DEATH OF PIONEER

Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 19, 23 January 1937, Page 18

DEATH OF PIONEER

The death occurred recently of Mrs. Eliza Radford, a well-known resident of Little River, in her eightieth year. She was the youngest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. Harris, who came to New Zealand in the ship Steadfast in 1851. There was a family of fifteen, and they made their home at Governor's Bay. Three of the daughters are still living, all being over eighty years of age. They are Mrs. W. Manson, who was the first white girl to be born at Lyttelton, Mrs. Hall (Dunedin), and Mrs. Fussell (Doyleston). Mrs. Radford's father was a stone-mason, and worked at the Lyttelton tunnel, and she was the first child to go through it, being taken by her father on a trolley with a candle on a bottle to light them. on their way. In recent years she was the guest of the Government when the first electric train went through the tunnel. Mrs. Radford is survived by her husband, three daughters, and four sons. There are 26 grandchildren and 20 greatgrandchildren. j After using gloves, smooth them out gently and lay in a box, in the corners of which arc pieccs of cottonwool scented with perfume. This will remove any odour, and they will be as fresh as new when needed.