Mr Campbell established a' business in Christchurch with his son Mr Robert Campbell, as floor-crafts-man. He preserved his connection with the Workers’ Educational Association, becoming a member of the district council.

In 1906, Mr Campbell married Miss Emma Welch, second daughter of the late Mr John Welch, one of the pioneer settlers in the Waimate Bush. i He is survived by his widow, four sons, Mr Innes Campbell, of Invercargill, Mr Ivan Campbell, of Dunedto Mr L. Campbell, of Levin, and Mr r’ Campbell, of Christchurch, as well as two daughters, Mrs J. Mallinson and Miss N. Campbell, of Christchurch.