OBITUARY

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 197, 15 May 1919, Page 4

OBITUARY

{, THE LATE MB. JAMES WEBSTER. The news that reached Wellington yesterday that there had died in Duiedin on Tuesday evening Mr. James Webster, of Wellington, was received with much sorrow by a great number ot friends. The late Mr. Webster had endeared himself to a large circle of people in Wellington. Mr. Webster was born in 1859, end was educated at Merchißton Castlo School, .Edinburgh. Ho came to New Zealand when comparatively young, joining the staff of Messrs. Murray, Koberts, and Co., Ltd., in Duuedin, in July, 1881. In 1804 Mr. Webster was transferred to Wellington, and ultimately became the secretary of the firm. The late Mr. Webster was among the pioneers of golf in Wellington, and in lie early history of that sport was one of its best exponents here. Indeed, until .quite lately he /played a pnrtiou'la-ly 60und and steady game. On several occasions he wns captain of the Wellington Golf Club at Heretaunga. Another amateur recreation in which Mr. .AVebster took interest was that of floriculture. More than once he was an exhibitor at the Hutt flower show. It is understood that the remains of the late Mr. Webster will be conveyed to Oamaru, and that the funeral will take place (there- to-morrow.