OBITUARY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20505, 25 August 1936, Page 10

OBITUARY

MRS B. HARPER By Telegraph —Press Association DUNEDIN, August 24. The death has occurred in Dunedin of Mrs Benjamin Harper, aged 77, grandmother of J. E. Lovelock, Rhodes Scholar and famous Olympic athlete. Mr and Mrs Harper were married in Christchurch 55 years ago, but the greater part of their life was spent in Otago, where Mr Harper, who was in the service of the Justice Department, occupied the position of the Clerk of the Court in various provincial centres and finally in Dunedin. He entered upon his retirement some 12 years ago, and with his wife settled down to live quietly at St. Clair. A lover of her home and her garden, Mrs .Harper possessed an essentially domestic outlook, and took no part in public affairs, but her character revealed itself in her unselfishness and capacity for friendship. She had a family of two sons and two daughters. One son gave his life in the Great War, and the other died in the same year. The two daughters, Mrs Lovelock and Mrs Miles, both reside in Dunedin. Among the eight grandchildren of Mr and Mrs Harper is J. E. Lovelock, whose achievements on the running track, including those at the recent Olympic Games, were a source of pride to Mrs Harper, who was keenly interested to the last in his illustrious sporting and scholastic record. REV. J. WILSON By Pel para ph -Ft ps? Associarjon WELLINGTON, August 24. The death occurred early this morning at Lower Hutt of the Rev. James Wilson, a retired Presbyterian minister. Bom in Fifeshire, Scotland, 71 years ago, Mr Wilson arrived in New Zealand about the beginning of the present century. He successfully ministered to the parishes of Queenstown, Mayfield (Canterbury), Turakina and Waitati. About four and a half years ago he retired and had since lived quietly at Lower Hutt. Mr Wilson is survived by his widow, two sons—the Rev. Malcolm W. Wilson, Presbyterian minister at York, England, and Mr James Wilson, on the executive staff of the Callander Electrical Construction Company, at present engaged on a contract in Colombo—and one daughter, Mrs Stanley Kittow, of Patangata, Hawke’s Bay. MR T. RIDDLER By TPlearaDh- Prpss Association WELLINGTON, August 22. The death is announced of Mr Thomas Riddler, the oldest resident born in the Hutt Valley, aged 87. In the early days he was one of the escort of cavalry for the Duke of Edinburgh on the trip to the Upper Hutt. He was a member of the Oddfellows (Rose of the Valley) Lodge, being the oldest living member. He is survived by an adult family of six and two daughters. GOVERNOR FLOYD OLSON United Press Association—By Electric Tel egraph —Copyright MINNEAPOLIS, August 22. The death is announced of Governor Floyd Olson. SIR THOMAS CULLINAN United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph —Copyright JOHANNESBURG, August 23. The death is announced of Sir Thomas Cullinan, the discoverer of* the Premier Diamond Mine, from which came the Cullinan diamond of the Crown Jewels.