OBITUARY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXII, Issue 18757, 13 July 1935, Page 5

OBITUARY

RT. REV. S. J. KIRBY (Received July 13, noon) Sir DNEiY, July 13. The death has occurred of the lit. Rev. S. J. Kirby, coadjutor bishop ol the Diocese of Sydney, after a long illness, aged 56 years. An Auckland exchange records the death at the age of 62 of Mr. Harry Davis, of Green Lane. Tho only son of the late Mr. and Mrs. R, 11. Davis, Air. Davis -.served for a number of years as an engineer with the New Zealand Shipping Company. After leaving the service of the company, lie hold a responsible position at the. King s Wharf power station for a long period. One of the earliest pioneers of tinKing Country, Mr. Janies Old, Infs died at the age of 65 at the To Kuiti Hospital lio was horn in Waverley, the sou of tho late Mr. and Mrs. John Old, of Waverley and Tikorangi. About 1820, when he was 20 years of age, he went to what is now the Malioenui district to break in country with his two brothers. He was the earliest of tlie pioneers in the western part of the King Country. All provisions and materials had to be packed for 28 miles over the notorious lauinataimiire track. The older generation of Aucklanders will regret to learn of the death in Australia of a well-known journalist, Mr. James A. Pliilp, who was about 76 years oi age, reports the Star. Ilis "father was manager of the Bank ol Auckland in the early days. Over hull a century ago Mr. J. A. Pliilp was one of the earliesl members of the liferary staff of the Auckland Star. He was married to Miss Kilgour, of Newmarket., sister of Mr. Jack Kilgour, the wellknown howler, whose death occurred within the last, few months. Like many New Zealand journalists. Mr, Philp went to Australia. Tie was for a time manager of tlie local Chinese paper in Sydney. He next went to Queensland and joined the literacy staff of the Biasbane Courier, but dining the last few years had been on tlie advertising staff of that paper.