OBITUARY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 115, 18 May 1933, Page 3

OBITUARY.

MR. W. J. SIMMONDS. A former Thames resident, Mr. William John Simmonds, died suddenly at Devonport yesterday. Jle was born at Thames, and started work at the old "Thames Advertiser," and later was in the "Thames Star" printing woi'ks ;it Grahamstown under the late Mr. W. McCullougli. He rose to be chief linotype operator, which position ho occupied for nearly 25 years. _ About ten years ago Mr. Simmonds joined the staff of the "New Zealand Herald," and was in the employ of the firm at the time of his death. He was president of the Auckland Typographical Union. For many years before leaving lliames Mr. Simmonds was secretary to the Masonic Lodge of Light, I.C. Deceased is survived by ins widow and live sons, including the following: Mcrvyn, clerk of the Magistrate's Court, Tauranga; Cecil, clerk of the Couit, Opotiki"; Herbert, of the Customs Department, Auckland; and Arthur, of the Auckland Savings Bank.

MRS. P. V. C. EYTON. A resident fit Omaha Flats, near Matakana, for 37 years, Mrs. Polly Victoria Charlotte Eyton, has died, aged 60. She was born at Thames, where she lived until her marriage to Mr. William Eyton, who died about nine months ago. When Mr. and Mrs. Eyton went to Omaha Flats, their only neighbours were gum-diggers, and stores had to be packed from Matakana. MrS. Eyton is survived by the following children: —Mr. George Eyton, of Whangarei; Mr. William Eyton, and Mr. Arthur Eyton, who is working the home farm, and two daughters, Mrs. Robert Jones and Miss Gladys Eyton, of Matakana. MR. WILLIAM BLACK. An old resident of North Taranaki, Mr. William Black, died (in May 15, aged 85 years.. He was born in Taranaki, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William" Black, having arrived in the ship Amelia Thompson, in 1841. In his younger days Mr. Black assisted his father in 1860 on the Tikorangi section allotted him for his services as a lieutenant in the Bush Ranging Company of Volunteers. With his brother Alfred, lately deceased, he farmed that land until he obtained a larger area in the Mahoenui. district. That was about 45 years ago, and he was amongst, the first to settle in what was then a back-block area. When he disposed of his interests in that locality Mr. . Black resided in a delightful location overlooking the Awakino Heads and the ocean beyond. Mr. Black claimed to be the last survivor of the Tarftnaki Volunteers of 1800. He leaves his widow, four sons and three daughters. Another son, Mr. A. R. Black, was killed during the war.

FATHER McHARDY. WELLINGTON, this day. Tlic death lias occurred at the age of 28 years of Father Emmet MeHardy, a former Catholic missionary in the Solomon Islands. He was a native of Pihama, Taranaki, and attended St. Patrick's College. He was ordained at the Greenmeadows Seminary in 1928, and immediately afterward volunteered for work in foreign missions. After three years' service in the Solomon Islands ho contracted malaria, which led to hls< death.