OBITUARY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2605, 17 February 1904, Page 26

OBITUARY.

We regrot to have to announce the death this morning, at the eg*= of 73 yeair-, of AJr Henry Frederick Hardy, an old and fceteemed citizen of Dunedin. The dcc2a=ed gentleman has been suffering fiom a weak heart for some considerable time past, ana by the advice of hi= medical adviser li£S lived a ciuiet and somewhat retired life ior eom-e "time past. l)e=irmg to soe- the Lakes district again, he left on Saturday morning for Queenstown with his daughter, being apparently in tho heat of health. On Sunday evening the family were shocked and grieved at receiving a telegram announcing his death, but giving no details. The news will be received with general regret, and the sorrowing widow and family may be assured of the sympathy of all who knew the deceased gentleman. Mr Hardy was a native of Derbyshire, being born there> on February ■11, 1831, and was educated at sfat!ock. On S-eptember 25, 1853, he was nearly ■wrecked in the ship Rajah in a hurricane, fcut after a voyage of 117 days Le srihed in Port Chalmers on October 5 of that year. In 1855 he commenced housebuilding, and about two years later was joined by Mr iWinehester undei the style of Mccsrs Haidy and Winchester. His partner left th© firm gome years later, and from that time Mr Hardy conducted business on his own acoount. Mr Hardy learnt his profession as an Architect from a 'Mr Augustus Pe-ope-11 in the early days. Buildings erected from hu plans and designs are very numerous, and foremost amongst them are the mills of tho 'Mosgiel Woollen Manufacturing Company (Limited", also Mosgiel House. Messrs Reid and Gray's large warehouse and workshops, Shacklock's range factory, Messrs Bates, Sise, and Cos. warehouse, the. offices of the New Zealand Shipping Company, and the Otago^ Daily Times and Witness Company's large building. In local politios he was for many years a member of the Dunedin Citj Council, was ct one time chairman of the Works and Ro ■erves Committees, and was a candidate for the mayoral chair in 1897. He took a keen interest in local industries, having been for about 15 years a director of theMosgiel Woollen Company, of which he was one- of the oiiginal shareholders.

In 1654 Mr Hardy was married to Isabella, daughter of the late Mr David Calder, of Thursow, in Caithiic.ee, and in 1871, after 17 years together, he suffered a sad bereavement in her death. By the marriage- there were four sens and a, daughter. In 1872 Mr Hardy married Miss M'Callum, sister-in-law of the late Captain John Robertson, of Port Chalmers, ha\ ing by this marriage a ecu and a daughter. Mr Hardy thus loaves a widow and a family of fivo sons and two daughters to mourn their loss. The two sons at present in Dunedin left for Queenstown on Monday to bring back with them their father's mortal remains.

Mr Duncan M'Donald, farmer and farrier at Hmdon, whose death we recently reported, was a native of Strathpeffer, Dmgwali, Scotland, and was the son of the local farrier, with whom he learned the trade. Some 30 years ago he came to New Zealand, and for a few years carried on a blacksmith' s s business at the Buckeye, near Outram. About 24 years 'ago he went to Hindon, took up land, and settled down, carrying on, in addition to his farming work, a farrier's shop, which was a great convenience to the Hindon people. His death was brought about by a kick from a horse which he was endeavouring to catch, and despite the care and attention of Dr Peters, of Mosgiel, he succumbed to the injury, from which there was indeed never any hope of recovery. He leaves a widow, to whom the sympathy of a wide circle of friends will be extended. As a man and a colonial Mr M'Donald was one of those upright, straightout, honourable man who commanded general resj>ect. He was neither afraid to express an opinion nor unable to back it up with argument. Hindon is much the poorer by the loss of this sterling old farmer, whose individuality and character won for him widespread respect and esteem.

LONDON, February 'i,

Thoma3 Charles Macdermott, lat>3 High Sheriff for Roicommon and J.P. for Sligo and Roscoinmon, is dead. The Macdermott Roe, or the Red Macdermott, was dosce-nded from the ancient Princes of Connaught, and held the norn de guerre of feudal times. He was head of the Protestant branch of the clan Macdermott. Strorqbo-w, Kirl of Pembroke, the conque-ror of Ireland in the reign of Henry 11, married Princess Eva Dermot. Their descendants married amongst the ancient nobility of England. Mr J. Powell Williams is dead. The deceased gentleman was the Liberal Unionist M.P. for South Birmingham, and a constant siroportcr of Air Chamberlain, whom he followed into the Coalition Ministry r»f 3355 aa Financial Sscr&ta-ry to th© War Office.