OBITUARY

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21582, 8 December 1944, Page 6

OBITUARY

LIEUT. G. F. MeHARDY 'Through the death .of SecondLieutenant G, F. McHardy, Waipawa, overseas, Hawke’s .Bay hqs Ipatjone.of its leading residents. Lieutenant McHprdy is reported to haYe been killed in action with the Second N.Z.E.F. in Italy., Born near Palmerston North 41 years ago, he was the elder son cf Mr. Percy McHardy, Havelock North, and a member of the family which presented McHardy Home to Napier and the Anzac Club, to Palmerston North. He was educated at Christ's College and subsequently went to Cambridge University, England. He was a keen athlete, and particularly excelled in boxing, gaining his .’Varsity Blue and captained the Cambridge University boxing ,team which visited South Africa. ' .TV.' A w ; Subsequent to his return to .New Zealand he took over the McHardy homestead at Aramoana station, -while his brother, Douglas, took over Ouepoto station. He took a keen interest in local and national politics, education aijd business, one of his directorates; being, op Messrs. Williams and Kettle, Limited From the outset of the movemeht towards the establishment, of the Home Guard, Lieut. tylcHardy took a keen and active interest and event: uifily was appointed commander of the unit in his district. Later he joined the armed forces and sa\y service in camp in New. Zealand, gaining his commission. T/yyo years ago lie relinquished his commission and, reverted to N.C.O. rank in order to give service overseas. Subsequently he had his commission restored to him in Uie field. In addition to the widow, who wqs Miss Sherratt, formerly of Gisborne, lie leaves a young family of four children, a brother, Douglas, who is also ah officer in' the New Zealand Division in Italy, and four sisters. SIR JAMES GROSE The death occurred .in Wellington on Tuesday night of Sir James Trevilly Grose, .K. 8.. former genera ’ manager of the National Bank of New Zealand and a well-known and -espected figure in ,tlie finhneia 1 world, of the. Dbmirtion. Sirice his retirement from active banking ,ir 1937 Sir James, had retained h|s..*?«r ciation with the bank as advisory director ip NeW Zealand. He war also a director Of ' Other important financial, and commercial companies. Sir. James Grose,, whq came o' Cornish ■ stock; -Was - binti im .Townsville. North Queensland. -He' was educated ip Brisbane. : At the age o' •"<! yearshe 'entered the Bank of New South; Wales at TOvmsyilJjeiv. During 1918-19 Sir James was lent bv hjs bank to the.. Commonwoh!P Government in the' capacity., of .firian-fi.-i secratsrv to the Defgpcc Department He cpme, to, HeW' Zealand toward the qiid of 1926 as' jn'sh.ector for ffvv D- k !n fi'ir tl’e ,B,ank ' pf. Np >• Sputh Wales .In 1928 he wfis offered and accepted the positiOh of general manager of the., National .Bank o' New, Zealand. He was elocfeiwhsfi. man of the. Associated 'Banks shortly afterward but re’lhauisbed that position when Me visited Ehglpnd and America in 1929. He..was ; re-e'ected chairman of the Associated Banks in 1 932. He was created .■ a -Knight Bachelor in the New Year .Honours list of 1934. .Sir ..James retired from bis position as general manager of Urn NafiiohnJ. Bank , jh April, .1937.. Sir James is survived by-a -daughter, Mrs. G. I. Saunders, Wellington. His only son. Lieutenant E. R. Grose; N.Zfii. whs killbd on active service iff Libya just before the battle of El Alamein ; . .