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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXII, Issue 192, 29 July 1932, Page 7

Private advice of the death of Pilot Officer Walter Johnston Pharazyn, of the Royal Air Force, has been received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey Pharazyn. Pilot Officer Pharazyn was 21 years of age and was serving in the Bristol Bombing Squadron of the Royal Air Force, to which he was posted after leaving St. John’s College, Cambridge. His death was the result of an accident while flying on Wednesday last, which was the wedding day of his sister Ruth and Lieutenant John Westmacott, R.N. The first case of a man failing to attend drill parades called by the Canterbury Division oi the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, was heard to-day, when fhe Magistrate, Mr E. D. Mosley, after hearing evidence, adjourned further hearing for three months to enable the defendant, William Leonard Gobbe, to prove he was willing to abide by bis contract. The prosecuting petty officer said that when the men made a contract to join the division they were issued with a kit and equipment valued i:t LIO It was a serious matter to delimit from parades, as the money spent on the kit was practically wasted The Magistrate pointed out that the defendant was liable to three in .nth.,’ imprisonment, or a fine of £2O. —press Assn.