OBITUARY

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 4, 30 September 1943, Page 3

OBITUARY

Senior-Sergeant J. Power

The death occurred suddenly at his home, Waipapa Road. Hataitai, shortly after 5 p.m. yesterday, »of SeniorSergeant John Joseph Power, who had been in charge of the Tttranahi Street police station for the past eight years, lie is described by his colleagues as one of the finest ami most pop'tlar officers in the Police Force. Senior-Sergeant Power was aged about 60 years. Formerly a raeniiber of the Royal. New Zealand Artillery (which was originally known as the Armed. Constabulary), •Seniors Sergeant Power joined the Police Force in lf)OS. and was first stationed at Auckland, He saw periods of service at Palmerston North ami Stratford (where he was in charge) as sergeant, was promoted senior-sergeant at Hamilton. and then was transferred Io Wellington. Be is survived by his wife, two sons in the armed forces (one being a prisoner of war in Italy) and three daughters, Senior-Sergeant Power in his earlier days was a good footballer ami tenni-. player, and was a splendid all-round sportsman. Ho was a keen member of (lie Hataitai Bowling Club, a member of the Old Comrades’ Association., and a staunch supporter of the Wellington Police Pipe Band, 'being chairman of the committee. Three police officers, two of them in charge of t.be main subsidiary stations of Wellington, have died at this centre within a week, the other two being Senior-Sergeant Austin (Mount Cook) ami Constable O’Connor. (Miramar). Captain Willcocks The death occurred in the district Hospital, Westport, on Tuesday, of Captain Willcocks, senior signalman at the signalling station on the western breakwater al .Westport, says a Press Association telegram. Captain Willcocks bad filled the post of senior signalman for the past four years. Born at Napier, he was's4 years of age. He had lengthy seagoing experience, including four years and nine months on active service in the Royal Navy, part of the time in the Mediterranean, in the Great War. Subsequently he was appointed harbourmaster in Samoa under the External Affairs De partment. Later he was stationed for a short period at Rarotonga. He became muster oil the Tees, trading ou the Chatham Island run, and then took up the appointment at Westport. Mr. Clement W. Nash The death occurred in hospital in Blenheim yesterday of Mr. Clement Walter Nash, eldest son of the Minister of Finance, Mr. Nash, and Mrs. Nash. He was a member of the R.N.Z.A.F., and became seriously ill on Friday, his parents leaving for Blenheim immediately they were notified. Thirty-seven years of age, Mr. Nash was married, with three young childrim. He was born in England and was educated at the New Plymouth Boys’. High School, Wellington College aud Victoria University College, where he graduated LL.M., with first-class honours. He was a barrister ami solicitor and was in practice on his own account in Napier. He was a prominent member of the Masonic fraternity and master of the Napier Lodge at the time of his death. Mr. Nash had been a member armed forces for about 10 months. First he was in the Army and subsequently transferred to the Air Force, lie was attending an officers’ training course nt au R.N.Z.A.F. school of instruction. Mr. Nash was a former president of the Napier branch of the Labour Party, and was also vice-chairman of the Napier Labour Representation Committee. He also held office as a member of the Napier Secondary Schools’ Board of Governors. YVliile he was attending \ ictovia CoL logo he was a member of the oflice staft of Messrs. Perry, Perry and Pope, barristers and solicitors, Wellington, and after going to Napier was for a time in partnership with Mr. W. E. Barnard in his legal practice. . . The funeral will take place in. Napier and Mr. Nash will be accorded Air Force honours. . • > Members of the Wellington Provincta Patriotic Committee yesterday expressed their deep sympathy with Mr. and Mrs. Nash, sen., in the loss of their son, and with the widow and family of the late Mr. Nash. ■ , ... , r _ A motion of condolence with AL. Nash, sen., in the loss of his son, was carried at last night’s meeting of the Wellington Manufacturers’ Association. Mr. A. Withy

Mr. Arthur YVithy, for 3S years a journalist in .M’ellington. died at Eastbourne on Friday last. He had been a resident of M'elllngton since 1915, when lie joined the literary staff of the ‘NewZealand Tinies.” a paper he represented in the Press Gallery of Parliament lor several years, before joining the staff of Hansard from which he retired a few years ago. Au Englishman by birth, he was the son of the late Mr. "Edward Withy, one of the owners of the Middleton ship-building yard at Hartlepool, a firm which subsequently continued m business under the name of Furness, Withy and Co. Disposing of his interest in the old firm. Mr. Edward Withy de; cided to settle in New Zealand. In ISB< he contested the Newton (Auckland) seat in Parliament against the Hon. J. A. Tole, whom he defeated by a substantial margin but at the next election he was defeated. Mr. Arthur M’ithy, his. son, also had political ambition, and in 1911 contested one of the Auckland seats without success. He had a long career as a journalist. Before coming to M'elilngton, be spent some years in the Old Country, where he was associated with the Portsmouth “Evening News” and the “Hampshire Telegraph,” a weekly paper. He wns also a contributor to the “'Westminster Review.” Mr. G. R. Croll 'The death occurred recently at New Plymouth, of Mr. G. R. Croll, who was connected with the, freezing industry of the Dominion for just on, 40 years, aud was regarded as one of the leading authorities and pioneers of the industry. Mr. Croll was born in Dunedin in 1808, and was educated privately in Christchurch, where he served his apprenticeship to mechanical engineering with the firm of Scott Brothers. After spending some years at sea with the Union Company he was in 1003 appointed chief engineer at the Aramoho Freezing Works. M’angauUi. In 1905 he entered the service of Thos. Borthwick and Sons, Ltd., as chief engineer and works manager at their Waitara works, and in 1907 was appointed superintending engineer fo-tlie company, whose head office was then in Christchurch. During 1912 and 1913 he went to America and England on the company's behalf. In 1931 he went with the head office of the company to Mastertou from Christchurch. He retired in 1936. In 1932 Mr. Croll supervised the processing and shipment of the first consignment of chilled beef to leave New Zealand. Mr. Croll was a member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, London, at at the time of his retirement had been a member of the New Zealand Institute of Marine and Power Engineers for 4a years.