OBITUARY

Evening Star, Issue 17324, 12 April 1920, Page 6

OBITUARY

♦ A Christchurch P.A. telegram records the death of Dr Courtney 2s'edv;ill, 63, one of the'early medical practitioners of Christchurch.' He came to New Zealand in 1863, and was one of the surgeons to the hospital for over 30 years. He also held the position of health officer of the* Chriatchurch district. Outside his practice he was prominently associated with rifle shooting, cricket, and lawn tennis, heing president of the Canterbury Tennis Association for many 3-ear.s. Mr Robert Evans, who for 30 years was an officer of the Customs Department, died at his residence in Wellington recently. The late Mr Evans saw active service In the Maori War under General Cameron, and also held the rank of volunteer officer of the East Coast Expeditionary Force and also of the Commissariat Department. Mr Evans was educated at Kilkenny College, Limerick. The death has occurred at Tauranga of Mrs Elizabeth Kennedy, widow of Sergeant Kennedy, at the age of 74. Mrs Kennedy wa3 born at Karachi, India and afterwards lived in Australia with her father, who was a soldier. She came to New Zealand in the Swiftsure, the ship chartered to bring the Imperial >3}ffi(. ere' | wivee andchildren to the Dominion. She ' was married to Sergeant Kennodv at Drury, and went to Tauranga whi'e "firfi'- ; ing %vas. in progress there. Mrs Kennedy had resided at Tauranga for 55 years.