MR. R. E. HEMMINGS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 273, 17 November 1936, Page 9

MR. R. E. HEMMINGS.

Cable advice from Tientsin, China announces the death of Mr. Rober Edwin Heniniings, architect, formerly o Auckland, at the age of 5S years. Mr i Hemmings had spent most of the last 31 I years of his life in the East anrl wai I one of the foremost architects and civi 5 engineers in that part of the world. Hi f was the second son of the late Mr. an< Mrs. Francis Hemmings and was bori I and partly educated at Maungaturoto i- Later lie came to Auckland and enrl.\ t showed considerable talent for archi tecture. f Leaving New Zealand when still a young man, Mr. Hemmings went _to r> Sydney to continue his studies or <j t going to Hongkong. He began P™ct.sin „as an architect in the Jj rn ' ° T^e r mings and Berkley in Ha" "°V. _ » j firm was responsible . the f some of the largest buildings * E Later Mr. Hemmings, as a partner J" e the firm of . | architects a, l d ° Be leaves a D " I widow'and 'two daughters.