OBITUARY

Evening Star, Issue 21631, 29 January 1934, Page 10

OBITUARY

MR H. M. REEVES ' j [Per United Press Association.] ‘ CHRISTCHURCH, January 28. The death is announced of Mr Hugh Maude Reeves, of Hororata, a, wellknown Canterbury landowner and breeder of racehorses, aged sixty-nve. Ho was a sou of Mr Williani Reeves, who for many years was managing idirector of the Lyttelton ‘Times Company, and was the first chairman of ,the United Press Association of Ivew [Zealand, a position which. lie held ioi a record period of thirteen years. Mr Hugh Reeves was a brother of Mr William Pember Reeves. He was ' born at Christchurch, and was educated at Christ’s College. He twice held the 250yds and 440yds I\ew Zealand championship, and also represented Canterbury at cricket, and be"' Zealand in the Australian and New Zealand athletic championships in 1887. He entered journalism on the staff of what was then the Lyttelton ‘Times,’ and from 1900 to ‘1905 was editor of the. Christchurch ‘ Star. During that period he published the first 8 o’clock Saturday sports newspaper in the dominion. ■ ' ; In 1905 ho took up farming, and owned at various'times several {ilaces in Canterbury 1 . At one time he was a partner with Mr L. G. H. Acland in the Cecil Peak Station, Lake Wakatipu, now owned by Mr Acland. l‘or many years Mr Reeves was deeply interested in racehorse breeding, and his Hororata Stud gained a New Zealandwide reputation, Red Manfred being one of its recent'products. ) In 1902 Mr Reeves married a daughter of Dean [Walter Harper, of Christchurch. He is .survived by bis wife, three sons l (Messrs H. 'T. Reeves, L. W. P. Reeves, and J. H. Reeves V and one daughter (Mrs M. H. O’Rorke, of Lake Coleridge) , k . 7 * SOUTH AFRICAN VETERAN [Per. United Press Association.] V WELLINGTON, January 27. The death is announced of Mr Alfred Roe, aged'sixty-fdur, a South African [War veteran. He served for twentyone years in the Royal Marines and in the Boer War, being principally engaged on the Portuguese border to prevent the. smuggling of arms into the / Transvaal for the enemy. Afterwards he was engaged in an expedition to Somaliland to suppress a rising organ- , ised by the “Mad Mullah.” For fifteen years he was employed as a messenger in the Legislative Council. He had no relatives in New Zealand. MR D. MURRAY KEAN [Pee United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, January 28. The death occurred on Saturday night at his residence of Mr D. Murray Kean, secretary of the New Zealand ■Lawn Tennis Association since 1920. Th« deceased suffered a stroke some ten days ago wheh bidding farewell to the New South Wales ladies’ lawn tennis team. He was fifty-three years of age, and he leaves a widow and one daughter. PROMINENT MINING AUTHORITY [Special to the ‘Star.’]- _ _ CHRISTCHURCH, January 29. The death occurred at Blenheim on Saturday night, of Mr K. M. Bariance, mine manager for the. Mahakipawa Goldfields Company. He had ’ -been ill for some days, and died after a heart attack. . Mr Barrance was recognised as one of the most capable gold mining engineers in the dominion, having spent ' practically all- his life in the industry. He received his technical education at the Otago School of Mines, and was engage! at the Ross (West Coast) goldfields and at "Auckland, and also in 'Australia. He joined the New Zealand Tunnelling' Corps, and held a prominent rank in that unit in France. He resumed his mining career alter his return to the‘dominion, and for some years was manager of the Alexander Mine, near Reef ton. From .there he was appointed to the management of the Mahakipawa Mine some years ago. Reports on quartz mining properties from Mr Barrance were highly valued in the industry, as few experts had . such a combination of technical and practical experience. He leaves a widow and four children. COLONEL MANUEL DEHORA Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, January 27. Colonel Manuel Dehora, consulting engineer and soldier of fortune, who ■ surrendered at Johannesburg to Lord Roberts in the Boer War, died of pneumonia yesterday; aged 85. MR E. H. HEALEY A Christchurch Association message records the death of Mr Ernest Hilliard Healey, a former member of the Dominion Council of the. New Zealand Bowling Association, a past president of the Christchurch Centre, and a past president of the, Canterbury Rugby League. MR F. H. BUCKLEY (Special to tee ‘ Stab.’] CHRISTCHURCH, January 29. Mr F. H. Buckley, whose death • has been announced, was well know;n in the Fairlie district, where formerly he , was farming, and latterly in Christchurch as conductor of . the (Dhristchurch Municipal Band. Mr Buckley was farm manager for many years at the Seacliff Mental Hospital, where he was associated with Sir Truby in the early activities of the Plunket Society. . . „ Born in Port Chalmers sixty-five years ago, Mr Buckley was prominent . there in musical crcles. In 1904 he went to the Fairlie district, where he, engaged in farming. During the war four of his sons saw active service, while he, with other members of his family, helped, at many concerts in the district to raise funds for patriotic purposes. Mr Buckley was prominent on local bodies. . . After retiring from farming about three years ago, he and his, family came to Christchurch, where he held, until recently, the position of conductor of the Christchurch Municipal Band. Mr Bucklev leaves a widow and seven sons—Flight-lieutenant M. W. Buckley XN.Z.P.A.F.), Messrs V, L. Buckley,

J R. Buckley, H. B. Buckley (Christchurch), M. T. Buckley (Waitaki), C. C. V. Buckley (Timaru), and I). W. Buckley (Wanganui).