OBITUARY

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3187, 11 September 1917, Page 4

OBITUARY

ME. RICHARD CARTER. Mr. Richard Carter, of KclEurn'Parade, formerly Secretary and Inspector of Customs, died on Saturday evening, much to tho regret of a largo circle of friends by whom ho was held in tho very highest esteem. Tho deceased, who was seventytw.o years of age, suffered from a weak heart, but was about as usual on Saturday. In the aftornoon ho was out walking with Mrs. Carter. After tea he went into the sitting-room, and shortly afterwards his wife found him thcro in an unconscious condition. An hour later ho died. The late Mr. Carter was a native of London,, and when nineteen years of ago left England for Lyttelton in the sailing ship Countess of Seafield. At ono s'tago of tho voyage fearfully rough weather was experienced, and all the officers and crew, with the exception of the captain and a seaman, the latter of whom I was laid up with an injured hand, were I washed overboard and drowned. A number of the passengers, including Mr. Carter, assisted the captain and tho seaman to navigate the ship to Hobart- The work was most arduous, and all on board wero devoutly thankful when the voyago was completed. Mr. Carter, on landing at Ilobart, proceeded to Christchurch. In 1565 bo entered tho Customs Department at Hokitika, and \<:as stationed there and at Greymouth during the next four years. He was then transferred to Napier, where he remained for twenty years. In 1892 he was appointed landing surveyor at Dunedin, and three years later ho came to Wellington in a similar capacity. Subsequently he held the position of Collector at Nelson, Christclnuch, and Wellington. In 1009 he succeeded Mr,. W. T. Glasgow as Secretary and Inspector of Customs, and in tho following year ho retired on superannuation. The deceased, who was held in the greatest esteem, has left a widow, three sons, and three daughters. His third son, Sergeant Richard R. Carter, who was a member of the African Forces, was through tho German WestAfrican campaign, and at its conclusion went to Egypt, and from thence to France, where ho was killed in action on April 12 last. The other'sons are S»rgennt W. W. Carter, of the Engineers, who left with the Main Bodv. Sapper Carlile CaTter (Engineers, nth Reinforcements), and Mr. Francis Cartei\ who is in chargo of a gold dredge working near Hokitik». The eldest daughter is a sister in Brockenhnrst Military Hosnital, England; another, daughter has a photographic studio in Gisborne, and the other is living with her mother. The late Mr. Carter was an old member of the Wellington Bowling Club, and, as a mark of respect the flag over the clubhouse was flown at half-mast yesterday.