OBITUARY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18631, 15 February 1935, Page 4

OBITUARY

MRS. JAMES DALRYMPLE

, Writing as an old friend the late ' Mrs. James Dalrymple, whose death was reported in a recent issue of the Herald, a well-known Gisborne resident expresses the deepest sympathy with the relatives of the deceased, and comments that the newer generation of residents in this district is probably unaware of the contributions made by the late Mrs. Dalrymple to the social and musical activities of early Gisborne. was the third daughter of the late Colonel T. W. Porter, whose two-storey residence in Customhouse street was open to all as a centre of social life in the community, and who later continued to keep open house at "Heatherlea," on the Kaiti bank of the Waimata River, where he lived during the later years of his life. All four daughters of Colonel Porter were greatly gifted in music, and Mrs. Dalrymple's soprano voice was often highly praised, though, to some extent it was owrshadowed by the vocal talent of % sister,' Te Rangi Pai, whose fame spread far abroad. The late Mrs. Dalrymple was, too, a sterling horsewoman, * and was one of those who made long-distance rides a popular form of entertainment in the early days of settlement in this district. Of considerable bodily strength, she could indeed outride many men, and even in her days of invalidism her spirit and vitaTity amazed those who retained touch with her. The seizure to which her death was due occurred, in fact, during an evening of domestic gaiety, in which Mrs. Dalrymple, from her conch, gavo a lead to the merriment.

An old resident of Dunedin, Mrs. Rosina Vance Laurie, has died at the advanced age of 98.

Mr. Tama Parata, second son of the 'ate Mr I-lira Parata, of Waikanao, has died at Palmerston North. The deceased, who was pnly 27 years of age, was one of the best-known footballers in :he Horowhenua district.