OBITUARY

Southland Times, Issue 24835, 29 August 1942, Page 4

OBITUARY

MRS M. E. MACPHERSON The sudden death occurred in Invercargill of Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Macpherson, who was well known in Invercargill for the past 50 years. Mrs Macpherson was bom in Dunedin in 1864 and shortly after came to live in Invercargill. In 1882 she married the late Mr John Macpherson. She was the best known comedy amateur actress in Invercargill and took the leading light comedy part in the first locally written and produced military drama. Mrs Macpherson took part in many plays produced by the Invercargill Amateur Dramatic Club under Mr G. Thomas, a former member of the staff of The Southland Dally News. During the last war she was a member of the old-timers’ concert party which toured the province raising money for any deserving cause. Mrs Macpherson at one time lived for a number of years in Lumsden, where she conducted a hotel. While there she made many friends. On returning to Invercargill she lost no time in offering her services for any charitable purpose. Just before her death she said her one regret was that she was unable to take an active part in any function for the soldiers of the present war. The surviving members of the family are Messrs H. I. Macpherson (editor of The Weekly News, Auckland), E. O. Macpherson (Wellington), J. Macpherson (Arrowtown), O. Macpherson (Invercargill), Mesdames Andrew Sutherland (Hamilton), Kingham (Auckland), W. Henderson (Invercargill) and B. Ward (Invercargill). One son, Mr Sydney Macpherson, was accidentally killed at Otatara some years ago. REV. A. B. CHAPPELL (PJk.) AUCKLAND, August 28. The death has occurred of the Rev. A. B. Chappell, M.A., in his seventieth year. He was formerly a Wesleyan Minister, registrar of Auckland University. and also on the editorial staff of The New Zealand Herald, from which he retired last year. In his time he was actively associated with many educational and commercial bodies and young people’s movements. He was a founder of the Boy Scout movement in New Zealand and was its first inspector-general.