OBITUARY

Press, Issue 22599, 3 January 1939, Page 10

OBITUARY

MR WILLIAM HART (MBU *J»0«A«0K HASTINGS, December 31. The death has occurred of Mr William Hart, a former Mayor of. Hastings, aged 75 years. . Born in Sunderland, England, Mr Hart came to New Zealand as a by and was for a time employed m the printing trade in Dunedin. Later he joined the “Oamaru Mail," where he remained for 21 years, before coming to Hastings. In 1899, he took over the ‘‘Hastings Standard." After disposing of the “Standard” in 1908, which then became the “Tribune,” he commenced a printing business, which he disposed of in 1922. He served for some time as a councillor, and in 1913 was elected Mayor, and served in this office till 1917, and again from 1921-22. He was a member of the War Belief Committee, and a keen poultry fancier. He is survived by his wife and four daughters, MR C. E. BOULT

WELLINGTON, January 2. ‘ The body of a highly esteemed member of the Wellington branch of the South African War Veterans’ Associatlon. Mr Charles Edgar Boult, aged 57, of 61 Abel Smith street, Wellington, was found in a building in Lambton quay about 4 o’clock on Saturday afternoon. Mr Boult had bullet wounds m the head, and an old .303 rifle used in the South African War was found lying beside the body. Mr Boult had been cleaning the building, and was dressed in working clothes. The rifle found by the body was one of several on display in the building. Mr Boult, who had been in ill-health for some time, was secretary of the Wellington branch of the South African War Veterans’ Association, and was regarded as a man of outstanding character. He will be given a military funeral from St. Peter’s Church, Wellington, to-morrow. Educated in' the Wairarapa,' Mr Boult joined the Seventh New Zealand Contingent to the Boer War at the age of 19, and served in South Africa as a corporal till the end of the war. In 1902, on his return to the Dominion, he joined the Royal New Zealand Artillery, and during the war served as divisional sergeant-major in the Otago military district* At the end of the war he was transferred to the Army Ordinance Corps at Featherston, and later to Trentham, where he served till he was retired as medically unfit in 1935. Mr Boult hew four military medals, the Queen's Medal for the South African War, the long service medal, the long service medal for the Royal New Zealand Artillery, and the meritorious. service medal for thfe New Zealand Army Ordinance Corps. He leaves a widow and four sons, Messrs John, Boult, Colin Boult, Archie Boult (all of Lower Hutt), and Leslie Boult, of Trentham, and a daughter, Mrs Jean O’Brien, of Wellington.