OBITUARY.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15699, 19 September 1916, Page 2

OBITUARY.

■ MR A. J. WILKIN. 9 — Mr Archibald J. "Wilkin, third son 9 of the late Mr J. C. Wilkin, for many a years manager of the Lyttelton | Tixucs Company, died at the Christ--1 church Hospital yesterday morning - after a long illness. Up to a I jott months ago Air'A. J. J was a member of the photographic statf of tiie "Lyttelton Times." biijce iais retirement ironi tnat staif he had uecn in very indiheient- health, and about a month ago his condition became so serious tnat he was removed to the hospital. He appeared to make . satisfactory progress tor some time, ! but two or three days ago ho suffered a relapse and gradually sank. He I it-aves a wile anci two children. His mo tiier is at present residing in AuekI iand. ! MR W. J. HANNA. The death of Mr William John Hanna took place at his farm, Leithneid. on .Saturday, and the announcement was received with regret by all who knew him. He had been in failing health for some time. With his brother, Mr N. Hanna, of Sefton, lie left County Down,- Ireland, in 18t>2, and arrived in Canterbury by the ship Chariot of Fame in January of the following year. The brothers took up farms at Sefton and Leithfield respectively and carried on farming suc- . cessfully ever since.

MR GEORGE ADDINGTON. The late Mr G. Addington, who died recently at the residence of his eon-in-law, 31 r H. Kimberley, was born at Cardington, Bedfordshire, England, in the year 1833. He started at an early age to follow the occupation of a farm labourer, and worked for twenty-fivo years on one farm. • In 1874, with _ his wife and; family, he came to Now Zealand in the ship Cathcart. and was employed on his arrival by the late Mr ill. M. Templar on his farm at Aylesbury, where the family remained for eeven years. Mr 'Addington then took up farming on his own account, leasing a farm from the lato Captain Gorle. at Courtenay, which he occupied for over fourteen years. Ho then leased the property at Courtenay. known as "The Desert," remaining there seven years, after which he purchased a farm at Kimberley, which, with hie eons, he worked till about six years ago, when he was seized with a paralytic stroke, and was forced to relegate the management to his sons. As Mrs Addington had died some years previously, ho went to live at View Hill with his married daughter, Mrs J. Wells, and at her death came to live with his remaining daughter, Mrs H. McOlellaAd, at Kimberley, where he died. He had been completely bed-riddon for the past four months. He was one of the early members of the Courtenay Agricultural arid Pastoral Association, and always took a keen interest m show matters, and generally had some good stock. He wus a member of the Courtenay School (Committee for several years, and also an ardent member of tho Methodist Church. The deceased was one of the hard-working type of old pioneer farmers, and his word was hie bond. Three sons and one daughter survive him.

SIR C. E. BEAL. At, the meeting of the committee ol the Canterbury Cricket Association last night,, a motion of sympathy and condolence with the relatives of the lato Mr Carl E. Beal, who died recently in Melbourne, was passed. Mr Beal was , an Enthusiastic cricketer, and was a <Sf the East Chiistchurch Cricket Club. He played on several occasions in representative cricket in Canterbury, and was a good all-round man —a stylish batsman and a keen field. It was only about eighteen months ago that Mr Beal left New Zealand for Melbourne, where he died of consumption. MRS GEORGE FISHER. (special to "the press.") WELLINGTON, September 18. The death is announced of Mrs George Fisher, widow, of the late Mr George .Fisher, who was several times Mayor of Wellington, and a leading figure in politics. The deceased had resided in Wellington for over forty years. Her family includes Mrs J. *B. Mathieson. (Auckland), Mrs J. B. MacEwan (Wellington), Mr Bert Fisher (Wellington), _ and Mr F. M. B. Fisher, ex-Minister of Marine, who i 6 j now in London. Lieutenant Hugh Montgomery, who died at Dunedin on Sunday, after undergoing a severe operation, at the age of 45 years, was an esteemed member of the Defence Forces. Ho held the twenty years' Service Medal, and was lieutenanjb in charge of the Port Chalmers Cadets. Mr Henry North, who died on Saturday, was one of the men who helped to make Dunedin a prosperous manufacturing centre (telegraphs onr correspondent). He was a London man, a cabinet-maker by trade. As a young man he spent some time in Victoria, and came to Otaeo before the big rush of 1861. He, tried the diggings nnd then settled in Dunedin, he and Mr Arthur Sconllar (who died in Wellington some years age) storting the fn m i tnre-maVinc firm of North and About. 33 years aero .Mr North retired from the business, and Mr Robert Chisbolm joined the firm. Tbo three principals are all dead now, but the business goes on. After retiring from business, Mr North interested himself in mining and other ventures.