Hon. W. T. Pipes — Obituary. 



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looking after the visitors most hospit- 

 ably. 



With the return of the party to 

 Regina in the evening concluded one of 

 the most pleasant and successful con- 

 ventions ever held by the association. 

 Much of the credit for the success of the 

 convention is due to the painstaking and 



unremitting^work of the Secretary, Mr. 

 Jas. Lawler, whose initial effort "in 

 organizing the association's conven- 

 tions has thus been crowned with success 

 A goodly share of the credit is due also 

 to Mr. H. C. Lawson, Secretary of the 

 Regina Board of Trade, who ably as- 

 sisted Mr. Lawler in hi? work. 



Hon. W. T. Pipes. 



Despatches of October 8th announced 

 the sudden death, in Cambridge, Mass., 

 on the previous day, of Hon. W. T. 

 Pipes, Attorney-General of Nova Scotia 

 and Vice-President of the Association 

 for that province. The announcement 

 will be heard with regret bj' inembers 

 of the Association, especially those who 

 were in attendance at the Regina ineet- 

 ing, where Hon. Mr. Pipes made so 

 acceptable a chairman. Hon. William 

 Thomas Pipes was bom April 15th, 



1850, at Amherst, N.S., and educated 

 at Acadia College. After some years 

 spent teaching school, he entered the 

 legal profession and was called to the 



bar in 1875, and practiced|in*AmJierst 

 being created a Q.C. in 1890. First 

 elected to the provincial legislature in 

 1882, in the fall of the year he became 

 Premier and continued .so until 1884, 

 remaining in the legislature for some 

 time longer. In 1898 he was called to 

 the Legislative Council and became a 

 member of the Murray administration 

 in the same year. In 1905 he became 

 commissioner of public works and in 

 1907 was appointed attorney-general. 

 The forest survey of Nova Scotia, par- 

 tially carried out this summer by Dr. 

 B. E. Fernow and his associates, which 

 is the first complete forest sur\ev that 

 any proA'ince of the Dominion has yet 

 undertaken, lay within the sphere of 

 Hon. Mr. Pipes' department and met 

 with his cordial co-operation and 

 support. 



On his way to the Regina meeting the 

 Secretary delivered an illustrated lectvtre 

 before the"" Board of Trade of Port 

 Arthur, and on the way back delivered 

 similar lectures before the Board of 

 Trade of Kenora and' in the Collegiate 

 Institute at Fort William. A good deal 

 of interest was aroused by these lectures 

 and it is intended to hold a series of such 

 meetings during the coming winter in 

 different parts of Eastern Canada. 

 Members who desire to make arrange- 

 ments for lectures in their localit}'- 

 should communicate with the Secretary, 

 1 1 Queen's Park, Toronto, as early as 

 possible. 



