MR. H. D. M. HASZARD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 223, 20 September 1938, Page 12

MR. H. D. M. HASZARD.

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I lie deatl, has occurred of Mr. TI D M. Ma-zard, l-\lt.< ;.s.. at his residence "I •<. Uyny.-ml Street, Auckland. Mr. I 1.-i.-zanl was in hi* 77111 year and was the <•,...( Sl>n ,„• fh( . |. |t(k Hliliort and -Mrs. 1 la-/., id. who arrived from Prince Kdwar.l Uiand in IK.VS. and settled in M:lli "" 1 ""- He. was Lorn there in 18K2

.Afler l,ein y educated ~t the old orijrmnl < Iran,mar School, he joined the '•overnment. Survey Department as a en.let i,, |SS((. ||e was one of tlie first surveyors }~ tiV Kinj: Country after the Maori Wars, lie had a splendid capacity for riiiikiii*! friends with the natives. In ISS7 he was assistant surveyor to the S. Percy Smith expedition to' claim the Kermndec Croup for (ireiit Britain. In MHI.-I lie was commissioned to make the first .survey of Nine (or Savage) Island. The map drawn as a result of his survey is now u-ed 011 the Admiralty chart. l'->r tliis work lie was elected a 'member Of (lie Uoval <!eo»raphical Society.

In 1!)!>!> In; was transferred to Chrintcluirch ; is it Hi chief surveyor, and ho Infer RiKvpssfiiUy lilled tho )h»U i.»ne of Commissioner of Crown Lands at Westl:iii(l. Southland and Canterbury,

retiring from tlio last-mentionod post in lit-20. ti ft or 40 years' service. He was chairman of the .I'oyal Commission on Forestry in \e\v Zealand in l'.ti:?. when tlie other members were Messrs. E. P. Turner. V. V. Lethlnidsje, M.1 , .. S. I. Clarke, ft. V. Munlock, T. W. Adams, Dr. L. ( oekaync, F.H.S., and A\'. A. Russell.

Mr. TTaszarrl was married to Alirp Elizalipth, daughter of the Into Major and Mis. Wily, of Tlie F;Uls. Maukil, in ISS7. Tlio children of this marriage wore: Mr. Yivi;m lln«xard. 0.11. K., of l':ite(on'_';i. "Mr. Xnrman Ilnszurd. linrhoiinnnstcr at lilulf. Mr. Vuuulian D. llas/iird. of Wellington. Mrs. 1 , . Connoll, of l'nnnrutii. and the lato Mrs. Tx>slie (iret'ver, wlicvo jiroinisiiiir career as an nvti-it \v;k terniinated by a fatal accident in Kgynt.

Mr. llaszard was married a:era in in 1021!, In Mary Eli/alieth. daughter of tin 1 Into Mr. and Mrs. If. Davison, of Auckland, who survives him. Following his ret irement. he lived until recently at Wailii. where, as Justice, of the l'eaee, jhe often olliciated during Court proceedings. Mr. llaszard also at intervals travelled extensively in Europe, the Far East and the western coast of South America. I lose relations who survive him are Mes>rs. M. 1". and T. H. C. Has/ard. :>f W'aihi, and Mrs. T. Kenrick. of Auckland. COAL MINING EXPERT. m \n x.z. i:\rEiUF.Nci:. (From Our Own t'orrcspmulont.) MOXTKKAL. August IS. Francis Henry Shepherd. S2. Conservative member of Parliament for Xanaimo from 1!> 1 1 to 1017. and prominently identitie.l with the early coal mining in Hritish Columbia. died on August lii at liis home in (.'reston. P».('.. after a brief illness. V>orn in Caselovd. York. England. Mr. Shepherd came to Xanaimo in and Mink the lirst shaft for e<>a 1 mining at Xanaimo for an I'ngli-h company. Later lie \* an engaged in similar work in Washington and Montana. Australia! and New Xealaud. He wtis for some years chief inspector of mines for • Itriti-ii Columbia, and after his Parliamentary term wa ? inspector of dredging' at \ aneouver until his retirement in j 1923.