LEST WE FORGET.

Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 27 January 1926, Page 4

LEST WE FORGET.

IN MEMORIAM. MR JAMES WILLIAM LITTLE. (By Our Tokaora Correspondent.) A telephone message late on Tuesday afternoon, 26th inst., informed me of the passing of Mr J. W. Little, general supervisor for the firm of Messrs R. Hannah and Co. “Jimmie,” as we old hands used to call him, was a general favourite in the early days of Hawera. Mr Little was one of the first managers of the local branch of the firm, retaining that position for many years, being promoted to the management of the firm’6 Auckland branch. He was afterwards made general supervisor over the firm’s many branches located in all leading towns and cities in the Dominion,' which he held till the reaper Death called him.

During his residence in Hawera he took a prominent part in all activities for the progress of the town, and was honoured by the local brethren of the mysie craft by the highest gift they could bestow on a worthy brother, that of Worshipful Master. He was a member of the Hawera Presbyterian Church. By his integrity as a business man he set a high standard for others to follow, establishing for Hawera a reputation for honest dealing and reliability which, I am pleased to state, it still possesses. He was an enthusiastic fisherman, and was for many years secretary to the local Acclimatisation Society. While on his way to his favouirte fishing grounds at 4.30 a.m. he had often called on the writer. Of late years, in his periodical visits to Hawera, he made it part of his business to drop in as usual, but not at such an early hour, and to chat about the struggling days of Hawera’s youth and the wonderful progress it had made. He was married during his residence in Hawera to a Dunedin young lady, who has predeceased him liv several years. There was no family. His aged mother still resides at Hokitika. and his brothers and sisters are settled in various parts of this Dominion. To one of Nature’s gentlemen, and a class of man New Zealand can ill-afford to lose, old friend, farewell !