MR. ANDREW WYLIE

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 137, 8 December 1930, Page 13

MR. ANDREW WYLIE

Mr. Andrew Wylie, barrister and solicitor, a well-known old resident of Wellington, died suddenly yesterday at his Herctaunga residence. Although lie had not been in good health for some time past, Mr. Wylie was well enough on Saturday to take part in a game of golf. The lato Mr. Andrew 'Wylie, who was in his 70th year at the time of his death, was born in Dundee, and camo to New Zealand with his parents in the ship Queen in 1865. He was educated at Nelson College. Taking up the study of the law, he was first with the legal firm of Ollivior and Brown, and subsequently with the firms of Travers and Olliver, F. M. Ollivier, and Brown, Skerrctt, and Dean till 1894. Mr. Skerrett (afterwards Sir Charles Skerrett) was joined by Mr. Wylie as a partner in 1594, which partnership continued until the amalgamation of the firms of Skerrett and Wylio and Chapman and Tripp in 1909. Mr. Wylie retired from that firm in 1012. He then visited England and the Continent for about two y_ears, and on his return practised his profession on his own account until his death. The late Mr. Wylie was formerly a member of the Wellington Bowling Club and was president for a time. It was, however, as a golf enthusiast that Mr. Wylie was best known in the field of sport, and lie did valuable work as secretary of the Wellington Golf Club for many years. The late Mr. Wylio leaves a widow and daughter—Miss Muriel Wylie. There are three sisters and four brothers —Messrs. J. Wylie, B. Wylie, Edgar Wylio, and Albert Wylie, barrister and solicitor, Wellington. There will be a service at St. Paul's Pro-Cathedral to-morrow morning at 9 o'clock prior to the funeral.