OBITUARY

Dominion, Volume 29, Issue 200, 21 May 1936, Page 2

OBITUARY

Mr. John F. Hoggard The death occurred recently of Mr. John Hoggard, a talented architect, who had done some good work in YVellington and other places in New Zealand. Ylr. Hoggard commenced his architectural training under his uncle, .Mr. YV. C. Chatfield, and continued it under the late Ylr. J. Cliarlesworth (who designed the Town Hall). For some years be practised in partnership with Mr. William J. Prouse, and later the firm took in Mr. W. Glimmer (of Auckland), now of the firm of Gummer and Ford. Ylr. Hoggard paid a visit to America in 1910 and absorbed a good inttnv incxlem ideas there, winch be <lDplied' to his work in New Zealand. Among the buildings Ylr. Hoggard dosigned were the Trades Hall. Ant’klaud. Public Trust Office, Haw*™State Eire Office, YVellington. Rtddtford Baths and Fire Station at Lower Hutt. Ylr Hoggard leaves a widow, one son, Mr. N. F. Hoggard, of Upper Hutt, and two. daughters. Ills brothers ate Messrs. S. and G. R. Hoggard, and Ins sisters, Ylesdames YY'. I. YVard and B. L. Donne, of Lower Hutt. Mr. S. A. Dumbleton The death occurred recently of Ylr. Samuel Albert Dumbleton, for many years a well-known and respected resident of Otago and Southland. Ylr. Dumbleton was born at Ludgershall. YViltshire. England, in 1859, and came to New Zealand with his parents when seven years of age, landing at Port Chalmers. After assisting in the working of his father’s farm for some years, Mr. Dumbleton became interested in the cheesemaking industry at YVoodlauds, Southland. He was among the first cheesemakers in the Dominion, and in 1886 was manager of the YVoodlands Dairy Factory. Prior to his departure to Dalefield. YVairarapa, Mr. Dumbleton was married to M' ss J. A. McKenzie, of Waitahuna. After managing the Dalefield factory for eleven years he was appointed cheese instructor and cheese and butter grader at New Plymouth by the Government Dairy Division. In 1912 he returned south and purchased the Otamita Dairy Factory, and after seven years took up farming at Brooksdale, where he resided up till the time of his death. Ylr. Dumbleton did not take an active interest in public affairs, but in his younger days was a keen supporter of Freemasonry, being a foundation member and secretary of the Manga-te-weka Lodge. He is survived by a widow, four sons, Ylessrs. Guy and Trevor Dumbleton (Tapanui). Lyle Dumbleton (Heriot), and Maxwell Dumbleton (England), and three daughters, Ylrs. Johnston (Woodville), and Misses Ruby Dumbleton (Auckland) and Dorothy Dumbleton (Tapanui). Mr. W. C. Smith A teacher whose services had extended to ninny parts of the Dominion, and who had been a pioneer of education in some of the South Sea Islands, Mr. William C. Smith died at his residence, S Carlton Avenue, Palmerston North, last week. Born in Gloucester, the late Ylr. Smith came to New Zealand in his early childhood. He received his education at Nelson College and Auckland University. He married Miss Laura Snow, of Nelson, and there he entered upon his teaching career. Later he was in charge of schools in the Wanganui, Auckland, Canterbury and Marlborough districts. While in Marlborough he joined the Masonic brotherhood. In 1911 Ylr. Smith was transferred to Niue Island, where he took charge of primary and technical education until 1915, when he became a pioneer teacher at Rarotonga, opening and establishing schools in Ngatangiia and Avarua. His services extended also to many of the outlying islands of the group. After a long and valued service under the Cook Islands Administration, he retired and took up residence in Tauranga, where he served on local bodies until ill-health overtook him. He was a resident of Napier at the time of the earthquake, from which date he had lived in Palmerston North. Mr. Smith is survived by a widow, three daughters, Ylrs. R. J. Sewell (Wanganui). Miss Lilian Smith (le Awamutu). Miss Iris Smith (Palmerston North), and two grandchildren. Mr. T. W. Satterthwaite Ylr. Thomas William Satterthwaite, Mayor of Timaru, and for more than a quarter of a century closely associated with municipal government, died suddenly yesterday, aged 65 years, says a Press Association message. Mr. C. Hawken Mr. Charles Hawken, one of the best known figures of Northland for the past 75 years, died yesterday, aged 9., «avs a Press Association message from Whangarei. A native of Cornwall, he arrived in the district in his early twenties and made a model farm out of the dense bush country. He reared a family of 17, of whom 15 survive.