OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18584, 17 December 1923, Page 10

OBITUARY.

MR. FRANK MORTON. \ ..'vfi - Private;, advice has been received of 'Ah# death lof ;Mr.--. Prank Morton,: of Sydney. Mf. Morton was . for many years engaged in. journalism in New Zealand, and Ist- . tarly - has been ; resident -in Sydney. u His contributions to newspapers "and|jgs periodicals in Australia and New iZealand, .and his numerous - works ;in; prose• | j and verse ' have won ; for' him ' a wide public and a high reputation. :. In/hisft-.-j----earlier years, Mr. Morton . travelled ex- J tensively in the East, ■> arid much of his work .-was.- coloured by reminiscences ;of $ that;, experience. • He was a * regular contriTtator to the Herald Saturday ; Supple- :v;< ment, v. for;, which, he wrote many - articles V ; : 5 that were marked by grace of language Sgg and freshness : of ideas. |Sli|Mß. H.I ; W. BREWER. . One of New Zealand's oldest pioneer* - J passed away yesterday, at the age \of 83, j in ; the;- person of Mr. - Henry • William Brewer. ,- The late Mr.';-Brewer arrived in the Dominion in 1857 by the sailing ship Merchantman, and V' as a ' young ; man ihe entered*'• the •' Civil Service ±as .; a [ customs >3? officer. In . this capacity 'he became well known on the .West Coast, and the pursuit/of his. work brought him into close contact with activities * during the Maori*:, war. He later was transferred to th« PS Customs Department in Auckland,after M which he was * stationed in Christchurch ;|: and Oamarn in turn. . He was finally attached ' to the . staff at the. Customs . Audit Department $. in the Wellington office, where ihe earned a reputation i for -his intricate knowledge of customs - and tariff ■ \ matters, ; arid . his advice ' was ; frequently sought upon the compilation of statistics f for Parliamentary use.. Its deceased was -'an'.' enthusiastic ; Freemason, and^'iwas g;■% for l some ; time master r ? of - a " Southern ,? lodge. Mr. Brewer > retired from nctive v;;; life , ail' the- ago of 65, and about. 12. years > ago he.;;came to Auckland, where lie re- t { tided with his daughter," Mrs. Payne, afc Kpaom, up to the time of his death. Hi3j|,|| Wife died "many' : years ago. ' He': is sar-'pp vived by 1 five sons, three daughters tea 16 grandchildren. . v >