OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18611, 19 January 1924, Page 10

OBITUARY.

. « . c PASSING OF OLD COLONISTS. J C PIONEER IN THE WAIKATO. A Waikato pioneer, Mrs. Elizabeth At- I kinson, died on Tuesday at her resi- » dence, Monavale, Pukerimu. Mrs. Atkin- l Eon, -who had reached the advanced age of 86 years, was born in Yorkshire and c camo to New Zealand with her husband, \ the late Mr. William Atkinson, in 1870. ' ; They immediately proceeded to Pukerimu c and took up a section at what is now known as Monavale, where the deceased I resided until her death. Mr. and Mrs. c Atkinson had some exciting experiences * during the Maori war in the Waikato. I Deceased's husband predeceased her 18 years ago. She is survived by one daughter, Miss Atkinson, of Pukerimu, t and three sons, Messrs. G. H. Atkinson, '} of Pukerimu, Robert Atkinson, of Puke- * kura, and Adjutant Atkinson, of the Sal- _ vation Army, Palmerston North. Mrs. J. Collicoat, died recently at Mount Eden, at the age of 82 . years. * She arrived in Auckland as a child, her - parents being Mr. and Mrs. David Holds- j worth, formerly of Manchester. : ■■; Mr. I Holdsworth owned a store in High Street, J Auckland, in the early days of the city's • history, and later had a business in One- - hunga, > finally , retiring to Willow •■; Farm, J Otahuhu. Deceased, who resided in 'the t Auckland district for"76years, and for' t some time past at the Great North Road, i Grey Lynn, first married the late Mr. r William Fry. Her second husband, Mr. a J. Collicoat, survives her, together with the following sons and daughters:—Mr. G. Fry, Ponsonby; Mrs. McKinley, Mr. t J. Collicoat, Putaruru; Mrs. W.Atten- £ borough. Grey Lynn; and Mrs. Neil t Kyle, Epsom. A memorial service will t be held at the Methodist Church, \ Grey ( Lynn, to-morrow evening, v " e The death is announced of Mrs. Char- ( lotte Amy Stehr, at the residence of her :"s son-in-law, Mr. C. H. Mansill, Crescent } Road, One Tree Hill. Mrs. Stehr, who was born in Northampton in 1842, came to New Zealand in the ship William Miles in 1862 with her father and two brothers. She was married to Mr. H. E. Stahr in : old St. Paul's Church, in 1864, and the greater part of her life was spent in the :; Northern Wairoa district. Her husband ■ predeceased her 16 years ago. Deceased ;>; is survived by three sons and three . daughters. There are also twenty grandchildren and nine ' great-grandchildren. ? ".■'■ v . .'■ I MR. ND3L.WALKER. ' P The death. occurred at Auckland re- * cently of Mr. Niel Walker, at the age * of 93. Mr. Walker, who was unmarried, d was born at Argyllshire, ; Scotland, 'in tl 1831. He arrived at J: Auckland ; r in - 1857: p by the ship Cashmorei: Two years later ? he • commenced : farming at Motutapu '■ Island. He , proceeded to ,,■ Hawke's Bay * in 1859, first farming at* Maraekakaho' v and afterwards at Wairoa, where \he ; re- r sided f'.jr many years on a property known, f as Tutaekauri. He next worked on S the e Ohinepaka . and Ruapapa;:; stations sih< f Hawke's Bay district. Seventeen years a ago Mr. Walker retired to Auckland. , g When he first arrived in Auckland j< Mr. Walker was engaged in carting emus jj from , Ellerslie to the town, and he i used to tell of how in wet weather his cart X would become bogged in Queen : Street, , which at that time was a quagmire." \ .-'■'■/.'/' %'■"';- ■ •. - , „<,'■. ' MRS. E. ATKINSON. , f [BY IELEGBAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] ■ 1 ' CAMBRIDGE.. Friday: '. a The death has ■' occurred of Mrs. i Eliza- J beth '. Atkinson, relict of the late Mr. Wil- £ liam Atkinson, ;at her residence at Mona- i. vale. Deceased had reached th advanced *- age of 83 years. ; Ker :death- creates an- J Other gap -, in the ranks of the' pioneers }. of the Waikato, deceased having resided .' on the farm .:'. at ; Monavale ;for s the last 53 * years. She was born in Yorkshire, England, and came -to New: Zealand in 1870. She took up a section i with her • husband immediately after ';■■; their arrival. iY;'; Mrs. Atkinson had enjoyed good health until a few weeks ago. Her husband -predeceased her 18 years ago... She 1 leaves f a grown-up family of three sons and one ij daughter. ; "'-■,',•' .•"•"/. /1'•-■'■'.',.'. , • . B ;-•;■ - ..," ~ . —.. .. ■ ~~ ' l C His joints ached and he was filled; with 3 rheumatic pains. Yet he had tried every * embrocation you have ever heard of. fl Didn't realise that the root cause of all a rheumatism is an, excess of uric acid in; V the system. A large bottle of Rheumo, a which costs v- 4s 6d at - any chemist's or store, contains one week's treatment, : usually sufficient to relievo even stubborn cases of .rheumatism, lumbago, or gout Rhetimo seldom fails. \ . < ■;- £ Barraclough's Magic Nervine ■ stops y toothache, Is 6d everywhere. , f, Progandra cures corns quickly. Is 6d. b .- , , - ■ .■..•■•' ' ,f< -.; ■■■ : ~:. t , , B The New Zealand ; Meat Producers' A Board * has made.; arrangements whereby ;; New Zealanders may send a prime lamb ~. carcase to friends at any address in Great Britain. Besides being novel and acceptable gifts, the carcases will help to ad- a: vcrtise New Zealand mutton abroad.;.' ;' ei :■'.'.> The-Hamilton traffic bridge will be S closed to vehicular traffic from midnight to-night until mid-day ■:, to-morrow, - while J^ repairs are, carried out. '^V \' ;•. ' p R.K. Smith and Co. advertise to-day's bsupplement, special value English 7-piece; _ Salad Sets, 7s 6d, 110 Queen St. . .■ ■-'-.. ;?• . Kelleway's Genuine Drapery Sale. 78, ;'; Broadway, Newmarket. "Boys' Colonial - ; Wool Socks, Is pair. Men's Sport Suit*,; B £iza 5 only, 29s 6di at "■;■': ■ u