OBITUARY

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21467, 15 April 1933, Page 12

OBITUARY

MP. HARRY WRIGHT Tho death occurred on Wednesday of Mr. Harry Wright, of Auckland, at the age of 79 years. Formerly a builder, he was the third son of the late Air. and Mrs. William Wright, who arrived at Wellington from England by the ship Martha Ridgemay in 18-10. His parents came to Auckland in 1842 and Mr. Harry Wright was born in a cottage at the foot of Albert Street. He was one of the original members of the Auckland Workingmen's Club and was elected a life member in 1902. The funeral took place on Thursday. MRS. GEORGINA LAWRENCE The death occurred yesterday at the residence of her son in Halesown Avenue, Sandringham. of Mrs. Georgina Lawrence, aged 87. She was the widow of Air. Frederick .Tames Lawrence who was 91 when he died in May of last year. They celebrated the diamond jubilee of their wedding in July, 1929. Mr. Lawrence went to sea in his boyhood, and served in a collier that took part in the Crimean War. Ho was in the Navy at the China War, and coming to New Zealand in 1859 he saw considerable service with the Third Waikato Regiment during the Maori War. Mrs. Lawrence, whose maiden name I was Daulton, was born in Nelson. With | the exception of a period in Fiji she | spent all her life in the Dominion. She | had many memories of the Nelson goldfields. She was educated at a convent i in Auckland, and afterwards went to ! the Cambridge district, where she mar- ; ried a Mr. Beresford. Air. Beresford j was in the same regiment as Mr. Lawrence, and after his death she married Mr. Lawrence in 1869. They lived in many parts of the Auckland Province, and eventually returned to Onehunga. Airs. Lawrence leaves a family of four children and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. MR. VICTOR CORNAGA, SEN. [from our own correspondent] CAMBRIDGE. Friday | The death occurred early this morning of one of the best-known residents of the district, Mr. Victor Cornaga, aged 77 years. He was borh in Liverpool, and came to New Zealand about 56 years ago. He was married in Auckland 48 years ago. In the early days Air. Cornaga experienced the hardships of pioneering. He remained in Auckland until 1900, when he came to Cambridge and purchased the Masonic Hotel, in which ho had been interested ever since. Air. Cornaga had a very wide circle of friends throughout tho province and the Dominion. He was generous to a fault. He was a great sportsman, and had owned several good racehorses. In addition to racing, Mr. Cornaga took keen interest in many other forms of sport, and he was always liberal in his assistance. He was a. very old member of the Druids' Lodge. Mr. Cornaga is survived by his widow, throe sons and one daughter. There are two grandchildren.