MR. G. D. MCEWEN

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 109, 4 November 1939, Page 15

MR. G. D. MCEWEN

Another link with the early days of Wellington was broken yesterday by the death of Mr. George' Douglas

McEwen, of 8 KirK« Avenue, Petone! Mr. McEwen was born in Wellington 73 years ago and was the son of Mi. Peter Cowper McEwen, of the wellknown firm of McEwen and Churchill, bakers. Mr. P. C. McEwen arrived by the ship Phoebe. His mother was a Miss Daysh, the daughter of early pioneers. Miss Daysh was born iv Lower Hutt.

Mr. G. D. McEwen was educated in Wellington and went to Petone when he was 21 years of age. Two years later he founded his present business, now known as McEwen and Carter. Commencing with a horse and express, he gradually built the business up till the firm, of which he was managing director, has one of the largest fleets of motpr vehicles in the Hutt Valley. During the era of horse-drawn vehicles he was noted for having the finest team in the Valley.

Mr. McEwen was a foundation member of the Masonic Lodge Ulster. He was also a foundation member of the Petone Bowling Club, of which he was a past president, having held all offices except those of secretary and treasurer. He took a keen interest in the formation of the Carriers' Association and was its first president.

For many years Mr, McEwen was a Justice of the Peace, and was frequently called upon to preside at the local court. He was a trustee of the Petone Methodist Church.

His first wife was Miss E. A. Blake, to whom he was married in 1890, and his second wife was Miss Alice Daniels, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. Daniels, of Wellington, and granddaughter of Colonel Kelly, of the Life Guards.

He is survived by his wife, five daughters, Mrs. A. L. Burgess (Carterton), Mrs. W. S. Fleming (Cambridge), Mrs. C. McLaughlan (Lower Hutt),Mis. J. Sutherland (Petone), and Mrs, H, M, Simpson (Eketahuna), one son, Mr. Ross McEwen, and an adopted son, Mr. B. McEwen. Mrs. J. Powell (Petone) and Mrs. W. Brown (Wanganui) are sisters.