OBITUARY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 239, 9 October 1934, Page 3

OBITUARY.

MR. E. W. McCARTER.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) TE AWAMUTU, Monday. The death occurred during sleep early on Monday morning of Mr. Ernest William McCarter, barrister and solicitor, of Te Awamutu. He was 50 years of age. His medical adviser had visited him about 11 o'clock the previous evening, and had left him resting quietly. His early years were spent at Timaru and Dunedin. He was connected with well-known legal firms, including Messrs. Reed, Bayly and Tole, of Auckland. He afterwards joined the firm of Messrs. Cox, Luxford and McCarter, of Hamilton and Te Awamutu. When that partnership was dissolved Mr. McCarter practised at Te Awamutu on his own account for a short period, and was joined in 1922 by Mr. S. S. Preston. He was connected with several institutions and clubs. A brother resides in Invercargill, and a sister (who resided in Te Awamutu with her brother ten or twelve years ago) is Mrs. Caplin, of Hawera.

MRS. E. KIRTLAN. A well-known nurse, Mrs. Esther Kirtlan, died at Kaitaia, a<f2d SI years. She was bom in England, and married in Leeds in 1573 to Mr, William Henry Kirtlan. They came to Auckland in 1883, and four years later went to Takahue, near Kaitaia-. Mr. Kirtlan died in 1919. The following children are left: Mesdames E. M. Kichter, S. Masters, H. Carr, W, Flinn, and 0. Werner, of Kaitaia, and Mrs. H. Ramsey, of Putaruru; Messrs. W. C. Kirtlan and H. Kirtlan, of Kaitaia, and E. M. Kirtlan, of Auckland. There are 51 grandchildren and 23 great-grand-children. MRS. H. A. LUCAS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) """"'" TUKEKOHE, this day. The death occurred at the Auckland Hospital on October 7 of a well-known Franklin resident, Mrs. Harriett Annette Lucas, widow of the late Frederick W. Lucas, of Puni, at the age of 82 years. Born at Tainswick, Cotswold Hills, Gloucester, Mrs. Lucas (then Miss Lewis) came to New Zealand about o(S years ago, and was for some time prior to her marriage nursing in Auckland. Since then, except for about four years, she had lived in the Franklin district, where ahe gained a reputation as the friend of the sick. For many years Mrs. Lucas was the only midwife in the district, and answered numerous calis at all hours of the day and night. Mrs Lucas is survived by three sons and one daughter. A stepson, Mr. Fred Luca.-, was killed in action on Gallipoli.