Tragic Accident.

Mr. Hollins Crompton’s Death.

A TRAGIC motor accident which oc curred on April 9, resulting in the death of Mr. Hollins Crompton, has shocked Fiji.

The late Mr. Crompton, who was the son of Mr. Robert Crompton, was one of the most popular and brilliant young men in the Colony. He had left Rewa early in the morning to return to Suva in a two-seater car and, about 3 a.m., a scoutmaster at Samabula, Mr. Bisses sar Singh, hearing the noise of a car falling down a bank, found the car wrecked at the foot of a steep declivity with Mr. Crompton’s body inside. It is surmised that he dozed at the wheel and the car failed to take a curve and crashed over the edge of the road.

The late Mr. Hollins Crompton was born in England 33 years ago and came to Fiji with his father, Mr. Robert Crompton, C.B.E., and family in his early boyhood. He returned to England and was educated at Rochester Gram mar School, Kent, going from there to Auckland, where he graduated B.A., LL.B., at the Auckland University. He was admitted as a barrister and solici tor of New Zealand in 1924 and was ad mitted to the Bar of Fiji the same year, and later entered into partnership with his father under the name of “Cromp tons”.

In 1925 he married Margaret, daugh ter of Hon. Sir Henry and Lady Scott and the most popular lady in Suva at the time, whose untimely death in 1926 shocked the community. There was one son, Hollins.

Mr. Crompton was in Auckland at the time of, the accident, but returned by the “Monterey” on April 11. A brother, Mr. R. Crompton, jnr., is at Eabasa, one sister is married to Mr. D. Hedstrom at Tavua, and the other is the wife of Cap tain Donovan of Suva.