OBITUARY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 77, Issue 263, 6 November 1934, Page 5

OBITUARY

SIR ALFRED Ci LEE LT. The death has occurred <t Alfii.d Gilbert, who sculptured E.o<. Sir Alfred Gilbert, who was ;>nn in 1854, was Professor of S ii.'p'ui ■ at the Royal Academy. He was tfic ji of Mr. Alfred Gilbert, mu ji< *;i n. lie studied in Paris and h’oiir. at I ome of his works aroused ■on•: i. r,)!>!■' < rificism. MR. VOLTAIRE MOLESWORTH. Received Nov. 5. 11.5 p.m. SYDNEY, Nuv. 5. ’l'he death has occurred of -Mr. \ol laire Molesworth. journalist, formerly managing-editor of the defunct Daily Guardian, and also a former Labour parliamentarian. He was aged 15. DR. B. W. SPENCE. Received Nov. 5. 11.21 p.'m. ADELAIDE. Nov. 5. The. death has .occurred of Dr. R. \V. Spence. Catholic Archbishop of Adelaide, age'd 7-1. MR. L. P. BLUNDELL I Per Press Association. I WELLINGTON, Nov •“ ’l'he death is recorded of Air. j.m.is Proctor Blundell, senior propric! >r oi' the Evening Post, in his .?igh: fifth year. The late Mr. Blundell, who was born in Dublin on November 21, 1819, was chairman of directors of Blundell Bros., Ltd. lie was educated at Melbourne and at. a private school in Dunedin 'Sir Robert Stout being an nssistr.iit master. In JB6l the family moved to Havelock, then a noted goldmining centre. Mr. Blundell's father with a partner founded the Havelock Mail, but the venture was not a success, and the paper closed down, the plant be:ng shipped to Wanganui. It was. bow ever, not landed here owing to the Maori war, but, was taken to Wellington, where, in partnership with Mr. David Curie. Mr. Henry Blundell established ■Wellington's first daily paper, the Evening Post being issued on Feb ruary 9, 1865. Mr. Curie sold his interest a few months later and Mr. P.lundcll and his three sons carried on the paper. After the father’s death the business was formed into a private company, and Air. Loui- Blundell became manager after the death of Air. John Blundell. As matter of policy Mr. Louis Blundell always held aloof from public bodies and companies, but he was vice-president of many institu lions which he helped liberally. Mr. L. P. Blundell was a life mem ber of the Star Rowing (dub. a foundation member of tin* Wellington Bowling t.’lub, a life, member of the Wellington Aero Club (to which the firm donated an aeroplane), lile mem ber of the New Zealand Newspaper Proprietors’ Association, director of the United Press Association since |S94, and was several times chairman. Air. Blundell donated the largest bell for the Wellington carillon, lie was a member of the first, cadet, corps in WeL lington, and afterwards of the Artillery under Colonel Pearce. I'or his 2- years of service as a volunteer Air. Blundell irerived ;i. service grant ol land. Mi. Blundell leaves a widow and two sons and one daughter to mourn their loss. To journalists Air. Louis Blundell was at all times a kind and generous friend and throughout lhe profession, as well as among the many people who knew him the passing of Air. Louis, as he was always affectionately referred to by the companionship "t. the Evening Post, .will be learned with the deepest regret. .