Former gold assayer dies

The death is announced of Mr William Edward McAdam at his residence, “Torrington”, Andersons Bay. Mr McAdam was born in 1843 in Hereford, England, and was educated principally at King’s College, London. He was a greatgrandson of John

Loudon McAdam, the Scottish surveyor who invented the system of road making, and since 1892 he has been life owner of the ancestral estate of Ballochmorrie, in South Ayrshire. Mr McAdam came to New Zealand via Melbourne in 1862, in company with an uncle who had a large property in Southland. After a short experience in the colony Mr McAdam went to India, where he remained for 12 months, and then returned to England to study at the Royal School of Mines in London. He settled in Dunedin in 1874 and joined the service of the Bank of New Zealand, Dunedin, as gold clerk and assayer in October of that year, and retained that position up to November 1908, when he retired. He was married in 1878 to a daughter of the late Mr T. Whiting, of Gloucester, England, who survives him, as also does a family of seven sons and six daughters. Deceased was of a retiring disposition, and was much respected among businessmen and in circles in which he moved. — ODT, 5.11.1920.

Otago Witness, 9.11.1920. COPIES OF PICTURE AVAILABLE FROM ODT FRONT OFFICE, LOWER STUART ST, OR WWW.OTAGOIMAGES.CO.NZ Performers at the Dunedin competitions (from left) Miss Beulah King, of Dunedin, first in sword dance, reel and Sean Triubhais; Miss Lorna Budge, first in Highland fling, Sean Triubhais under 12; Miss Maude Farrant, of Dunedin, first in character recital under 16; Miss Doreen Wheeler, of Dunedin, first in Highland dance; Miss Hazel McLeod, of Gore, first in Highland dance. —