OBITUARY

Press, Volume LXXVIII, Issue 23802, 23 November 1942, Page 6

OBITUARY

MR H. C. HARLEY The death occurred in _ Christchurch yesterday, after a short illness, of Mr H. C. Harley, well known in trotting and motoring circles. Mr Harley was born in Nelson and went to Greymouth in 1898, where he founded the auctioneering firm of H. C. Harley and Company. He retired from business in 1921. and since then had lived in Christchurch. At an early age Mr

Harley was keenly interested in trotting and was one of the best-known amateur riders and drivers in New Zealand. In 1902 he won the Greymouth Cup with Uncle Tom. In Christchurch, Mr Harley was prominent in the administration of trotting, and was president of the New Brighton Trotting Club, a member of the judicial committee of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club, and a member of the Board of the New Zealand Trotting Association. He was immediate past-president of the Automobile Association of Canterbury, a director of the South Island Motor Union Insurance Association, and a member of the executive of the South Island Motor Union. He was ( a keen cricketer and a vice-president of the St. John Ambulance Association. MR ANDREW BURNS Mr Andrew Burns, associate editor of the “Christchurch Star-Sun,” died at Hanmer Springs on Saturday after a short illness. His age was 58. Mr Burns began his career in journalism on the staff of the "Lyttelton Times” in 1903. For 10 years he was editor of the “Christchurch Star,” before the foundation of the “Christchurch Star-Sun.” In spite of the loss of his right arm when a boy. Mr Burns suffered little

handicap in his work, and besides Writing with facility he was a notable shorthand writer. Mr Burns was keenly interested in tennis, and he did a great deal in the administration of the game in Christchurch. He was an office-bearer in St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church for several years. Mr Burns is survived by his wife. The funeral will take place to-morrow. MR JAMES AITKEN (P.A.) WANGANUI, November 227 The death of Mr James Aitken has occurred at the age of 88. He was headmaster of the Wanganui District High School from 1891 to 1921, when he retired alter 51 years’ teaching. He taught in Dunedin from 1882 to 1886 and in Geraldine from 1887 to 1890. MR J. W. CALLWELL (0.R.) GREYMOUTH, November 22. The death occurred at Auckland today of Mr John Wellington Callwell, aged 77 years, of Greymouth. Mr Callwell was general manager of the Midland Sawmilling Company, Ltd., Greymouth, and president of the West Coast Sawmillers’ Association. Mr Callwell, who had been ill only a short time and who was on a holiday trip to Auckland, was a keen agriculturist. Before 1923, when he became general manager of the Midland Sawmilling Company, he had been associated with the timber industry for many years. He had worked as a yardman at Kapitea, and later he was a secretary of sawmilling companies at Greymouth, including the West Coast Timber Trading Company, Ltd.