MR. JOHN HANNING

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 36, 13 February 1939, Page 10

MR. JOHN HANNING

The death occurred on Saturdaymorning at his residence, 7 Miro Street, Miramar, of Mr. John Harming, a wellknown former railway servant.

Mr. Harming, who was born just outside Dunedin in 1865, was educated in that city. On leaving school he entered the service of the Railway Department and for the greater part of his 40 years' service he was a stationmaster. His first charge was Pukerau, and after that Upper Hutt, then the defunct Te Aro station (which stood at the eastern end of Wakefield Street, Wellington), Taihape, Waipukurau, Hastings, and, finally, Petone. He retired from the service 18 years ago, since when he had lived in Miramar. Mr. Harming, who was a man of sterling uprightness, was honorary secretary of the. Wellington South Ministers' Association and an elder of the Seatoun and Miramar Presbyterian Church.

He leaves a widow, two sons, and four daughters. The sons are Messrs. C. W. Harming, Wellington, and J. K. Harming, New Plymouth. Mesdames M. Northover, C. H. G. Joplin, E. E. le Grove, and A. McNeilage are the daughters. The funeral was held from Knox Presbyterian Church, Miramar, this morning and a special memorial service will be held in the church next Sunday.