OBITUARY

Evening Post, Volume CXXXVIII, Issue 133, 2 December 1944, Page 12

OBITUARY

MRS. M. A. ARMSTRONG

Mrs. Mary Anne Armstrong, who was born in Wellington in March, 1865, died recently, after, a - painful illness. Her father, Mr. Jonah' Harris, arrived here in 1842 at the age of five months, and her mother, who was born in Wellington, was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Fill, who arrived in the Lady Nugent in 1841. She was married in 1897 to William Ebbetts Armstrong. There are' two' children, Miss M. E. Armstrong, of Wellington, and Mr. W. H. Armstrong, of Dunedin. Mrs. Armstrong is survived also by one sister, Mrs. W. Kelly, and two brothers, Messrs. William and James Harris, all of Wellington. All her life Mrs. Armstrong was an energetic worker for the Methodist Church. There were few patriotic or charitable appeals which did not benefit by her unobtrusive support. For twelve years she regularly visited the Victoria Ward of the Wellington Hospital. She took a great interest in basketball, and from the early days of the association she was a well-known figure at Wellington and Dominion gatherings.

should not be difficult to place them to advantage in the near future.

May Go North. —Acropolis, who has always done best on right-handed tracks, may be included in R. B. Berry's team for the Auckland Sumtner Meeting at Epsom. He has previously been a winner on the course, having won the Great Northern Derby. Acropolis has * not been seen out in public since finishing second to Scottish Emperor last April, but he has got i through a lot of work recently and i promises to reach his peak in quick time.

Tote Figures Soar. —At the peak of the depression the totalisator figures for the three days of the New Zealand Metropolitan Trotting Club's November Meeting shrank to £103,000. At tho recent meeting £290,751 was handled for. the two days, a greater amount than was put through at any of the three-day carnivals at Addington during pre-war years.'

Well Related. —There are few betterrelated pacers in. the Dominion than Crossroads, a maiden winner at the South Auckland Meeting on Saturday. Crossroads is a five-year-old bay gelding by Rey de Oro from Queen Chimes, the dam of Worthy Queen. Worthy Queen's mile record of 2.3 3-5 against time, and a mile and a half record of 3.14 1-5 in a race, have now stood for 10 years. Queen Chimes was a classic winner at three years, and was bred from by the late A. J. Corrigan, breeder of Worthy Queen and Crossroads.

'Licence Reduced. —After the running of the Twohill Handicap.at the South Auckland Meeting on Saturday, the judicial committee was called together and subsequently it was announced that M. J. Hasler, driver of Worthy Lining, who finished third, had his A licence* cancelled until the end of the season. Actually he was. reduced to D licence, which means that he will not be able to drive in a race during the present season. The inquiry was instituted as a result of the interference which resulted in /Jimmy Scott falling.