OBITUARY

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 20, 19 October 1943, Page 3

OBITUARY

Mr. W. P. Rollings

The death occurred on Sunday iu Christchurch after a long illness of Mr. W. P. Rollings, one of the most outstanding of the younger members of the legal professsion in Wellington. He was 38 years of age. . ~, ~ Mr. Rollings was boru m Adelaide, South Australia, and was a son of the Rev. W. S. and Mrs. Rollings, who are now living at Ngaio. He married Miss Vivienne Tait, of Wellington, .who, with two young children, survives him. After attending State schools, Mr. Rollings went to Wellington College, and from there to Victoria College. Be took a prominent part in debating at M ellington College and while he was atending A ietoria College, where he also gained further distinctions. In 1925 he won the Union Prize and in 1927 won the Plunket Medal oratory contest- The following year he won the Joynt Scroll with Mr. J. F. Platts-Mills. He was editor, of “Spike,” the Victoria College magazine, in 1926; and was president of the Students’ Association in 1930-31. Mr. Rollings graduated M.A. and LL.B, from Victoria College. He was a Fellow of' the Royal Economic Society. In 1939 he vyas appointed to the Victoria College Council, the governing body of the institution. He was also a member of Massey Agricultural College Conncil. A keen yachtsman, Mr. Rollings was a well-known sailor of keelers. He held various offices in the Royal Port Nicholson Yacht Club, including that of commodore. He was chairman of the committee which organized the Naval Auxiliary Patrol Service among Wellington sailing men after Japan came into the’war. His brother was lost in the yacht Windward some years ago. After leaving Wellington College, Mr. Rollings joined-the legal firm of Messrs. Brandon, Ward and Hislop, and later transferred to Messrs. Bell, Gully, Mackenzie, and O'Leary. Afterward he set up practice on his own account iu Wellington. He was obliged to close down his practice at the end of last year because of ill health. Besides yachting, he was interested m tramping. He was also a contributor to periodicals on legal, economic, and sporting topics. The funeral will take place in Wellington tomorrow, and will leave the Central Baptist Church, Boulcott Street, at the conclusion of a service commenciug at 1.30 p.m. Mr. W. S. Cooper The death occurred on Sunday, after a long illness, of Mr. William Saunderson Cooper, at the age of 01. Mr. Cooper was born iu Ilkeston, Derbyshire, and was educated at Dulwich College, London. He was trained for the mercantile marine, but gave up the sea because of an accident. , Secretary of thp Petone Fire Board from 1912 to 1913, Mr. Cooper was appointed to the Cook Islands Administration in. the latter year and was resident agent at Mauke till 1918, when he went to a similar position at. Aitutaki. lie was assistant secretary of Native Affairs Samoa, from 1921 to 1922, and Resident Commissioner at Savaii in 192--IJ-3. After a period as secretary .of 1' lock House, he entered the service of the Wellington Hospital Board. He served in the Great War from 1915 to 1918. He was a foundation member of the Druids’ Lodge, Palmerston North, and ofa Masonic Lodge. He leaves a widow, three sons of his first marriage, and two sons of his second marriage. Mr. A. Coleman The death occurred in Hawera recently of Mr. Arthur Coleman, after an illness of three weeks. Air. Coleman, who was a partner in the legal firm of Welsh, McCarthy. Houston and Coleman, was held in the highest esteem in professional circles, and had a fine record ot community service, lie was born in w e.lington, and was the elder son of the lute Major J. H. Coleman, formerly in the Indian service of the Imperial Array with the 12th Royal Lancers and Ist Bengal Cavalry, and afterward in the New Zealand Defence Forces. It was as a conveyancer that Mr. Coleman became highly regarded for his wide knowledge and skill. He was an elder and sessions clerk of St. John’s Presbyterian Church, Hawera, and also a member of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, and had held Masonic office as master of Lodge - Hawera, and was grand lecturer of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand. Mr. Coleman had held office as deputy-chairman of the Hawera Technical High School, and on the committee of the Egmont A. and P. Association, and was also adjutant to the Hawera Battalion of the Home Guard. He is survived bv his wife and by one son. Captain P. j. M. Coleman, and one daughter. Miss K. Coleman. A brother is Mr. Alfred Coleman, stipendiary magistrate, Feilding.