OBITUARY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18259, 30 November 1933, Page 7

OBITUARY

MRS. H. B. LUSK HAWKE’S BAY AUTHORESS The death occurred this morning of Mrs. Elizabeth Lusk, of Napier, and removes a talented New Zealand authoress who spent her early life in Gisborne. The news will be received with siucere regret by her many friends, wnose sympathy will go out to mem-ou-s of the family. me late Mrs.. Lusk was a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Rees, and was born ,at Hokitika in 1868. Mr. lt.es enjoyed a New Zealand-wide reputation as barrister and legislator, and wuen. his daughter Elizabeth married in 1891 it was into a legal family, her unsound, Mr. H. 13. Lusk, the son of Mr. H. H. Lusk, later attaining to the position of Crown Prosecutor at Napier. Mrs. Lusk had many talents. She was of an artistic disposition, both musically and with the brusn, and also had great literary ability. Five years ago, sue attempted the writing of novels. Her nrst, “Love and Chiffon,” was an instant success. She sent it to Messrs. Mills and Boon, the London firm of publishers under the pen name of “Elizabeth Milton.” It was a story with a New Zealand theme, and the latter part was set in Hawke’s Bay; it was accepted immediately, the publishers contracting with Mrs. Lusk to supply two further novels. These were “Wandr’ing Wood” and “Desert Quest.” Following that, a further contract for three more novels was made. Two of these have been published, these being “They Called Her Faith” and “Waimana.” The third in this latter contract, “Strange Horizon,” was completed and sent to London just before her 'fataminess, and advice lias only just been received that it has arrived in London. * The artistic and social gifts of deceased won for her many friends botli in New Zealand and abroad, the latter on her several visits to the Old World. Regret at her death will be widespread. A few weeks ago Mrs. Lusk underwent an operation, and complications set in, resulting in her death early this morning. Deceased is survived by three daughters and one son—Mrs. A. L. Singer, Gisborne; Mrs. H. D. deLautour, Wairoa; Mrs. Selwyn Averill, Auckland; and Mr. James Lusk, Waipawa. There are also five grandsons and three granddaughters. MRS. DOROTHY FULLER (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. The death is reported of Mrs Dorothy Fuller, wife of Mr Walter Fuller, and a sister-in-law of Sir Benjamin and Mr John Fuller, of Sydney. Mrs Fuller was an accomplished singer and musician. In her younger clays she was associated with the professional stage for some years. During her married life in Wellington she was for a time a member of the Wellington Amateur Operatic Society. She leaves two children, Misses Jean and June Fuller. f One of the early residents of Waipukurau, Mr. Alexander Mackenzie, lias died, aged 86. The death occurred in the Auckland Hospital on Monday of Mr. Edward Victor Baker, fanner, of Hunua, who was admitted to the hospital on Saturday suffering from internal injuries caused by ' an accident while stacking ensilage. A resident of Rotorua for the past 47 years,- Mr. Joseph William Webber, aged 69, has died. Mr. Webber was born at Torquay, England, and was educated in England and France. He came to New Zealand in 1884, being appointed as a teacher at the first school in Rotorua. Later he became headmaster at the Rotorua primary school, from which position he resigned in 1912.