OBITUARY

Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 90, 16 April 1917, Page 2

OBITUARY

.«. MR. CHARLES HOLLARD The death, occurred at Lower Hutt yesterday eveniug of Mr. Charles Hollard, one of the oldest and most highly respected residents of (he district. The late Mr. Hollard had lived at Lower Hutt practically all the 68 years of his life. His parents settled in the locality shortly after their arrival in New Zealand, and after enduring great hardships, succeeded in establishing a home in. the dense bush. Also thege waa trouble with the Maoris; and as a protection a stockade was erected on land that now forms part of the river bed. In this stockade young Hollard drilled as a. militiaman, and filled in his loisure hours in cutting timber for his father. Later, wKen the Waiwetu was still clothed in dense bush, Mr. C. Hollard's father purchased an ai-ea of land there from the late Mr. Tollema-rsh. The Waiwetu.. stream was, at that time, a. continual source of trouble, and the 1 farm was on occasions flooded with water to a deptli of several feet. Stock . was lost and fenots levelled to tlie ground, but indomitable perseverance prevailed in the end and the family commenced to get a return for their arduous labour. ■ . Mr. Charles Hollard for'some time followed the Dursuita, of a farmor afc Greytown, and on the death of his father returned to Waiwetu over forty years ago, and Tesided there until his death. For some years he has been living in' retirement, but took an interest in the progress of the borough. Ho was a Justice of the Peace,.' an ex-council-lor, a member of /' ><<at" Valentine's band, tha first band formed in the district. He also took an interest' in Church matters, and for over fourteen years was conductor of the Wesley Church choir. As a member of tha -'^ Hutt Horticultural Society ho rendered that body excellent service. The late" Mr. Hollard ,was a renowned rifle shot, was a cricketer of note in the district in Jus younger days, and his prowess at throwing the hammer and crow-bar at athletic gatherings are well known to athletes of a generation ago. In later life he was best known for thegreat interest he took in bowling. He was one of the foundation members of the Hutt Bowling Club, of which he was an ex-president, ,was for ten years* a member of the executive committee of the club, and for a number of years he iwcted as ground superintendent. The gratuitous service he has given to the club in making their property one of the beauty spots of the Dominion is recognised' by thousands of bowlers throughout New Zealand. As late as Saturday he was on the Hutt bowling green, and on the previous Monday ho played an allrday match. The late Mr. Hollard • leaves a widow, a son, and two married daughters. The «ttTis Mr. E. Hollard, merchant, Hawera, one daughter te the wife of Mr. E. Johnson, Lower Hutt, and the other of Mr. H. P. AS-son, -Judge -of the Native Court in the- Cook Islands.