OBITUARY.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20495, 14 March 1932, Page 17

OBITUARY.

r ;;ijt ARCHIBALD DOUGALL. f /'' v ' (WBBS ASSOCIATION teUSGKAM.) '■WELLINGTON, March 13. f jJfa death occurred suddenly on the ' 'ihtodallßh Bowling green on Satur- ; of Mr Archibald " rtoncsll t' l6 so ' e P l °P r^tor °f the enfirm of Dougall, Combs, and > {Tltd. Mr Dougall was a wcllf '"!. MR H. FIRMAN. [ Her.ry Firman, of 89 Western tefface, secretary of the Christchurch i jtojato and Stone Fruit Growers' As- " jocfotion, died at St. George's Hospital „Uly oa Saturday afternoon,, after a 'j,itoight's illness. v flr Firman's connexion with several .Jwjjisations—including the Tomato Grower ß , the Christchurch Hiorticul- ' tnral Trades' Association, and the i SS*to and Soft Fruit Produce ComiI gSHjf New Zealand, of which three he 5 Ssecretary—made him well known ! to growers and to horticulturists \ Sroughout New Zealand. Growers in 1 ftSlerbury owe much to his enthusianjjfor, besides the assistance he gave r ,Jg'fruit industry in his administra- \ i\ n capacity, he became well known i £ the province as an amateur mycof ugisf and carried out practical releaieh of the treatment of fruit pests ind diseases. He became first interl Zd b mycology when pests ravaged 'fnuttreees on his own suburban proiarty a» d destroyed the crop. Mr [ Wfam »as then the propnetot of a I tijwle shop in Gloucester street. He , the Christchurch Fruitgrowers' Association, studied fruit pests, and " «7 instrumental in having study classes formed. After relinquishing Ms. business, he applied himelf solely toihis work, and was mainly response for the formation of the Tomato " and Stone Frliit Growers' Association foir years ago. Since that time he was able to apply the results of his research widely among the cultivators o rtoinatoe3 in the district. : Mr Firman held the National Hortif culture Society's diploma and was a ' spraying and pruning expert. He was 1 nrominent recently in the orgamsaI tkm of the successful National Horticulture Week held in Christchurch, 1 »nd was secretary to the National i glow Committee. ;- -tfr Firman was prominently coni netted with bowling, being a member of ihe Beckenbam Club, and the delejjfcht Ashburton on the Canterbury » S( Centre. He won two of his cfnVs championships this season. '' H« was 63 years of age and a native (Canterbury). ! '< - ____ ' m-\ JBADfk BROOKESMITH. "' '- : :-r ■• . ■ '". . >Mr "--Jfrinfe Brookesmith, who was ! iell IraoDrn throughout New Zealand 'I" ft landscape artist, died -., .last week'^'his home at Invercargill, \i, 'kt"theal|lp'7?7ears. Born in Eng- ; •' land, came as a young t man to ;l|ri|fJutland and found in 1 S«jr : #nery subjects for a ; jpeaf numbersß pictures, many of ; irbich excellence and, and senso of work of comwho have chosen ' - Kef as their metier <sMfcfp|||pbJand News"). U'rom IjojjMwJifipifinterested in painting, .wMl&mJtors ho followed a busiwas for a time in the Harvey, a leading early days of Invercar-jafl.-'irMriJiving in the North Island K years. Mr Brookesmith ercargill and married Miss whose mother was well the teaching profession. t their marriage, Mr and esmith left for Australia lourno Mr Brookesmith was ote a great deal of time 1 painting. About 25 years irnerl to Invercargill,. and calling. He painted many of fiord and lake scenery. smith is survived by his bo ■ daughters, and a son. uigland. ' '