OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LVI, Issue 17229, 4 August 1919, Page 6

OBITUARY.

. ■..«...;■■.-•■- ijjm i DEATHS OF OLD COLONISTS. ME. ALEXSHDEE EABVEY. The death occurred, at Devoaporf '■' oa '< -BViday of Mr. Alexander Hsrvey, gen., ' aged 78 years, . one - of Auckland's * . ipioneeri manufacturers. The late Mr. ' Harvey was the founder of the firm of v [Messrs. Alexander Harvey and Sobs, cagii ; v ueers. He was a native of Kilmarnock, % Ayrshire, Scotland,.and before coming to - 'New Zealand was in, business for gome : years at Manchester. Ho lived at Te : jPakej in the Bay of Plenty, on arrival ';? ; fat New Zealand,: and later shifted to ; 1 Auckland, establishing, himself in basi. - :Ues& The deceased gentlemaa took a ; great interest in: the dairying oidustrv, '■% ' and was one of the - first to introduce ■ .milking-machines and cream separators. ;The late Mr. Harvey leaves three* sons, ' ? Messrs. Alexander, David, and William < Hsrvey, and two daughters, "-Mrs. W., J Rolf a and Miss Mary Harvey, of Bsven- : jporfe.* Mrs. Harvey died about four years ; j*g°* :r V x ' . . >.\-. - MRS. SAMIJEL HAEI>LES:, \ ; .Ah?old colonist, Mrs. Samuel .Hardley, i sen., "died at her son's "residence, Ring , Terrace, Ponsonby, oh Saturday,' aged 82 : years. Mrs. Hardley arrived" at. Port Chalmers:in the saiHng,iship Star of Tasmania- in :L863, accompanied by her hus- •. band and three children. She passed through: the stirring times, of the gold -l rushes in.;<)tage. ? Oh the dlsedverv of gold ?■ [ on the Web. Coast of the South Island i the family. moved feere, living at Hoki- > tika, Stafford \ Town, Oksrito> Brighton,- ; Charleston, and Knmara. Mrs. Hardley ; j experienced gome drying times* frequently i tramping over bush tracks alongside -' her children, who were transported ii gin , cases snapped'to the sides of a pack- r ; horse. Subsequently the deceased lady - , resided at Afihbartoa- and : Hamilton. She , leaves five -Messrs. 3. Wi, Samuel i George, Walter, and O. E. Hardier, of Hardleys, —three daughters^—Mesdames M- A- Davis, R. E. Dowle, and J- ! R* Eow-~heside3 35 graidchildrEit and three great-grandchildren. Mr. Samuel , Hardley died about: two years ago. . MR. W.:-TA?P, . 'm A pioneer of Onehuhga, Mr., William Tapp, died at his Chui.-ch Street, on &tarday affcen»on afc the age of 73 years. ; Mr, Tapp was born m Hampshire, England, and arrived in **&£ Zealand by the ship Oriental Queen in 1850. He was a fatmigr by occupataon, and settled- in Onehnaga, reading on the same property for ea.years. He took a keen- interest in local politics, and for 21 years was a member of the Onehunga Borough Council. ... He was senior trustee or the Court Pride, of Onehunga. Ancient Order of; Foresters, : haying joined the lodge Six months after its inception. On Jnly 3 last He celebrated the fifty-fourth anniversary of his wedding. Mrs. Tapp.&nd five sons and £aree daughters survive him. CAPTAIN C. C. HDTCHINGS. ~ * The death purred at the Auckland nsspitel yesterday ' afternoon of Captain Si V* H^Pf a aSs*^te4ffic i manager for the llarbour Eoard- He had been suffering from an internal complaint for sis' weeks past—the •sequel to maaenza—and had been in the hospital for a week. His demise was not- unexpected. At the last meeting of the Harbour Board on Tuesday afternoon toe chairman, Mr. H. D. Heather, announced to members that Captain. Hiitehings was in a critical ccadition. .the announcement was received with : general regret, and saveral of those pre sent referred: in eulogisitic terms to the valuable services Mattered to the board by the traffic manager, and his unfailing courtesy towards them. A resolution sympathismfe with Mrs. Hatchings in her has- * band's illness Was carried. The deceased, who was 40 years d age, a native of England j commenced his career in the mercantile marine, and came to New Zealand as ah officer in the service of (he Buckland Line. He entered employ of the board about 12 or 13 years ago. At the outset he was a junior - ofhcer in the harbourmaster's department. He was appointed assistant traffic manager in 1910,' and on the retirement of Mr. E. W. Burgess, in 1914, he succeeded him ss traffic manager. Captain Hurt-chines in bis official capamty, rendered invaluable service to the members of-the Ministering Committee of the Women's Patriotic League on the occasion of receptions on the wharf to returning soldiers. -.''""' "' .' -, # The deceased leaves a Widow and a- little girl. The funeral will leave his late ««i----dence-in Clonbern Road, Remuera, at 12.15 p.m. ifco-day." ■ ' ; •■■