OBITUARY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18494, 3 September 1923, Page 8

OBITUARY

MR. J. E. WILSON, S.M, A JUST MAGISTRATE. ■■'- ■ The death of' Mr. J.E. Wilson, Hi, occurred last evening, after an illness ex-. ~ tending over: only a few days. Mr. Wil- , son, who was ; 50 years of age. was en- . gaged in his official duties until about i - week ago.' He'was seized'suddenly by ; ; illness, and entered a private'hospital,;; where he was - operated upon: last Friday. ■ ;r Complications ensued, and these proved 1 . • fatal. - «.:■.-'■,.: ~;.•.',. ■, -~., .-#? : The lata Mr. Wilson, who was bora aS >'.', Ashhurton. served his legal articles in the ;-:;■',. office of Mr. J. B. Roy, of New-Ply-/ mouth, and entered practice ■on his own ; i account in that town in 189?, He-was* I I appointedi: a magistrate in, May,, 1918, |j§ -I'and''for a time presided over the MercerJOargavilla Court circuit! He was sub- ; frequently, r transferred ;•; to Greym'outh, end., ? i. in November, 1618, was, appointed second imagistrate 1 : in : Auckland- City- -In August, "WO, he was appointed Chief Judge, at ' ; i Samoa, hut, ovriag to the climatic. con* | ditions there ;;. boing unsuitable. to his family, he resigned .thatportion'-a ';y]gJMm later. He returned to Auckland and "re-; I ;;. '; sumed magisterial L duties' here in' Novem..be?. 1921., • - • • :«. . Mr. Wilson •in joyed > the reputation of being- an excellent -and:- just magistrate.He was a strong > supporter of the fir»fc offenders' .--. ■ probation system,, . and, .whan/; presiding in the Police Court he was al- ' . ways ready ltd give youthful 'delinqiij'ifSi| a chance : of retrieving their mistakes ts& Wm making good.' He was a -man of softs- m vrhat reserved demeanour, bit those who jw knew him intimately also, fonmd in him *.' \ staunch .and sterling, friend. • ■' I While in New' Plymouth, 1 lie was Mayor of that'*." borough for two -years, but b* - engaged in few other'• public -or Vto&tfr. ;V activities apart from his '\ oi:3cial duties* In hio:home life ,he was a i devoted busband.and father, and much empathy will be felt with ; his widow and family of &* sons and four daughters. The filnftrsl will leave the late > rejiidehce of r Wallace •' Street,, Ponwtby, lit -2 o'clock to-morrow -afternoon. ;f'-i\ ; ■ '." ■?; -.: -, ' ' . .-. , MR. F. ■ O. ' MASSJ3Y. .' ] : ~.', Cbx * EETgaBAFH.-rOWrK. COER;SBPONI>SKt.? ■?;.» ' • ..'-..'-:• WHANGAEM.-Sundfty. -!';' : The death occurred yesterday -in' tha Whangarei Hospital of Mi". Frederick SiMassey, aged 64- yeara, after a Ions; ill* nese. Mr. ; , Massey had taken a nroiain« i ', ent part in Mfsonio and Friendly Society matters in Whangarei;' where he" was' is the -tailoring.-, business •■until arfew years ago. He was also formerly a very keen member of the : Whangarei'Bowling Club, of which he has been president. . OCTOGENARIAN'S .DEATH, , [bt' mttßcii^a~ow» - connEWoNDßin'.] -: 1 ■: CAMBRIDGE. Saturday. -..';' '■ The death is announced of Mr. David Murray, •, who ? died • .at i hist homestead, Orongo, on Thursday night," aged 86 "MM years. He came to Cambridge 13 ye?" ,' ago. * :-■ He is survived by his,' second wife., and leaves a family of five sons and three ■:; daughters. < • v OLD. RESIDENT- OF THAMES. [HI TET.«O«A.Pa.~OWM • comsßSPOKnaN*-! ■ .': . .■THAMES. Satuidftf.. , ; - The death is.announced et. the rfl«i* , dence of her son, Queen Street, of Mrs. ; Rao, relict of the late Mr. "L. H., Rue. : : at the age oi' 88 years. Mrs. R.a*" **■ , a native of Greenwich, Encrl»nd, "■ znd-M-Miiy rived in New .Zealand about CO years *W • , She' had a ; trying .experience in the Tar.ranga district; .during the Meori War. \ She arrived tit' Thames about ,50 ■ years >'. aco, and has: resided here ever since.. - She leaves two sons and "one daughter. ■ .;