OBITUARY

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 128, 24 February 1938, Page 16

OBITUARY

Mrs. C. Ferguson Mrs. Clara Ferguson, who died on Sunday morning at her residence, Queen's Road, Lower Hull, was the willow of the late Mr. Alfred Craig Ferguson, and was aged 75. Mr. and Mrs. Fel'gusop were married at St. Andrew's Church, Wellington, in 1893. Mr. Ferguson, who was an engineer, was concerned in the building of the first crane on the Wellington wharf and in the erection of the first refrigerating plant in New Zealand. Mrs. Ferguson’s grandparents, .Mr. and Mrs. J. Belcher, were among the earliest pioneers, arriving at Nelson by the Martha Ann. the (bird emigrant ship to arrive at that settlement. Mrs. Ferguson was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Hooper, and well recalled her grandmother, who, at, two years of age, was the youngest child to survive the long trip from the Old Country. Mrs. Ferguson's father, Mr. George Hooper, and au uncle, Mr. Brent, with many others, chartered a brig and came to New Zealand from Prince Edward Island. A short service was held at the house by the Rev. H. Peat, and the interment was at the Taita cemetery. Mrs. Ferguson is survived by three children, Mrs. M. M. Ross, 'Wanganui, Mrs. ‘A. G. T. Smith. Lowfer Hutt, and Mr. Arnold Ferguson. Lower Hutt. < Mr. P. C. Vinnell The death occurred suddenly of Mr. Percy Cornelius Vinnell, mayor of Timaru, says a Press Association telegram from Timaru. Mr. Vinnell had been in good health and carried on his activities as mayor. On Tuesday afternoon he said he had not been feeling well, having slight pains in the chest and back and spoke of consulting a doctor. However, he did uot regard it as anything serious. Ou Tuesday night he attended a meeting in the council chamber#. Mr. Vinnell was born at Oxford, England, in 1879, and was educated at St. Paul’s School in that town. Before coming to New. Zealand in 1913 he served for a term on/the Street District Council, Somerset. He spent two years in Wellington, and then went to Timaru, where he set up in business as a boot manufacturer, and carried this on until his death, the establishment attaining considerable proportions. He was first elected to the Timaru Borough Council in 1919, and served under three mayors. He succeeded the late Mr. T. W. Satterthwaite as mayor in June, 1936. Mr. Vinnell twice contested the Timaru seat in the interests of Labour, but was unsuccessful, although on one occasion he came within measurable distance of winning. He enjoyed wide popularity among all classes of the community. Mr. P. M. Hansen The death occurred early yesterday morning in a private hospital of Mr. Paul M. Hansen, reports an Auckland Press Association telegram. He was the first manager of the Auckland Electrical Tramways Company, which afterward was taken over by the city council. Mr. Hansen was a prominent business man in Auckland for 40 years. Since 1928 he had been a land agent and company promoter. Mr. J. J. Hebley The death occurred in Wellington on Sunday night of Mr. J. J. Hebley, of Greytown, at the age of 57. He was a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Hebley and leaves two sons and a daughter.