OBITUARY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17739, 28 March 1932, Page 4

OBITUARY

SIR HORACE PLUNKETT LONDON, March 27. ’The death has occurred of Sir Horace Plunkett, aged 76. He. was the youngest son of Baron Dunsany and was a wellknown economist and social reformer. Sir Horace Plunkett was among the, few people who have been privileged to read their own obituary notices. Owing to an emu in a news agency cablegram lie was repotted dead on January 1, 1920. lengthy notices appearing in the English and Irish newspapers. After graduating M.A. at Oxford, he was engaged in cattle ranching for 10 years and thereafter became prominent in promoting agricultural co-operation. For jwme years he represented Dublin in Parliament.

Mr. John Finley died bust week at Lideornbe (N’.S.W.) in Ins 305t1i year. Mr. Finley, who was a herbalist, arrived from England about 70 years ago.

Private advice has been received in New Plymouth of the death- in London, early in February, of Mr. \V. 11. Cook, formerly engineer to the Borough of New Plymouth. Aim Siddeli.s, wife of Mr William

Lee Siddolls, a former prominent business man in Palmerston North, die 1 recently tit the age of 78 years. Mis •Siddolls, who landed in New Zealand with her parents in 18(51, was a resident, of Hastings for some years. Mr John William Thompson, a wellknown Martini resident, who died last week, was l.mrn at Invercargill in 1804, tlie son of Mr A. T. Thompson, who was well known in the Marlborough and Waianvpa districts as a saw nit Her.

The death occurred recently of Mr William Fenton, of .Sumner, ills death will he regretted by Landsmen in Australia and New Zealand, as he had belonged to litany bands, and competed at band contests in England and in the Dominions, winning numerous gold medals and trophies.

The funeral of tiie late Air. Antony Mark Georgetti. of Tangihau, took place yesterday, the cortege leaving St. Mary’s Church at 2.30 p.m. lor the Taruheru cemetery. Air. 11. N. Stewart left Hastings on Saturday for Gisborne to attend the. fmtcr.il. The late Alt’. Georgetti was at one time a well-known resident of Hastings, and in respect to bis memory, the Hag at the Hastings Club was flown at half-mast. »

There passed away on Good Friday, at her residence in Tanidale, Airs Ellen Ha: pliant, wife of Mr George Harpham. Tlie deceased was the daughter of the late Air John Stanley and was born at Calcutta, India, in 1851, coining to New Zealand with her parents in .1858, in tlie sailing ship Oliver Long Her early life was spent in the Nelson district, where her father was one of the pioneer -settlers, being the first Justice of the Peace appointed in Nelson. Going to Hawke’,s Bay in 1879, previous to her marriage, Mrs Harpham resided with her brother-in-law and sister, tlie Rev. ami Mrs Spear, of Tanidale. With the exception of 10 years spent in Sydney, the rest of Airs Harpliam’s life was passed in Taraihtle, where, as a staunch church woman, she held the splendid record of 50 years u,s a Su a day s< bool teacher. Besides her bereaved husband, she leaves- three brothers in Auckland, Messrs. A. D. Stanley, E. Stanley* and William Stanley, also Colonel ,T. 11. Stanley, C.8.E., of Bagdad, Persia, and one sister, Miss Alay Stanley, London.

Mr. William Jackson, an old and respected citizen of Clive, died recently at that township, reports the Napier Telegraph. Mr. Jackson was born in Orford, England, nearly 90 years ago, and was married in ,tlie same town. He arrived in Napier 57 years ago in the sailing ship Ilalcione. Mr. Jackson was one of the pioneers who assisted to build the railway from Napier to Waipawa, and at the completion of this work lu decided to go farming, and worked on Mr. F. L. Gordon’s Clifton station for a number of years, and also on Mr. William Nelson’s Obesterhopo property. Afterwards lie took up a small farm at Fast (’live on bis own ami lie farmed and resided there until the time of Ins demise. Of a somewhat retiring disposition he nevertheless mado many staunch friends. The late Mr. Jackson s wife predeceased him two years ago. There is a family of liv-j married daughters. Mrs. J. C. Hollyman mid Mrs. Arthur Harrison, of Clive, ■Mva. G. I". Sherwood, of Gisborne, Mrs W- 1 uckcr. of Havelock North, and Mrs. F. 11. Harley, of Wellington, and sit sons (three of whom are married), Frederick, Sydney, George and Henry Jackson, of Clive. Arthur Jackson, of Waipawa. Daniel Jackson, of Wairoa, and 49 grandchildren, and 55 great-grand-children.