Death of a Journalist.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 91, 21 April 1904, Page 4

Death of a Journalist.

Air C. E. M. llaughton, leaderwriter to the Duncdin Star, died on Saturday last. Mr llaughton was born in New South Wales in 1827, and was educated at Oxford, where lie graduated as M.A., with the end in view of entering the Anglican Church. lie was appointed chaplain on board H.M.S. tjueen, and served in that ship throughout the Crimean war, for which he obtained the medal. SunsiA/uently Mr llaughton was appointed chaplain and naval instructor on H.M.S. Euryalus (Cuptain Tarleton), where lie was specially selected as tutor in navigation and mathematics to his late Hoyal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, ilis political career began in Otago Provincial Council, and subsequently he was Senior Whip of the Stafford Government, and was made Under-Sec-retary lor Immigration and Mines under the Fox-Vogcl Government,' his seat for Wakalipu being filled by the late Mr Vincent Fyke. In 137G Mr llaughton retired from the service of the Government, and joined the stall of the Wellington Independent, and for tlie last yo years he has been on the staff of the Dunedin Evening Star. He met with a severe accident in Trincesstreet about two years ago, .which must have hastened his end. His oniy relative in the colony is MiFrederick Mallard, of Dunedin, formerly inspector of police.