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Auckland Star, Volume LXVIII, Issue 267, 10 November 1937, Page 8

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MOTORIST KILLED.

OTAHUHU COLLISION.

PROMINENT BUSINESS MAN.

PASSENGERS' CLOSE CALL. A. director of the Farmers' Trading Company, Mr. John Iloratio Hayward, of Maunu, Whangarei, was killed about 9.15 this morning, when his large aedan car came into collision with a light delivery van driven by Mr. W. Burrell, of Papatoetoe. The accident occurred at the intersection of Paumure Road and Princess Street, Otalmhu. Mr. Hayward's car, which carried as passengers Mr. A. A. Ross, chairman of directory of the Farmers' Trading Company, and Mr. H. E. Worsp, chairman of directors of the Auckland Farmem' Freezing Company, was proceeding southward when the collision occurred. The van and car met in violent collision, the bonnet of the van striking the centre of the car near the rear of the driver's seat.

The car was badly damaged as the result of a complete somersault following the impact, and finished up facing the direction from which it had come. The headlamps of the van were smashed and the mudguards were badly dented. It was later driven away under its own power. Fishing Party Planned. The driver of the van and the passengers in the car escaped with a severe shaking. The fatality came as a tragic upset of plans for a directors' fishing party at Taupo. The three occupants of the car were travelling south to join the general manager of the company, Mr. R. A. Laidlaw, for a weekV stay at his fishing iodge there. They had intended to return on Sunday. An inquest was opened at Otahuhu before Mr. J. V. Lawes, district coroner, and was adjourned after evidence of identification had been taken. A prominent farmer and member of the Whangarei business community, Mr. Hayward was well known, too. in the Auckland business world. He had been a director of the Farmers' Trading Companysince 1910, Born at Maungakaramea, Mr. Hayward was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hayward, very early settlers of that district. About 30 years ago he acquired a property at Maunu Mountain. He was a man of progressive ideas and took a leading part in advancing the affairs of his district and of the province as a whole. Dairying Administration. Twenty-three years ago Mr. Hayward became a director of the Maunga.tapere Dairy Company and two years later he was elected chairman, a position which he occupied continuously for 1(5 years. At the time of his death he was actingchairman of the company, which owes [ a great deal to his leadership. In wider fields of dairying administration Mr. Hayward also gained distinction, possessing a full knowledge of the marketing of produce and of the financial aspect generally. He -postponed his departure to Auckland this week in order to attend yesterday's ward conference of the New Zealand Dairy Control Board as the representative of his factory. In 1926 Mr. Hayward succeeded Mr. W. Jones as member for Maunu riding on the Whangarei County Council. His administration was characterised by soundness and thoroughness, and he was an excellent chairman of the council's finance committee. At the last meeting of the council he was appointed to fill a vacancy on the North Auckland Electric Power Board, but he had still to take his seat as one of the county representatives. For the |>ast 12 vears he had been a member of the Marsden Licensing Committee. Mr. Hayward is survived by his wife, two sons and three daughters.