OBITUARY.

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20898, 4 July 1933, Page 10

OBITUARY.

♦ MR D. A. HAY. (rKES-3 AESOCIATION 'tELEGP.'iM.) AUCKLAND, July 3. The death of Mr David Alexander Hay, of Remuera, occurred to-day in his eightieth year. Mr Hay entered his father's business of D. Hay and Sons, nurserymen. On the death of his father in 1883, he assumed control of the business, and retained it until his retirement in 1926. .His firm took a prominent part in horticultural shows held at Auckland. His services as a judge were much sought by horticultural societies throughout the province. He was a recognised authority on the nomenclature of plants. Mr Hay leaves a widow, four daughters, and one son. MR THOMAS RODGERS. (mESS ASSOCIATION Tfit.Er.RAM.t PALMERSTON NORTH, July 3. The death has occurred of Mr Thomas Rodgers, aged 93. Born on February 29, 1840, in a small manuka bach on the Petone beach, Mr Rodgers was afterwards known as the father of Petone. He received a Crown grant of 50 acres in recognition of his being the first white child born in the Wellington province. He came to the Manawatu in 1877 and farmed there until his retirement.

MR R. D. B. ROBINSON

(PKKSS ASWOt'IATION" TRLBCiRAM .) GISBORNE, July 3. The death occurred to-night after a short illness of Mr Reginald Deason Blandford Robinson, who had been in the service of the Gisborne Borough Council for 45 years, for 42 of which he had been town clerk, being on leave of absence for the last few weeks. MR ROBERT FINCHAM. (SPECIAL TO TJIK TKKSS.) OAMARU, July 3. The death has occurred of Mr Robert Fincham, aged 67, a wellknown farmer of North Otago. Born at Ellesmere, Canterbury, a son of the late Mr Thomas Fincham, he came to North Otago 12 years ago and purchased the property "Fleetwood," near Ngapara, from Mr Y. T. Shand. He farmed the property with great success. He was keenly interested in the advancement of agriculture, and had been a member of the Agricultural and Pastoral Association and its committee for the last five years. He and Mrs Fincham were members of the New Zealand farmers' party which toured England a few years a S°- . , i. Mr Fincham is survived by a widow, a son, and a daughter. He possessed a fine personality, and was held in the highest esteem by both the business and the farming community. MR E. E. CLOWES. (MESS ASSOCIATION TEUiait \M.J DUNEDIN, July 3. The death occurred to-day of Mr Ernest Edward Clowes, general manager of the Trustees, Executors, and Agency Co., aged 63. He was one of the 19 pupils who attended the opening of the Waitaki Boys High School, 15 of whom are still alive, and he was president of the Dunedin branch of the Waitaki Old Boys' Association. REV. OLIVER DEAN. The Rev. Oliver Dean, who died at Napier last week, was born iri London 77 years ago. He came to New Zealand as a young man and entered the ministry. He was first curate in Gisborne, then vicar of Woodville, and later of St. Andrews, Port Ahuriri, Napier. In the lastnamed place he remained for *7 years. He retired from active church work in 1919, and had been living quietly in retirement since then. He is survived by a widow and four children. These are: Mrs R. Bisley and Miss Mona Dean, of Napier, Miss Winifred Dean, of England, ai *d Dr. Ken Dean, of Palmerston North.