OBITUARY

Dominion, Volume 36, Issue 15, 13 October 1942, Page 3

OBITUARY

Dr. J. D. C. Duncan

Dr. John Douald Campbell Dunean, Government balneologist at Rotorua for the past 23 years, died unexpectedly .on Saturday morning at Mount Maungtjiiui, Tauranga, where he usually spent the weekend. ! Born in Christchurch in 1881. Dr. Dunean took his degrees ot M. 8., Glib., at Edinburgh University, and was resident medical officer at Hanmer Springs in the years immediately before the Great War. He served with the Aew Zealand Expeditionary Force in Egypt, France and England, and was wounded on the Somme in 1916. Before his return o New Zealand, he studied the nZ ods in balneology at Bath. In 191 J he was appointed to succeed Dr. A. t>. iiirbert as Government balneologist at'KOtorua, and he gained a high reputation in the practice of physio-therapeutics. Painting and writing were recreations in which Dr. Duncan also secured ."'de recognition. He was a past P res l ’' l . e ' J „ t of the Auckland Society of Alts,!bein» awarded the Bledisloe medal foi the best landscape exhibited in 1934. lie was the winner in. the following .year-of the British Drama Leagues puze lot thbest three-act play, and he wrote numer ous articles and. short stories 1 Zealand publications. His wife died two years ago and he is survived by a daugli ter and two sons. Paying a tribute yesterday to Dr. Duncan, the Minister in Chargn _of Tourist and Health Resorts, Mr. larrj, said his work first came.prominently to .notice when he was attached to the bana torium at Hanmer Springs. The quie development over the last several ye „ of the work at Rotorua Sanatorium, said Mr. Parry, “has greatly increased staff work, and the bulk of it fell on the deceased and the massage officers. Many past and present patients of the sanatorium, both in New Zealand and overseas, will greatly mourn the loss ot Dr. Duncan, whose fine work and Personal and sympathetic characteristics helped them much in the treatment of their cases.” , Mr. W. D. Lysnar The death occurred yesterday morning after a short illness of Mr. William Douglas Lysnar, former member of 1 arliament for Gisborne, says a Press Association telegram from Gisborne.. Mr. Lysnar, who was born in' Auckland in 1867, represented Gisborne in the House of Representatives for 12 years. He was first elected in 1919, when, as a Reform candidate, he defeated Sir James Carroll, and retained the seat till 1931. In that year he stood as an Independent'Reform candidate, and was defeated Wy Mr. D. W. Coleman, the present Government member. A barrister and solicitor by profession, • Mr. Lysnar also had extensive farming interests. For three years from 1908 he was. mayor of Gisborne. He saw service with the East Coast Hussars against the le Kooti Natives. , , , For some years before and alter lie entered Parliament, Mr. Lysnar conducted a strong agitation against meat trusts and at one stage a Royal Commission was set up to investigate certain, charges he made in the House of Representatives. A year or so ago he was counsel in some very protracted legal proceedings, in which capacity he also appeared befoie the Privy Council. Mr. A. J. Wicks The death has occurred in Wellington at the age of 71 of Mr. Arthur John Wicks who retired , some five years ago from the position'of chief draughtsman at the head office of the Lands and Survey Department. Born in New South Wales, he served articles.with a private surveyor in Sydney and became a licensed surveyor in 1893. After a few years as assistant surveyor with the New boutn Wales Government, Mr. Wicks, m lodb, received an appointment as surveyor in Selangor, Malay States, and was one ot the earliest of the hundreds of New Zealand and Australian surveyors who have seen service in the East. In 18JJ he was appointed to carry out a large survey adjoining the city of Shanghai,, which had been granted to the International Settlement by tbq Chinese Government. On completion of this work Mr. Wicks returned to Australia, and in 1904 came to New Zealand. He joined the Lands and Survey Department as. a surveyor in Marlborough, and in 1919 was appointed land transfer draughtsman in Nelson and later held the same position and that of chief draughtsman in Christchurch. In 1929 he was appointed chief draughtsman at the head office in Wellington. from- which position he retired in 1937. • , , 'Mr. Wicks was a well-known bowler, being a member of the Kelburn club. Some years ago he belonged to the Wellington Bowling Club. Mr. J. F. Atkjns

The death occurred .on Sunday of Mr. J. F. Atkins, who was known all over the Dominion as the secretary of the Associated Clubs of New. Zealand, and who, earlier, had been manager of the Central Club, Wellington. Mr. Atkins came to New Zealand many years ago when Walker and Hall, Sheffield, established an office here, of which he was manager. He was at one time connected with the administrative side of the M ellington Swimming Centre. Mr. Atkins, who was born in Dorset, England, was vu years of age. He is survived by a widow and one. daughter.