OBITUARY.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXI, Issue XIX, 7 November 1903, Page 23

OBITUARY.

Mr. Gilbert M. Ritchie, late of Birmingham and Sydney, who died last week after a brief illness, had been living in Wellington for the past eight months. Deceased was a civil engineer representing Mr. Frank Coxon, engineer, of Sydney and Buenos Ayres. Deceased, who was thirty-nine years of age, leaves a widow and four young children. The very sudden and severe illness of Mr H. C. Satchell, of Christchurch, caused much anxiety to his many friends, but when in a few days the news of his death was given out quite a wave of profound grief was felt for his sorrowing wife and. family of six young children. Mr Satchell was an ardent angler, and it was following his favourite pastime the cold was caught resulting in his death. He was an esteemed and valuable member of the Masonic craft, and a good churchman, doing much work for the Merivale parish in which he lived for many years, and where he will be greatly missed. CANON WEBBThe Rev. Anthony Spurr Webb. M.A., Canon of Waiapu and Vicar of Ormondville, died at his residence, Ormondville, on Monday week. Canon Webb was a graduate of St. John’s College, Cambridge- He came to Hawke’s Bay in 1834, when he was appointed by Dr. Stuart, then Bishop of Waiapu, to the charge of the parochial district of Ormondville. In 1890 he was made Canon and Precentor of Napier Cathedral, and in 1892 he left there for Gisborne, but on the death of the Rev. T- J. Wills in 1901, he returned to Ormondville. He %vas a powerful and original preacher, and was honoured and beloved by all who knew him. He leaves a widow, two son® and five daughters to mourn their loss. MR. COULTER. The “Northern Advocate,” in recording the death last Sunday week of Mr. A. J. B. Coulter, head teacher of the Paparoa school, dwells on his enthusiasm in his profession. “The deceased,” says the paper, “had an ambitions turn of mind, and was determined to reach the top rung of the ladder in his profession. With this object he had entered for the coming University examination, to pass which requires much hard study. It is feared deceased overtaxed his mental powers, resulting in brain fever, from which, despite the best medical aid and nursing, he died. Deceased was twenty-nine years of age and had a bright career before him. In addition to his enthusiasm for secular education, he was devoted to evangelistic r or.c and to his church. In many outdistricts where he conducted services us labours will be much missed. Dec ®r.sed leaves a young widow and a II, number of relatives to mourn