Corporal James Motion, 1883-10/10/1943.

Mr James Motion, jun., of Clinton, has recoived word that he has obtained a berth on H.M.S. Tauranga. The conditions are five years' service, with 3s 6d colonial and 1s 6d Imperial pay. Mr Motion left for Wellington on Saturday morning and joined his boat on Monday.   -Otago Daily Times, 5/7/1904.

Two young men, James Motion and Thos. Murray, who some time ago joined the training ship Tauranga, returned to their homes at Clinton on Tuesday last (says the Clutha Leader) — Mr Hurray on furlough, and Mr Motion on account of a recent family bereavement, has left his ship for good. Motion was looked upon as one of the most promising men on the ship. He was exceedingly handy with machinery, and quick to learn. Three weeks before leaving the ship he was promoted to be an officer, and naturally he was sorry to have to give up the work of the Navy.  -Otago Daily Times, 14/1/1905.

AT HOME AND ABROAD.

The Clinton correspondent of the Balclutha Press reports that Mr James Motion has disposed of his farm at Merrie Creek to Mr H. Alley, of Winton, Southland.  -Southern Cross, 19/8/1905.

TWO BROTHERS WHO HAD NOT SEEN EACH OTHER FOR SEVEN YEARS MEET IN LONDON. 

Sergeant Motion, son of the late Mr James Motion, Merry Creek, Clinton, Otago, left with the Main Body of the Expeditionary Force, and after fighting on Gallipoli was invalided to England, where he met his brother James, who had enlisted in the Canadian Contingent at Vancouver, and was sent to England preparatory to joining his regiment in France.  -Otago Witness, 29/3/1916.

DEATHS.

MOTION. — On October 10, in North Africa (result of malaria), James Motion, of Vancouver, eldest son of the late James Motion, "Merrie Creek," Clinton (by cable).  -Evening Star, 27/10/1943.

MR JAMES MOTION 

The death occurred in Algiers recently of Mr James Motion, superintendent of the West Coast Salvage and Contracting Company, Ltd., of Vancouver. He was the eldest son of the late Mr James Motion, of Merrie Creek Estate, Clinton. Born at Clinton, he set out as a young man to see the world, finally settling in Vancouver. Before his departure he was associated with the volunteer movement in South Otago. Since 1910 he had been employed by the West Coast Salvage and Construction Company, and was one of the best-known wooden shipbuilding experts on the west coast of Canada. He served in the last war with a Canadian battalion. At the time of his death, which was due to malarial fever, he was engaged on a secret mission for the British Ministry of War Transport. He was 60 years of age.   Otago Daily Times -22/3/1944.

Clinton Cemetery.