OBITUARY
MR W. YOUNG The death occurred recently of Mr W. Young, of Burwood, after a short illness. Mr Young was a strawberry and tomato grower. He leaves a widow and grown-up son and daughter. The funeral took place at the Sydenham cemetery. The service was conducted by the Rev. Father O'Regan. Pall-bearers were Messrs J. and R. Young (St. Martins), brothers, Mr L. Young (nephew), Messrs R. H. Graham (Motukarara), F. L. Graham (Leeston), brothers-in-law, and Mrs F. Cusack (Burwood). Wreaths were sent by:—Mother, Noreen and Ray, Sam, Minnie, Maggie, Agnes, Lucy, and Graham, Bob, Myrtle, Desmond, Ivan, and Peter, Frank, Gertie, Nanette and Jennifer, Jack, Ada, Les and Esther, Bob, Mary, and Flora, Maggie and Sadie, Meares, Williams, and Holmes, Park Davis and Company, D. M. Park and Company, Roche and Prendegast, Canterbury Orchardists, Mr and Mrs F. Cusack, Mr and Mrs J. Liggins, Mr and Mrs J. Weatherall, Mr and Mrs W. Smythe, Mr and Mrs J. E. Donald, Mr and Mrs Rolands and Nancy, Mr and Mrs F. Bere and Clarence, Mrs Baird and S. Hogg, Mr and Mrs Pankhurst, Mr and Mrs Nankerville and family, Mr and Mrs Burrell * and Joyce, Mr and Mrs W. H. Robinson, Mr and Mrs T. H. Turner, Mr and Mrs Fleet, Mr and Mrs Cross and family, Mrs Cooper, Mr and Mrs Weld, Kathleen and Ford, C. DuHielcl, Edith, Ruth, Nancy, Molly and fcstelle, Peggy, Betty and Kay, Betty Fred, Jack, and mother, Ted, Bert, and Arnold, wee Thelma Cross, Mr and Mrs Bucktin and family, and Mr and Mrs Campbell and sons. MR J. E. HOLMES (PRESS ASSOCIATION TILEOIA1I.) WHANGAREI, December 21. The death has occurred of Mr James Edmund Holmes, aged 78. The son of a Worcestershire clergyman, he was born 78 years ago, and arrived in New Zealand when in his 'teens. He went to the Mangonui district, where he lived till 1905. Then he came to Whangarei, of which he was Mayor for two years, and a borough councillor till the time of his death, as well as filling posts on other local bodies. He was one of the best-known Freemasons in the Dominion. THE REV. J. P. MOYNAGH SYDNEY, December 21. The death has occurred of the Rev. J. P. Moynagh, aged 81, the eldest priest by ordination in the archdiocese of Sydney. He was ordained in 1882. SIR ALBERT SPICER LONDON, December 20. The death has occurred of Sir Albert Spicer, a former Liberal member of Parliament. [Sir Albert Spicer was born in 1847 and was made a baronet in 1906. He was a director of Spicers, Ltd., papermakers, for many years. He was a prominent Congregationa,]ist and from 1907 to 1914 was a member of the advisory committee to the Army Council on the spiritual and moral welfare of the Army.]
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Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21354, 22 December 1934, Page 16
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