OBITUARY.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 24 December 1924, Page 4

OBITUARY.

' DAVID KNIGHT.

An old and mueli respected resident, a pioneer settler whose whole life had been passed in tlie Dominion, passed to his rest yesterday in 1 the person of Mr David Knight, of Hunter street, Hawera. He had suffered for twenty-five years from the results of; an accident. When driving in a buggy a train crashed into the vehicle on the Main South Road crossing, and again thirteen years since from a serious accident at the railway station, when lie was thrown from his horse and was partially paralysed on his right side. From this'he never recovered, jbut despite, his injuries he continued to get about as usual until comparatively recently. Throughout and right to the last moments before his death he took a keen interest in current, affairs, and' just before his death, which took place suddenly, lie was discussing the wool market with one of his sons. - Mr Knight was born at the Lower Hutt in 1851 the youngest son of the late Mr and Mrs William .Knight, who landed in Port Nicholson 'by 'the ship Duke of Roxburgh in January, 1840. One of a family of fourteen', his early vears were spent in the infant settlement round Wellington. Later he w v ent to the Manawatu, where lie managed a farm for the late Sir Jas. iPrendergast at. Fitzherbert. In 1882 he ,eame to Taranaki and bought land at Oeo at the first land sales when the' Plains were opened. There he bred pedigree' Romney sheep, scoring many successes in the show ring, and acting, too, as judge a.t several shows. Some years .after he settled at Manaia, and there bred hiany of wliiph the best ‘ known was the thoroughbred mare Weka, a well-known galloper of those days. He was successful in winning at different times the Taranaki, Manawatu, Rahgitikei and Egmont. Cups. After a few years he settled in /Hawera, where he lived until his, death. lle is survived by his widow hud. a family of ten, four boys - giid six girls. The daughters are Mesdaipes Dudley (Hawera), Finlay (Tauhahei),;H; J. Rowe’ and J. Laiider (Tnuranga), H. Stringer (Huiiterville); F. Edwards (Hamilton), and the sons, Messrs, P. G. (Tataxaimaka),. H; W. (Kapuni), F. O. (Matamata), and W. D. (Waiotahi). News oi:his ;deathV\yili be. learnt with, keen regret by many friends, and deep sympathy, in which we wish .to join; will go out to his family.