OBITUARY

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21087, 12 February 1934, Page 17

OBITUARY

MR D. O'REILLY [ s c (raou cue own coRRSsroNDiKT.) f l LONDON, January 12. 1 Mr Daniel O'itciJly, who claimed to have viaited practically every country p in the world, and who, from a ship- s wrecKod emigrant, became a land- v owner and hotel proprietor, and a J magistrate in Hastings, New Zealand, cl died at an advanced age at Morrison's y Island, Cork, on January 13. A native u 'of Skibberecn, as a boy he ran away 7 to sea in a sailing vessel bound from Cork to Plymouth, nariowly escaping with his life when his first voyage ended in shipwreck near Ballycotton. On a later voyage he was wrecked in Cook Strait. He had many thrilling tales to tell of pioneer days, gold n lushes, and voyages. ]> The Cork ".Examiner," which do- i votes a column to a description of the late Mr O'Reilly's career, says:— a "For some 40 years he engaged in a 1. variety of occupations, ranging from sheep farming to saloon-keeping, both t in Australia and New Zealand, and a eventually, having amassed consider- ri able wealth, settled down in Hastings, in which he had been one of the ori- e ginal settlers. Here he built a large c hotel and invested extensively in land and property. v "A man of the most abstemious l habits and upright character, he was r well known and respected throughout New Zealand as one of the outstanding pioneers in the founding of the Dominion. Having accumulated a large fortune while still comparatively young he devoted the greater part of his later years to travel. He claimed to have visited practically every country in the world, and had a fund of interesting anecdotes of his globe-trot-ting experiences. Some years ago he returned to his native country and re- • sided in Cork up to the time of his , death. , r "His death marks the conclusion of a strenuous career, in which he played s an honourable and valuable part as fa one of the founders of a Dominion where his name will long be respected. "The f-.ineral took place on Sunday " at Carrick-on-Suir cemetery where Mr O'Reilly's wife, who died some years ago, is buried." c MR W. A. HORNE g Mr William Alfred Home, formerly of Auckland, whose death was reported in a Press Association tele- c gram last week, visited Australia toward the end of last year and I returning to England met with t an accident on board ship. He was taken to hospital at Malta, where he | died. He was born in Canterbury and | was educated at the Ashburton High School. He was an associate member of the Real Estate Institute of New a Zealand, and a member of the Auckland Valuers' and Arbitrators Assoelation. He was keenly interested in l lawn tennis, and was the donor of me ~ Home gold cup for the winner of the Auckland men's singles championship. - In later' years he took up the game of L golf He is survived by Mrs Home, who resides in Auckland, and four , o daughters. i s s SIR PERCY RADCLIFFE b s (UNITED Vnr.ua ASSOCIATIOS-r.T electric TELKGRAPH—COPYKIOIIT.) LONDON, February 9. General Sir Percy Radcliffe, General ■/ OlTlcer Commanding-in-Chief, South- b orn Command, since January. 1933, who collapsed and fell from his horse o while hunting near •Salisbury. died almost immediately. He was 60 years ~ of age to-day. [General Sir Percy RadclifTe, K.C.8., KCMG., C.8., D.5.0., Commander of the 'Legion of Honour, served in the Boer War as a captain of artillery. In ihe European war he rose from Major to Major-General. He was mentioned in dispatches six times. He was director of military operations at the War Office from 1918 to 1922.] Have you anything to sell-Do ~„,, wish to buy? If so a small SSertiSnSt i/the classified section of "The Press" will be all you need 12 words Is, three insertions 2s 6d.