OBITUARY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24415, 28 September 1940, Page 12

OBITUARY

MR WILLIAM EADIE The death occurred at Pukerau on September 15 of one of the oldest and most respected' residents of the district, Mr William Eadie, Mr Eadie was born at Christchurch in 1866. and received his education at the Normal School, Dunedin, coming to the district with his parents, who took up farming in 1880. After the death of his parents Mr Eadie farmed the property very successfully till a few years ago, when he retired. In his younger days he took a very keen interest in all the activities of the district, and was a very prominent member of the local football and cricket clubs, for which he played for many years with marked success. REV. W. MARSHALL The Rev. William Marshall, who was in charge of the Presbyterian Home Mission Station at Hanmer, and was for 19 years minister of the Tinwald. Flemington and Lagmhor Presbyterian churches, died at Hanmer on Wednesday, aged 70 years. He represented the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand at the General Assembly at Edinburgh in 1935. „ _ T .. Mr Marshall was born at Cust, North Canterbury, in 1870. He was ordained at Knox Church, Lower Hutt, in February. 1902, remaining there for seven years before accepting a call to Balfour, Southland. In 1912 Mr Marshall went to Avondale, and transferred to Tinwald four years later, remaining there until his retirement in 1935: Mr Marshall was a member of St. Andrew’s College Board of Governors from 1922 until his death. He is survived by his wife and one daughter. COMMANDER R. H. RYAN, R.N. The death has occurred on active service •in London of Commander Richafd Hammersley Ryan. R.N.. who, as a lieutenant, served on the New Zealand station several years ago on the Diomede and Dunedin. While in the Dominion He married Miss Margaret Livingstone, of Dunedin, a step-daugh-ter of Mr A. E. McDougall. Commander Ryan also served in the Mediterranean on the Malta and Haifa stations. and was then transferred to the Bermuda and Newfoundland services. At the time of his death he was attached to the Admiralty in London. CONSTABLE A. KING (Per United Press Association) , TIMARU, Sept. 27. The death occurred suddenly to-day of Constable A. King, who had been stationed at Timaru for 10 years. At one time he was a footman in the service of King George V. He served in the Great War, and was a member of the Metropolitan Police Force in London for seven years. He leaves a widow and nine children. One son is in the arm. one in the navy, and one in the Air Force. MR WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES LONDON, Sept. 26. (Received Sept. 27. at 0.15 a.m.) The death has occurred of Mr W. H. Davies, the “tramp” poet. William Henry Davies, who was born in 1871, picked up most of his knowledge among tramps in America. 911 cattle boats, and in common lodging houses in London For six years he was a tramp in America, and sometimes varied this life by singing hymns in the streets. He published his first book of poems when he was 34.