OBITUARY.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLI, Issue XLI, 11 July 1921, Page 4

OBITUARY.

>— -r —- MR. JAMES KENWORTHY. The death of Mr. James Kenworthy removes a well-known figure from the ranks of Patea citizens, where he has resided for over forty years. The late Mr. Kenworthy worked on one of the Auckland papers as a compositor in bis younger days, subsequently going to Wellington and joining the staff of the Government Printing Office. Later on he went to New Plymouth and established an evening paper, called the Budget, which eventually became the weekly issued at the Taranaki Herald office. Mr. Kenworthy went to Patea in seventies as editor of the Mail, then run by Mr. A. Black. He was a fearless writer, and did not hesitate to call a spade a spade when the necessity arose. ~ Leaving the Mail he started a. jobbing office in connection with a stationery business, but did not sever his connection with journalism, his con- , tributions to various New Zealand papers being read with great interest. At one time he edited' the Hawera Star for a short period during the absence of Mr. Yorke in England. His death was not unexpected, for he had been in indifferent health for some time previously. We extend our sympathy to Mrsf ir"Kenworthy and family in their; bereavement.