ALMOST A CENTENARIAN.

Wairarapa Age, 22 July 1926, Page 5

ALMOST A CENTENARIAN.

BEV. JAMES PATERSON. The Rev. James Paterson, wellknown for many years as Minister, and latterly as Minister Emertius, of St. John's Presbyterian Church, Willis street, Wellington, died at his residence, Buller street, yesterday, aged 95 years. He had been a resident of Wellington for nearly 6C years, and was not only in this district, but throughout the Dominion, and the announcement of his death will be received with widespread regret. The late Rev. James Paterson was born at Kirkswold, Ayrshire, Scotland, in 1830, and was educated at the Grammar School, Girvan, and the Universities of Glasgow and Edinburgh. He was ordained in 1857, and was inducted to St. Peter's, Liverpool, in 1866. In 1868 he accepted a call to St John's, Wellington, and was minister of that church for nearly a quarter of • century. He had held the position of Moderator of the Wellington Presbytery, and in 1876 was moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. During his active life in Wellington, Mr. Paterson took a keen interest in educational affairs. He was for some time a member of the Education Board, a member of the Board of Governors of WellingttnJbCollege and Girls' High School, and of the Senate of the New Zealand University. He retired from the active ministry in 1903. His wife died about 15 years ago. He is survived by one son, William Paterson, of Waipukurau, and two daughters, Mrs. Porrit, of Thames, and Miss Paterson, of Wellington.