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SIR, MALCOLM McEACHARN  

DEATH IN ENGLAND.

A RICH SHIPOWNER.

LONDON, March 11.

Sir Malcolm McEachern, died suddenly from heart failure at Cannes last night. Lady McEachern was present at the bed-

side.

Melbourne, March 11.

A private cable message was received from London announcing the death of Sir Malcolm McEacharn, formerly member for Melbourne in the Federal House of Repre- sentatives and a member of the firm of Mcilwraith, McEacharn, & Co.

Sir Malcolm Donald McEacharn, who was born in London in 1852, was the son of Mr. Malcolm McEacharn, a shipowner, of Bridgend, Islay. He was twice married. His first marriage was in 1878 to a daugh- ter of Mr. James Pickering, but she died in the same year, and four years later he married a daughter of the late Mr. J. B. Watson, the well-known Bendigo mine owner. Sir Malcolm was a shipowner and was the originator, with his partner, of the trade in frozen meat and butter between Australia and Great Britain. He took a prominent part in public affairs in Mel- bourne, where he was vice-president of the Chamber of Commerce and a commissioner of the Harbor Trust. From 1897 to 1900, when he was honored with knighthood, he was Mayor of Melbourne, and subse- quently first Lord Mayor. He also held the post of lieutenant-colonel in the Vic- torian Scottish Regiment. His Melbourne residence was at Goathland, Balaclava-road, and his English seat was at Goathland, Whitby, Yorkshire. Some years ago Sir Malcolm had a strenuous political fight with Dr. Maloney for the Melbourne seat in the Federal Parliament, but was de- feated. Shortly afterwards he went to England where, with the exception of seve- ral brief visits to Australia, he had since resided. He was seriously ill some time ago, but was thought-to have recovered his health, and the news of his death came as a surprise to his friends. The firm of Mc- ilwraith McEacharn, & Co. has a branch

in Adelaide, of which Mr. Vasey is mana-

ger.

The deceased had been ailing for some time from heart troubles, and when he left Melbourne in May, 1908, to return to Great Britain he was in a delicate state of health.

For the past six months Sir Malcolm, -with Lady and Miss McEacharn. had been on a yachting cruise in the Mediterranean, with probably headquarters at Cannes. Some time ago Sir Malcolm purchased Galloway House, in Gallowayshire, Scotland, from the Earl of Galloway, for a family mansion, but the winter months have always been spent in a warmer clime. It was to escape the rigorous winter in Scotland that the family entered upon the yachting cruise. The deceased left a grown-up family of two daughters and one son. One of his daugh- ters was recently married to Mr. Mitchell Thompson. M.P. for North Lanarkshire, and son of the present Sir Mitchell Thomp- son, Bart. Mr. Neil McEacharn, a son of the deceased, is at present in Europe.

Few men made a deeper impression upon the commercial life of this city than Sir Malcolm McEacharn. He and Mr. Andrew Mcilwraith began business in Great Britain about 1876 as shipowners ard shipping agents, and with ships of the Scottish line they sent many British immigrants to Queensland. In time the firm's Australian interests became so large that it was de- cided to open in Australia. Sir Malcolm arrived in Australia in 1879. and the firm claims to have initiated in 1880 or 1881 the frozen meat trade between Australia and Great Britain. In addition to big shipping interests, Sir Malcolm engaged in pastoral pursuits, sugar growing, &c., and he became a member of practically all the commercial associations, at one time occupying the position of president of the Melbourne Chamber of Commerce. He sat in the House of Representatives for Melbourne in the first Commonwealth Parliament. He was consul-general in Australia for Japan.

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