PERSONAL ITEMS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 14 October 1922, Page 4

PERSONAL ITEMS

Before the format business of the Nelson City Council'was proceeded with last evening, the Mayor (Mr W. :Lock) re* ferred to the death of the late Mr J. S. Evans, who was a most capable Magistrate and a very excellent citizen. .He felt sure all would regret the loss the city had sustained, aiid he moved the following resolution :—“That, the Nelson * City Council places on record its sorrow at the loss the community has, sustained by the death of the late Mir J. 9. Evans, who for many years rendered* able and efficient service to the city and Dominion as Stipendiary Magistrate and in many other judicial capacities. The Council expresses to. the widow and fa- , mily its sincere sympathy with them id their sad bereavement.” The motion was carried in silence, Councillors stand* ing meanwhile. The death occurred at Blenheim on Thursday of Mr F. Stephenson Smith, formerly Commissioner of Growth Lands in Blenheim. Mr Hugh Campbell Fletcher, Govern* , ment Audit Inspector, ha.<s resigned; from the Public Service after many years’ service. •• 1 , Tlie death occurred at hei‘ on Thursday morning of Mrs Saunders, wife of Mr H. Saunders, Motueka. De« ceased, who had been, in. ill-health for some years, leaves a family ; of: fhbw daughters and one soq (Mi’ H. Nelson). The daughters are: Mrs Heffcr (Mastorton), Mrs Potion (Nelson) and ■ Miss R. Saunders, Motueka. Mr F. Deverell, secretary of the New Zealand Refrigerating Company, hap been appointed London manager of the company, and leaves for Home next ' | month. There passed away at Havelock on Sunday, the Bth inst.; Mary Mulvey, at the advanced ago of one hundred .yeara , and ten mouths. The deceased,-states the Marlborough Express, and/her husband, the late John Mulvey, who had been a soldier in the 65tli Regiment, arrived in the Pelorus district Horn Otago during the sixties of the last century, having been attracted by the favourable reports of the gold found an the Wakamarina River, subsequent to its discovery by Messrs Rutland, Dobson,, and Harris'in April, 1864. After following mining for a few months they purchased some land in Havelock and built a home, where they kept « few cffws and. sold milk, butter, etc., for a livelihood: The late Mr Mulvey predeceased his wife by over 30 years, and Ids widow continued to live oii in the old home up to the time of her death. She'' was noted foi* her readiness at repartee, and possessed much of the ready wit for which the' Irish people as a rule are noted. She was very much respected for her many, sterling qualities, and had many friends, but no relatives, in the district. Notwithstanding her advanced age, site retained, a wonderful memory of faces and events up to almost the end. The deceased was borne by bid friends to thei Church of the Sacred Heart, Havelock, where a Requiem Mass was celebrated for the repose of her soul. The deceased was throughout her life a staunch her''of the Catholic congregation. Immeditelv after Mass, the body was laid to rest in ' the Havelock Cemetery. Fattier Heifer nan, S.M., celebrated the Requieum Mass, and also conducted the service at the gravesid^.