OBITUARY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19394, 19 January 1933, Page 11

OBITUARY

SAMUEL B. WEBB. By Telegraph—Pres* Association CHRISTCHURCH, January 18. The death has occurred of Mr Samuel Rollin Webb, of 51, Normans Road, Papanui, at the age of 84 years. Mr Webb was a well-known figure in Lyttelton in the early days, serving for many years as Mayor and borough councillor there. For the past twenty years he had been living in retirement at Papanui. Born at Ramsgate, Kent, in 1848. Mr Webb came to Lyttelton with his father, mother, .three brothers and seven sisters in 1858, on the ship Regina. The family settled in the town and Mr Webb’s father took up business as a bootmaker. The boy had received some of his education in England, but attended a private school at Lyttelton and later went to the Lyttelton Public School. Mr Webb was elected to the Lyttelton Borough Council in 1880, and remained a member almost continuously until 1915. He was Mayor in 1882, 1883, 1887, 1888, 1904, 1905, 1906, and 1907. It was as Mayor in 1883 that he laid the foundation stone at the Seamen's Institute. He was a Justice of the Peace for fifty years.

Twenty years ago Mr Webb gave up business and came to live in Christchurch with his wife and family. On leaving Lyttelton he was presented with an illuminated address as a mark of respect from the citizens. Mr Webb was an ardent w'orker in the cause of temperance. While at Lyttelton he was a Sunday school teacher at the Methodist Church, and for many years he was a member cf the executive of the British Empire Foreign Seamen’s Society. He was keenly interested in gardening. Mr Webb is survived by his widow, four sons (Messrs F. R-, E. N., H. D., and H. K. Webb), and two daughters (Misses A. I. and D. S. Webb). Mr E. N. Webb, the second son, is a civil engineer in India. He was a member of the Mawson Expedition to the Antarctic and served with distinction with the Australian forces during the Great War.

H. E. C. ROBINSON. Cnlted Press Association—By Blecfcric Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, January 18. The death is announced of Mr H. E. C. Robinson, official map publisher, whose maps are used in most Government institutions and schools in Australia, aged 76 years.