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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 51, Issue 3139, 8 July 1942, Page 8

ed in Te Aroha. Such a move, he said, would be an encouragement to the young people to take an interest in art, and he was prepared to donate two paintings by Charles Blomfield to commence the collection.

The suggestion indicated temporary loans of pictures from residents to ibe hung in the gallery (this would have been the Committee Room), and these would have been changed from time to time, their places being taken by pictures borrowed from outside for exhibition. In connection with art many residents will remember that Mr Wild was himself possessed of no mean ability. Prisoners of War Mr Wild is survived by a widow, two daughters and three sons. Of the sons, Gordon and Aubrey, who served their time in the trade with their father, are prisoners of war in Germany. They served throughout the Grecian campaign and ughout the Grecian campaign and were taken prisoners in Crete. A younger (brother, Clifford, resides at the family home, as also does Miss Joyce Wild. Miss Winnifred Wild is training for teaching at Auckland. Mr Wild is survived by five brothers, Messrs F. W. (recently retired town clerk), A. E. (Te Aroha), A. S. (Morrinsville), G. W. (Tirohia) and R. B. (Auckland). There are four surviving sisters, Mrs J. F. Strange (Mangaiti), Mrs C. Gorringe ' (Wellington), Mrs J. Butterworth (Te Awamutu) and Mrs E. Guernier (Te Aroha). The funeral took place at the Te Aroha cemetery on Monday.