OBITUARY

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXV, Issue 144, 4 June 1935, Page 4

OBITUARY

Mr. Charles J. D. Bennett Mr Charles John Dunlop Bennett, n prominent figure in the commercial and sporting filo of Gisborne, died on Saturday, aged 59 years. Mr Henuett was closely identified with all branches of sport in the district, but was best known perhaps as a breeder and owner of racehorses, and, in earlier days, as an athlete. He was a very fast runner in his day, and at one of the early meetings of the Gisborne Amateur Athletic and Harrier Association he established a record by winning the 100yds, 220yds, 440yds, 440yds hurdles, and high jump in one day. He also played for the West End Football Club in earlier days, and latterly was a keen bowler As a breeder and owner of racing stock, Air Bennett’s name is known throughout the Dominion. In the years in which he was interested in the sport he owned many fine performers on the track, notably Gazique, which won fot him something like £ll,oob in stakes. Mr Bennett also bred Huntique. which won the Grand National last year.

Mr. Joseph Cantwell

There passed away on Friday, at the District Hospital, Dannevirke, one of the pioneer settlors in the person of Mr Joseph Cantwell. The late Mr Cantwell was one of the earliest settlers in the Makotuku district, and had helped to dedelop it from a rough bush settlement to a fine farming district. A settler who entered into the various movements for the benefit of the community, the lute Mi Joseph Cantwell lived a long and useful life, and he was held in the highest esteem not only in the district, in which he had lived so long, but in every place where ho was known. The hardships .and toil of a pioneer

settler tell their tale after many years and the late Mr Cantwell had been ill for some time before he died, but he bore his illness with great fortitude. To mourn his loss ho leaves his widow and a grown-up family, Mrs McKinnon, Wairoa, Messrs J. Cantwell, Feilding, George Cantwell, Wellington, Philip Cantwell, postmaster at Onehunga, Herbert Cantwell, Dannevirke, and A. Cantwell, Makotuku, to whom the sympathy of the district is extended in their bereavement.

Mrs. L Brodie

Mrs Lina Brodie (nee Deighton), aged 61 years, died at the residence of her aunt, Mrs R. G. Deighton, Grey street, Wairoa, early on Saturday morning, after a short but painful illness. She had been on a few days holiday and on Thursday suffered a collapse, which was seen to be serious, and despite all that medical skill could do, she passed away as stated. The deceased was born in Wairoa in 1874, and was educated at the Wairoa school. She was the elder daughter of Baron Staffol (Sweden) and granddaughter of two Wairoa pioneers, the late Mr and Mrs It. J. Deighton. She was twice married, both husbands being deceased. She resided for many years in Wellington, and did great work in the 1918 influenza epidemic and fl-tially took charge of the emergency hospital in that city. Of late years she ueted as manageress of the Government hostel at Tuai. She leaves one son, R. J. Redinglield. of Wellington, and two daugh ) ters, Mrs Marie Rowluni, New Ply . mouth, bister St. Bertie. Ashburton : Convent,, and a number of grutid-child- 1 ven, including the talented Howlamt ■ family of musicians, trained on the Con tinent, and now travelling in New Zea land. The interment took place on Sunday at the Wairoa cemetery.