OBITUARY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16486, 27 February 1914, Page 7

OBITUARY.

PROFESSOR SCOTT. [Pxn Press Association.] DUNEDIN, February 28. The death has occurred of Professor Scott, Dean of the Medical School at Otago University, and member of the University Senate. Deceased was secretary of the Otago Art Society and a member of the Otago Institute. WILLIAM MARDON. TPbr Press Association.! * PALMERSTON N., February 26. The death is reported of Mr William Mardon, aged eighty-one years, a settler, late of Rangiora. WILLIAM HARVEY. The late Mr William Harvey, who was accidentally killed at Nelson on Monday by being thrown from a horse, was iveil known in Lyttelton, and his sudden end is much regretted by his many friends. ■ Prior to being. transferred to the north, the deceased was attached to the Permanent Artillery, and was also a keen footballer, having played very successfully for the Lyttelton Club.

The deceased had just entered his twenty-fifth year, and some . months ago married the daughter of Mr James Fames, of Lyttelton. The body will be brought down to-day for interment in the public cemetery, Lyttelton, and will bo buried with military honours.

A. M. EYES. Yesterday Mr A. M. Eyes, a retired Civil Servant, died suddenly at his residence in St Albans. He had been in ill-health, and his doctor was about to examine him when he fainted, and in a few minutes expired. Mr Eyes retired from active work about three years ago, after a long service for the State. He was connected with the Magistrate’s Court in Lawrence for a long time, and on his retirement he settled down in St Albans. He was well known as a bowler both in the south and in Christchurch, and for some tiriie was secretary of the Edgeware Bowling Club. Up till a few years ago ( he was an enthusiastic poultry fancier and a well-known breeder ot Brown Leghorns. JOSEPH STALKER. Mr Joseph Stalker who has been a well-known figure in North Canterbury for fifty years, passed away at his residence, Woodend, on Wednesday. He was a Cumberland man, and came to Lyttelton in the ship Canterbury in 1864. He first resided between Woodend and Rangiora for two years, and then removed to Church Bush, and remained there until the great flood of 1868. On that occasion he narrowly escaped being drowned, his house being almost under water, and ho had to leave _ through a window in «a canoe. All his small stock were drowned, and he made a fresh start in swamp land near Rangiora, but after another year or two ho took a farm near Fern side for a term eff two years. Finally he settled at Woodend, near the sea beach. In 1883 Mr Stalker took a trip to_ England in the steamer British King, which took the first shipment of frozen mutton from Lyttelton. Some three or four years ago he made another visit to England, and during his stay in the Homeland was seized with paralysis, from the effects of which he never fully recovered. Mr Stalker was well known' as - a breed'er of horses, cattle and stud sheep, and for many years was a successful exhibitor at the agricultural shows in Canterbury. Ho took a keen interest in pubhc matters affecting the welfare of the district, and served for a very long period on the Mandovillo and' Rangiora Road Board, until failing health compelled his retirement. He was held in general os tec m for many good qualities, and his friends missed him very m.ucli from the weekly market at Rangmra and _ other gatherings when illness laid him aside. He leaves a wid'ow, four sons and seven daughters.

JAMES SMITH. A very old resident of Ashburton,' Mr James Smith, died at his residence arly yesterday morning. Mr Smith had complained of illness the previous evening, but although a doctor was summoned it was not thought serious, and his end came as a shock, death being due to heart failure. Mr Smith was born in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, England, in the year L 856, and arrived in New Zealand by the sailing vessel Hereford about 1879 with his wife. He settled in Ashburton and has resided in the town ever ;ince. Ho established a building and awmilling business, which of late years has been carried on under tho name of J. Smith and Sons. During tho past row years Mr Smith did not take an active share in tho management, although he retained an interest in it. The deceased did not associate himself with public or municipal but had the interest of Ashburton at heart, and his death will he felt by a largo circle of friends. Ho leaves a widow, two sons and fivo daughters, all, with the exception of one daughter, being married.