S.A. VETERAN’S BRIEF ILLNESS ENDS MR. FRANCIS G. CARTHEW

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22694, 20 July 1948, Page 6

S.A. VETERAN’S BRIEF ILLNESS ENDS MR. FRANCIS G. CARTHEW

The death occurred in a private hospital in uisborne on Sunday of ivir. Francis George Carthew, a veteran of the South African War and formerly well-known in the Taranaki district. He was 77 years of age. Mr. Carthew had been living in Gisborne for the past two years, and was ill for only a week prior to his death. He was born in New Plymouth, and was the twin son of the late' Mr. Edward Carthew. who settled in Taranaki in the early days. Mr. Carthew, sen., was a Cambridge graduate who entered the legal profession in his native Cornwall, and who had a connection with military life on a volunteer basis before he came to New Zealand. This experience served him well during the Maori wars, in which he attained the rank of captain. He subsequently practiced as a solicitor in New Plymouth until his death. Mr. Francis George Carthew grew up in New Plymouth and enlisted for service in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force sent to take part in the veldt campaign. He later travelled extensively before taking up land in the Waikato and Taranaki districts. He was married at the age of 36 years to Miss Mary Maud Perry, daughter of the later Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Perry. Waimata. Gisborne, and. when he retired from active farming two or three years ago they decided to settle in Gisborne.

For many years during his residence in Taranaki Mr. Carthew was an active member of the Legion of Frontiersmen. He is survived by Mrs. Carthew and two daughters, Mrs. L. M. Stevenson, Hastings, and Mrs. Keith Angus, Auckland. There are four grand-children. A memorial service will be held at Cochrane’s chapel at 2.30 p.m. today, the. funeral leaving later for the Taruheru cemetery.

DEATH OF A FORMER MARLBOROUGH RESIDENT

A member of a w'ell-known pioneer Marlborough family, Mrs- Rosina May Mills, died in Gisborne recently. She was the widow' of the late Mr. Lawrence Harold Mills, who W'as also a member of a prominent South Island family. Mrs. Mills was born in Marlborough, being the eldest daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Henry McArtncy. She spent practically the whole of her life in Marlborough, she and her late husband coming to Gisborne to live in retirement eight years ago. Mr. Mills predeceased his wife by eight years. Three daughters and two sons survive, Mrs. P. M. Scammell,. Ormond, Mrs. O. Colling, and Miss Nancy Mills, Gisborne, Mr. R. L. Mills, Marlborough, and Mr. Noel Mills, Patea. Mrs. C. L. Tullock, Whatatutu, and Miss J- McArtncy, Auckland, are sisters of Mrs. Mills, while one brother, Mr. W. McArtncy, resides at Papakura.

A service was held in Cochrane’s chapel, Williams street, on Saturday prior to the funeral leaving for the Taruheru cemetery.