OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18170, 16 August 1922, Page 10

OBITUARY.

■- ■ ■ . I T . ;/, I DEATH !QF DUO COLONIST* ME. JOHN CURTIS.' ; : Aii old colonist, Mr. John Csurfjj,,lai: died at the residence of his daughter, Mrs. J. B. Fletcher, of Mount the age of 85. Mr. Cuttis, with hii ifife ■ and two children, arrived at Auckland by the ship Jumna in 1864. He ccmmaoced work as a brickmaker, and was raipoEsible fory the decorative Supreme Court buildings, the Shortland Street post office, and Methodist Church. Daring t&vtiA "rush" to Thames Mr. lished a general store at that phot, trat, after five years he went to iMaungahiroto, being one of the pioneers who cut their ! way through the bush. At the jnbSloa ; of the Kaiwaka and Maungataroto river* he established the (Kamatea stores an 3 post office on Point Curtis, which; was named after him. Unt'Q three years age be lived at Kaiwaka and Maungatoreto, where he took a keen interest in pubffc affairs, serving as chairman of the school ■ committee and as member of the Boa 3 Board. Mr. Curtis is survived by one son and five daughters.

CAPTAIN A. H/ RICHARDS. An old mining identity, Captain Attbnr <J Hicks Richards, of Goromsndel, died at Auckland last week,, aged 83. Born in/ Cornwall, England, Captain Richards had. , ' been a well-known and respected settler V | in the Coromandel district for many years, : and for a lone time was connected with. the mining industry. He was first con* nected with the Kuaotuna mine, and subsequently was manager ef the Try Fluke and Kapai-Vermont mines. Captain Richards was appointed inspector of mines,,'•'. for the West Coast about 25 years ago;; pr Returning to Coromandel he later became- | a member of the county council. Ho was .~ a prominent Freemason and an old member of Lodg* Coromandel No. 17, and,was accorded full Masonic honours at the interment at th* Waikumete cemetery on - Sunday. Captain Richards is survived by hi j widow. '.

MR. A. C. MILN& [3S TELSCUUPH. —OWN CQBKESFONMNT.] HAMILTON, Tuesday. The death occurred at his home in Anglcsea Street, Hamilton, this morning ; of Mr. A. C. Milne, formerly a wfillknown farmer of this district and a prominent member of the Farmers' Union.;.;;,". Mr. Milne was 68 years of age and'iw&s -: j bom in Scotland. . Coming out to New Zealand with his parents 6*6 years agohe -f. settled in Taranaki, and for the greater ? part of his life farmed in that province, where he took an active part in public affairs. About 10 years ago he came, to the Waikato, and for a time was farming r-;,; at Walton and later removed to Tikiorangi, - on the Hamilton-Ohaupo Road. Sub- l sequently he retired. While in this district Mr. Milne interested himself in aJI . matters pertaining to farming, Bnd for a period was president of the local branch of the Farmers' Union. For some time he had suffered from heart affection, but his death was the result of pneumonia. His only son was killed at the war. He leaves a widow and a daughter, who'w #: married to Mr. E. J. McGregor, jun. - Mr. Milne was a man of sterling worth, and he was highly respected by all who knew him.