OBITUARY

Southland Times, Issue 24234, 18 September 1940, Page 6

OBITUARY

MR JOHN MATHEWS The death of Mr John Mathews, a well-known citizen of the town, occurred at Gore on Sunday. Mr Mathews was widely known in business circles throughout Canterbury, Otago and Southland. He was a son of the late Mr and Mrs Samuel Mathews, of Timaru, and was bom in that town in 1879. He received his education at the Wai-iti school on the outskirts of Timaru and on leaving school he worked on his brother’s farm for a period. He took up an appointment with the Canterbury Farmers’ Co-operative Association Ltd., but relinquished this to join the firm of Reid and Gray Ltd., which he served for 25 years, being stationed at Timaru, Gore and Dunedin. While at Dunedin he was appointed a Justice of the Peace. During the last two years Mr Mathews did not enjoy very good health and during that period he lived at Gore. One of his chief interests wherever he was stationed was the Presbyterian Church, of which he was a deacon and later an elder.

In sporting circles Mr Mathews was well-known, more particularly through his interest in rifle shooting. He was responsible for the reviving of the Gore Defence Rifle Club, the establishment of the organization on a sound financial basis and the erection of a fine range at McNab. He was president of the club for a period and was a particularly good shot. His memory is preserved in the shape of the Mathews button for club competitions. For a period Mr Mathews was also a member of the Hokonui Bowling Club. For two years he was a member of the Gore Borough Council and when he resigned this office tributes were paid by his colleagues to his conscientious efforts on behalf of ratepayers.

When the original squad of fire police was formed to operate in conjunction with the Gore Fire Brigade Mi- Mathews was appointed sergeant and he continued to give useful service to the organization while he lived in the town. In 1908 he married Miss Olive May Wall a daughter of the late Mr and Mrs W. H. Wall, of Timaru, and he is survived by his.widow and two sons, Mr Arthur Mathews (Invercargill), and the Rev. John Mathews (Riversdale).

SIR HAROLD CARPENTER (Received September 17, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, September 16. The death has occurred of Sir Harold Carpenter, whose body was found in a stream near Swansea. He was aged 65. Sir Harold Carpenter, F.R.S., M.A., Ph.D., was well known as a metallurgist, being Professoi- of Metallurgy at the Royal School of Mines. He was also a member of the Advisory Council of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. He received his knighthood in 1929. LORD LAMINGTON (Received September 18, 12.40 a.m.) LONDON, September 17. The death has occurred of Lord Lamington, a former Governor of Queensland and Bombay. Lord Lamington was wounded at the time of the assassination in London a few months ago of Sir Michael O’Dwyer. Charles Wallace Cochrane-Baillie, colonial governor and second Baron Lamington, was born in July 1860, and educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, where he took the B.A. degree in 1881. He was the only son of the first Baron who was a great friend of Disraeli and a descendant of the Barons of Blair, who flourished in Scotland in preNorman times. From 1895 to 1901 he was Governor of Queensland where, because of a serious financial crisis, his duties demanded great tact and foresight. On his return home he was awarded the G.O.M.G. Two years later he was appointed Governor of Bombay and received the G.0.1.E. At the expiration of his term of office in 1907 he settled on his estates of about 12,000 acres in Lanarkshire. Scotland, and became lieutenant colonel of the Lanarkshire Yeomanry and an ensign of the Royal Company of Archers, which is the King’s bodyguard when he is on a formal visit to Scotland. Much of his time, even in his old age, was devoted to shooting and fishing of which he was passionately fond. He also Interested himself in the question of public house reform. Lady Lamington, whom he married in was a daughter of the first Lord Newlands and was an Extra Lady of the. Bedchamber to Queen Mary.

DEATH OF MISSIONARY IN GILBERT ISLANDS (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, September 17. News has been received of the death in the Gilbert Islands of Mr W. A. Levett, who was attached to the headquarters in that area of the London Missionary Society.