OBITUARY

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 241, 12 October 1942, Page 5

OBITUARY

MR. H. P. CARLSEX

The death has occurred of Mr. Henry Peter Carisen, aged 59, of Grey Lynn, a well-known figure in Auckland athletic and swimming circles. Born in Coromandel, Mr. Carisen lost an arm in his youth, in an accident while working at Karangahake. In spite of this setback, Mr. Carisen became a proficient swimmer. About 30 years ago he set up as a land and commission agent at Grey Lynn. He is survived by his wife, two sons and one daughter.

MR. ST. CLAIR JOUNNEAUX

The death has occurred of Mr. St. Clair Jounneaux, aged 76, of Kamo, a well-known personality of the Far North. Mr. Jounneaux came to New Zealand at the age of 16 and two years later became one of a syndicate of 30 who chartered a schooner to take them to South Africa, where they hoped to make their fortune on the Kimberley mines. He later returned to New Zealand, becoming a storekeeper. Mr. Jounneaux purchased the lease of a small grazing run in the Wairarapa, and subsequently farmed in the Manawatu district. He later took up residence in Auckland Province prior to farming on a large scale in the Bay of Islands district. He was a keen cricketer and golfer, and is survived by his wife.

MR. R. IAIDIAW, SEN

The death has occurred at the age of 82 years of Mr. Robert Laidlaw, sen., of Marine Parade, Heme Bay, a well-known Otago business man, who had lived in retirement in Auckland for some years. » Born at Rothesay, in Scotland, Mr. Laidlaw, senior, came to New Zealand with his wife and eldest son in 1886, in the ship Aorangi, and settled in Otago. Mr. Laidlaw was prominent in business in Dunedin, where he first established a hosiery factory and later the hardware firm of Laidlaw and Gray, Limited. He retired 35 years ago and took up residence in Auckland. Mr. Laidlaw had been actively engaged in Christian work in various parts of the Dominion, and had a wide circle of friends among the Brethren. He is survived by his wife, one son and two daughters.

Two sons were killed in the Great War. The surviving son, Mr. R. A. Laidlaw, general manager of the Farmers' Trading Company, Limited, who was visiting England at the outbreak of the present war, immediately took up work as field director of the Army Scripture Readers 1 and Soldiers and Airmen's Association.