DEATHS OF OLD COLONISTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16963, 24 September 1918, Page 6

DEATHS OF OLD COLONISTS.

MR. S. E. HUGHES.

Mr. S. E. Hughes, an old colonist, die 3 at his residence, Station Road, Remuerr,, yesterday afternoon, in his 70th yea", Mr. Hughes was the son of the late Mr, S. E. Hughes, barrister and solicitor, and was born at Chatham, England. He cams to Auckland as an infant with his parents in the ship Clara, in 1849. Ho was a land agent by occupation, and was prominently identified with many of t'r.4 social and other activities of Auckland. He was one of the promoters and a Ufa member of the Auckland Orphans' Club, and also «as one of the founders of thd West End Rowing Club. He was president of the Auckland Swimming Club foe a number of years, and formerly he was an active member of the Auckland Hortw cultural Society. For many years Mr, Hughes resided at Ponsonby, and for A considerable time he was a member ar.q secretary of the Schools Committee m that district. We leaves a widow and four sons and one daughter. The funeral, which will take place at Purewa to* morrow, will be of a private nature.

MR. STEPHEN FEARNLEY. Mr. Stephen Fearnlev, of Otahuhu, who died last week, was born at Lewishani, Kent, England, in 1839. He arrived in Auckland in the ship Victory with ha parents in April, 1851. He was apprenticed to the late Mr. S. _ Vaile as a carpenter, and when the Maori war broka out worked on the stockade at Otahuhil and various other buildings for soldiers. He took part in the gold rush to tha Thames, and worked a claim adjoining the renowned Shotover mine. Subsequently he resided at Albany till 1881, when he removed to Otahuhu, where ha lived till his death. He is survived by Mrs. fearnlev, who resides at Otahuhu, and five sons and one daughter, viz.! Messrs. James T. Fearnley (Northcote), Ernest Albert Fearnley (Palmeraton North), Stephen H. Fearnley (Otahuhu, now in France on active service), Alfred Fearnley (Otahuhu), Sergeant Harold Feamley (Auckland Polico Force), and Mrs. Gardner (Otahuhu).

MRS.. P. R. BURT. Mrs F. R. Burt., who died at her residence,' Pitt Street, Ellerslie, at the ago of 67, was a very old colonist. She was brought to New Zealand by her parenti at the age of four, her father, the lata ! Mr. Alexander Hastie, settling at Waitati, Otago. Mrs. Burt, who was married in 1870 at Pojt Chalmers, is survived by her husband, three sons, two of whom are married, and five married daughters. Her youngest son, Mr. H. A. Burt, ii ' about" to leave on active service. Thera J are also 37 grandchildren and five greatI grandchildren. Mrs Burt had been id ill-health for some time, following thq I death of her second son as the result of I an accident on the football field.