MISS HEWES.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14001, 25 March 1911, Page 7

MISS HEWES.

The death of Miss Hewes, matron of the Female Refuse, which occurred yesterday, was learned of with sifioere regret by all who knew her. Miss Hewes, who was a native of Stoke-by-Nayland, Suffolk, England, was, in her youth, in the household of the Rer. Henry Torlesse, one of the early settlers of Canterbury, and about twenty years ago came to Canterbury and assisted Sister Frances (Miss Torlesse) in her work. Two or three years after Her arrival Miss Hewes took charge, as matron, of the Female Refuge, a position she occupied till her death. In the conduct of tho institution luss Hewes showed she possessed the necessary qualifications for the efficient discharge of the somewhat exacting duties of her position. Typically English, Miss Hewes was a woman of great perseverance and patience, yet of a "reserved nature. Her management of the llefugo cave great satisfaction io the bodies controlling the institution, by the members of which she was held, in the highest esteem. Miss Hewes will ba very much missed by those connected with the institution, and by all interested in the important work to which she so successfully devoted ao much of her life.