OBITUARY

Hokitika Guardian, 21 September 1937, Page 4

OBITUARY

A London cable message announces the death of Aliss Anne Patrick, tvho established the first mothercraft centre in London. The death occurred at Wellington yesterday of Mr William Fairchild Marsh, aged 74, who was formerly Crown Lands Commissioner of Westland. Appointed a cadet in the Survey Department in 1879, ho eventuatly occupied the dual positions of Cirri' Survivor and Commissioner of Crown Lands, first for Westland, and then for the Hawke’s Bay-Gisborne district, and finally for Auckland, retiring in 19_o

The death occurred at the Innngahua Hospital, Reef tori, on Saturday night of Air Olliver Griffiths, of Reefton, aged fifty-eight, a native of Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, who had resided in the district for thirtyfive years’. Mr Griffiths, who was a miner, had worked in all the quartz mines in the Jnangahua field for thirty years. He is survived, by a widow, one son 'and a young daughter and also several brothers and one sister in Victoria.

The death took place last night at Greymouth of Airs Ellen Prendergast, wife of William Prendergast, of the Borough Gasworks staff. A native of County Tipperary, Ireland, the deceased, who was G2 years of age, came with her parents, the late Air and Airs Janies Dillon, to the West Coast in her infancy, residing first at Paroa, and for the past 3G years in Greymouth. She had been in weak health for a lengthy period. She leaves a family of one daughter, Aliss Eileen Prendergast, and three sons, John, Thomas and William, all of Grevinouth.

ERNEST CLIFTON BEALE. (Per Press Association —CoDyrignt). AUCKLAND, September 21. The death has occurred of ErnestClifton Beale, aged 75, who played a leading part for the past thirty years in fitting New Zealand cricketers for the periodic .trials of strength with England in Britain, and in keeping the standard of the game up to test match pitch. For many years Beale practised as a solicitor in Auckland. Ho and a brother, A. M. Beale, took a regular part in cricket competition, the latter becoming an Auckland representative. E. C. Beale’s ambition was to see a New Zealand team play T England at Lords, and he achieved this in 1930 during the second New Zealand team’s visit to England.