OBITUARY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21066, 10 April 1943, Page 4

OBITUARY

The death of a highly-respected resident of the .Milton district, Mr. John Paul, took place on Tuesday. Maiich 30. Mr. Paul; who was 87 years of age. came to New Zealand in 1873 from' Tasmania;kwherehhe was -bom, and; married ’Miss* Annie: Christie,: of Outram, who died in 1935. Mr. Paul leaves; to /mourn .their loss two sons and: four daughters/ of- whom one is Mrs. Wr A. Hall, Gisborne!/. 7 Tpe death occurred in December at Rhyl. .Wales,' of Mrs. Ellen Mary Johnston, widow of Mr! Percival Johnston, of . Annan dale . Estate, Sydney, grandson of Colonel George Johnston, who was responsible for the deposition on January 26, 1808, of Captain Bligh (of the mutiny of. the Bounty fame) from the Governorship of New South Wales, then known as Australia. The death of Mrs Johnston, who was 90 years of age, severs a linn •with the early history of New Zealand, as she was the eldest. daughter of Captain Charles'-William RamsaySchultze, J.P., M.L.A., of Hobson street, Wellington, Speaker of the first New Zealand Parliament, and one of the chief founders of Wellington.'';.. ... ■ . - . 1 With the death, of Mrs... Frances Griffith, Hastings, Hawke’s Bay loses another of its early settlers.. She was born in .Waipawa, in 1868, where she ; resided, with hpr’parents un,tu 1892. .when she married Mr. Joseph Griffith, trainer. Later. Mr. and Mrs Griffith removed to Kaikora. (now Otane) and 40 years ago they went to (Hastings. In 1910 , Mrs. Griffith entered into possession of the HanCurly Private Hotel,’ which became one of ■ the most popular hotels in New 'Zealand! -There are left the husband, four daughters, Misses Mona and Frances Griffith. Mrs.-'J. Lahood. Hastings, and Mrs. Syd Taylor. Masl.erton —and two sons. Messrs. Harold nr.d Athol Griffith, Hastings. ; . Mrs. Griffith is also survived by two brothers. Messrs; .. William and Harry Croxton, Gisborne. .