OBITUARY

Southland Times, Issue 18836, 1 June 1920, Page 5

OBITUARY

DR G. E. MORRISON

(By Telegraph.- Pnss Assn.— Copyright. I (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.)

LONDON, May 31. (Received May 31, 7.40 pan. i Dr George Ernest Morrison, Political Adviser to the Chinese President. A LINGERING ILLNESS. LONDON, May 30. (Receive'! June 1. Lo a.in.) Dr Morrison died a! Siiinoutii after a lingering illness. He occupied to the h-.ft in carrying out work for the Chinese Government from his ,-ick room. Dr Morrison was born at Geelong, Vio-l-aria. in 1862, and was c urat-rd at Md bourne anil Edinburgh Uni .'ersities'. Uth.ii.; the degrees of Ml), and CM. For several years hr undertook some ambitious expjora tion work. He crossed Australia on foot f:nm the Gulf of Carpentaria to Melbourne in 1882; speared in New Guinea in ISMi; and crossed from Shanghai to Rangoon by land in 189 4. As spr-da! correspondent for The 'times he traveled from Bangkok. Siam. to Yunnan. China, ami round Tompiin in 159(3, and in 1597 lie crossed Manchuria from St.retep.sk. in Siberia, to Vladivostok. He was in Pekin during the siege of the Legations in 1900, and was present at the triumphal entry into Port Arthur in 1905. In 1907 he crossed China from Pekin to (he French border of Tonquin. H» r-. presented The Times at the Pcaco Conference at Portsmouth, United Stairs of .America, in 1905. in 19 10 Dr Morrison rode from Honan City, in Central China, across Asia to Andijan, in Russian Tutkestan, 3750 miles, in 175 days. He had travelled in every ''rov'-ice of China except Tibet, In 1912 Dr Motrison was appointed political Adviser to the President of the Chinese Republic.

MR A M. CARMICHAEL

Advice has h-mi received of the death at Nerahinepnuri, North Island, of Mr Allan Macdougnll Carmichael, who farmed in Southland for a number of years and some eight years ago began a similar occupation at Kawhia. Mr Carmichael, who was horn in Argyllshire,.Scotland, came to Southland many years ago. For some time lie farmed a large area a! Strathmore in the Western District Having disposer! of this property the late Mr Carmichael acquired a farm at Lillburn. which he sold about eight years ago, and removed to the North Island, purchasing a sheep run in the Kawhia district. The deceased, during his long residence in Southland, took a prominent part in the public life of the province and did his full share in promoting its interests. He was a member of the Bluff Harbour Board, the Southland H. and C. A. Board, Wallace A. and P. Association and the Wallace County Council, having also been chairman of the last-named body. He twice contested the Wallace parliamentary scat, once against Mr M. (now Judge' Gilfedder and at a later date against Mr J. C. Thomson, but, although he polled well, he was not. successful. Mr Carmichael is survived by hfe widow (a daughter of the late James Mackintosh) and a grown up family. His only son, Allan, served in France and Belgium as a gunner with the Otago Battalion, returning severely wounded.

MR W. LOCK. The death of Mr William Lock, at his residence at Timani, removes another of the band that knew Invercargill in the pioneer days. Mr Lock, who was 7S years of age at the time of his death, came from Queenstown to Invercargill where he established a bakery business. Tins he conducted with considerable success for many years, removing some years ago to Timaru. He was an enthusiastic bowler, being a member of the Southland Club and belonged to St. Paul’s Church. He was a man of a retiring, likeable disposition. He took little active interest in public matters. Mr Lock, who was predeceased by his wife some years ago, leaves a family.