DEATH OF CENTENARIAN

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19731, 2 September 1927, Page 12

DEATH OF CENTENARIAN

t PIOMEEf? OF OLD DAYS. I * I TOMAN'S EARLY HARDSHIPS. I STIRRING TOES RECALLED. i fa-* ~' T ~ rr.g. —'sxnt cfhee £»?*"• sx-ox] f The ctmh crxarztd yesterday at she > rssiiissite of Mrs. Lassg, Sprisg Greek. «# | Mri_ Jciassssii C*mt, * weS-Sawwa oM

• I vem&ttz&g who had the d&Rtsscftacß cf cecs-g | weS swer 150 Tears c&L Mrs. Casey was a natr—e cf Csrras. Cocniy Kerry.. Ire- ■ | had, a®4 tbsogh so sef« had mt htm I taJwjs. to chock She date of her birth, there . | is irtitSe dkrabi that sh« wan is ser KScd - at the tizie her death, ■: l"he cM lady erjeyed reasarkaMy good ■ I heaith : . eascepl fsr a teacroey to h«s>d- « aches, aod was <rsii« active snid ahoss | sraoted inSsesm. which reaslted in her •' death. Mrs. Cwwrv retained her facaittes :, So tie i.ast. and if sie iao any rerjret at | raising it was that the was net to fee f spared to wisoeis the switching-CB c: the | ready wtred. J The deceased' Lady had braved tie w£j- a*, a oiCwieer ~ ti.e "•* o.® * & c. I the s«ttteß«si cf MarlhorcciffS'. and had | ssffeeed aE the hardships and dssahihtses | ssa&r wiLleh she wess-en cf the V.j- ---| fe*s la&oc»»d in their Dew-cccac cobe«, to- | clsdiiz fcewis2 wood and carrying w»j«r, ■ f acd evess, ia 24rs. Casey's experiecKe, | bsilfiisg "hear owo feosaes. It *«, ta^Kf-, | fere, somewhat cbsvvs* that fn her de- ; £ ehn-sa years the oM Lady yearned ahovs , | &11 - ; JTfeithsr 2-c.i-is s:r BrtdxeiI . . ! r Mrs. Cawy arrived in New Zealaot by | I the :s2-n'gzed ship W3d Ih-'k, of 737 : I tons, ca Jannary IS, 1565, after a voyage i fcf HS days from Liidcs. Her hnsband, I J the Late Mr. Mania Casey, who <Lec ' New .Zealand a heat two years before his j j self in the Wairas distridi Mrs. Cas«y i f and ec their arrival the farn.iy suvii their 1 | home at Farrhait, and they later tecs sp J a farm is the Toa materia district. There were no- riads ta those days worth j f were go cridaes. A visit to the "Beaver* f I » r B* I known—was an evect net to he lightly f .o _a.e a .pare h.rse. 1 and ; had maev a tale to tell cf her exoedi- I t if j uons to the Beaver, leaded oowa wtna | she was Isikv sometimes to secsrs 4d a ; I Mrs Ci='v was a.readv established I I " , ? j :n ner new nome at the time o: tie Man- j i ngatapn marders, and she often recalled • I She saw Bleaheiis grow from a scattered f r and aattdy village to rts present diznen- \ f si-ons. aod she witnessed the establishment s I - * •» « i * -y jp * « f ra tne ieart or tne wtioerrse® ct tne • j Wk-iaa KaS- d . t - J j ; Adrestores in Many Floods.

t Floods played so small part in Mrs. f Casey's PBOoßectiass, aad she eccM recall | fcoi&jE at Toaatwiaa with the aid of { her eiiiMreß a ass fast. laSsitt labour | went tot® aad ft was a prosd } e»7 co which sis* entered Into her cew ? boss*. Bat that eight the river rose and I the So«c<f waters swirled about she place, | and by nsomiug she hat bad raaisfced. I Eves is recent years Mrs. Casey had t advestnres. In the tig Scod of 1925, I wees she ■*« clcsf on ifiG years of age. t she had to be resscved from her Tea- » ZlZ&T~lZi:& llOii-6 112 2» £X>3t»I After the 1323 Soed Mrs, Casey took np | her residence with Mrs. Latng at Spnng f Creek, bat her good experiences were cot ; Tg» over, fee as recently as Xcnreir. fcer ! last the boose was Seeded- Mrs. Casey ref tnained is bed with the water ■sritain a i fe* todies of her tsastress, aad she aad f Mr. Laing declined to move. Fortunately | the water receded and by next morning the stotzt-hearteo occupants were aii dried cat ready for the next need.*" | Mrs. Casey bad eight children The sttr- { rrivinz members of in® family are Messrs. Ned Casey, of LangieydaSs: Jack Casey. J who is in the North Island: Peanut Casey, ■ woo i» io Australia; acd Mrs. Meldcn, of Manaia. There is also a camber of grandehil drea and great • grandchildren, j The deceased lady was of a kindly dis- { position and onfatiiitf good hnniocr. and t the news- of her passing was received with t deep regret throughout the district.