OBITUARY.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 880, 18 August 1910, Page 3

OBITUARY.

L. K. READR—AGED 63 YEARS. It is our painful duty to record the death ot Mr L. E. Reade, solicitor, of Foxton, which took place in the Wellington Hospital yesterday morning. It will be remembered that the deceased, while on a visit to Wellington on July 4th, fell from a tram car and received an injury to his head. He was removed to the Hospital, and on 29th July he was discharged from the institution apparently cured. Last Sunday night he was taken suddenly ill at the residence of his son in Owen Street, and on the following day he re-entered the Hospital, where an operation disclosed the existence of an abscess on the brain —presumably the result of the fall from the tramcar. He never regained consciouness, and breathed his last at 8 a.m. yesterday. The late Mr Reade, who was 63 years of age, was born at Gorukpore, India, and was the sou of Mr Edward Anderson Reade, C. 8., Governor of one of the small provinces near Bengal, who was a great friend of the famous Sir Henry Eawerence. Charles Reade, the novelist, was an uncle of deceased. Young Reade was educated at Tunbridge School, in England. He came out to New Zealand about thirtyfive years ago, and taking up bis residence in Dunedin, passed the law examination there- He then went to Oamaru, where he married a daughter of the late Mr George Booth, and he also lived in Christchurch, Invercargill, Melbourne, Wellington, and Feiiding before he came to Foxton. In his younger days he was a prominent figure in New Zealand cricket circles, and was a representative player for Otago and Canterbury. He was also an excellent oarsman and tennis player. His wife predeceased him by three years. The family consists of Mr E. B, E. Reade, of the Railway Department, Wellington ; Mr A. B. Reade, contractor, Havelock, Marlborough ; and Mr C. Reade, editor of the New Zealand Graphic, formerly ot the New Zealand Times staff. The late Mr Reade was at one time a prominent Freemason of which he was a P.M., and was also a member of the Royal Arch Chapter. He was a foundation member of the local Masonic Lodge, and it was his wish that he should be accorded a Masonic funeral. Owing to his interment not taking place in Foxton the request, unfortunately, will not be gratified. The late Mr Reade was also an hon. member of the local Druids’ Lodge. He was also a member of All Saints’ choir, and was passionately fond of music and himself was a vocalist of no mean order. He took a very keen interest in local cricket both as a player and umpire. He was a member of the Foxton Cricket Club. He bad a kindly and genial disposition and was very fond of animals. In this respect nothing annoyed him more than for a person to ill-treat a dog or a horse. Almost every dog about town knew him and he once said to the writer “When I die, say T was fond of dogs.’ ” He was a voracious reader and a very wellinformed man. Like the rest of us, he had his tailings, but bis charitable disposition more than atoned for his shortcomings. He has “gone to that bourne whence no traveller returns” and the Herald in common with Foxton residents, tenders its sympathy to the bereaved family.