INVENTORS’S DEATH

Hokitika Guardian, 11 December 1933, Page 6

INVENTORS’S DEATH

CORROSION PREVENTION SYSTEM

SHIPPING REVOLUTIONISED

(United Press Association— By Electro Telegraph-Copyright.)

(Received this day at 1 P- m -) LONDON, December 10. The death ha s occurred of the ‘-wellknown engineer, Elliott Cumberland, of Melbourne, aged 61. Deceased achieved wealth -by his invention of the electrolytic system of preventing cor* rosion. The invention revolutionised shipping, and saved shipowners millions of pounds. It was u*ed when the Mauretania broke the Atlantic- record, and was adopted by the British, Frenc , 'American, Italian, and Argen no

navies. . , . The late Mr Cumberland resided at Coombe Hill golf club, of which he hold the lease since 1918. He installed there a Japanese garden at a 'cost or £SOOO, and it. was described as the most colourful eight in Surrey. He was also a dog lover, and bred pedigree setters, golden retrievers, and cairn terriers. ?His-- fondness -for dogs resulted in close contact with the Prince of Wales, who often played at Coombe Hill. The late Mr Cumberland ordered his remains to be cremated, and scattered ■ at" his ’ favourite , spot beneath silver birches near the ninth green.