OBITUARY.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 14072, 17 June 1911, Page 12

OBITUARY.

MR H. H. SECKKTAX. II Very general regret was expressed in V the city yesterday when the news became * l known that 3VIr H. H. Secreiau, of r Fendalton, had passed Mray. The late. . Mr Secretnn was a "native of tho South . of England, and came to the Dominion in the early seventies. Shortly afterwards lie joined the Christelunch branch " of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, of which ho held the position of' 4 general manager. He <-o represented the company at Waimate, Ash.burton, and liakaia. Some sixteen or seventeen years,ago lie re-l - tired from the company, and subf-e----1 quently took an active part in eoniiec*- I ? tion with the building of Canterbury 5 Hail, now known as His Majesty's Thea--0 tro He was secretary ot the Canter- > bun . Hall Company until receiitry. i'or ! ~ a period Mr Secretart assisted Mr M. ; Murphy in the secretaryship of tlie Can- ■ 3 terbury Agricultural and Pastoral Asr, sociation. Deceased Avas well known !." t« and popular with many business vncis i>2 and farmers, and was, 'in the earlier f7 portion of his residence in the city, a', '5 keen cricketer and an enthusiastic lawn tennis player. Mr iSecretan learned bis Id cricket at tho Marlborough Public : li School ia EngLTnd, and is generally ac- ' )0 knowledged to have been one of the J° finest batsmen that has ever played for J* Canterbury. In the match between Canterbury and Murdoch's Australia:v 37 team, MrSecretan, with 3;5, made top 73 score for the province. At his last appearance in a big match, that, against M Auckland, he scored 75, and in a minor a, match at Auckland ho scored a century, th As a batsman, his form was good n- enough to have justified his inclusion-'. 10 in any county twim in England... .He °l w -as a'stylish batsman, with .i beautiful 63 cut. As a fielder, he was active and 71 energetic, and ho could also boui. Al-. toßfcther, ho pbyed the game really well Ho was one of the earliest tennis players in Canterbury, and was a , member of tho first tennis club which, _ j n days, played on the section £. now occupied by tho King Edward Bar-