OBITUARY

Southland Times, Issue 23307, 17 September 1937, Page 3

OBITUARY

MR H. PLAYFAIR

The death has occurred of Mr Hercules Playfair, of Gummies Bush. He was 64 years of age. Mr Playfair was bom in Kincardinshire, Scotland, and arrived in New Zealand in 1877 at the age of three years. He was educated at Gummies Bush and Merton and took up farming. He was particularly fond of thoroughbred horses and sheep and had a wide knowledge of farming. In his earlier years he was a keen pig hunter and was fond of deep sea fishing, as well as running. Mr Playfair was for many years chairman and commissioner of the Gummies Bush school committee and was a staunch advocate of the Plunket Society. He was a lover of the bagpipes, Highland dancing and Scottish songs. In 1908 Mr Playfair married Miss Williamina Fairbairn, a daughter of Mr Andrew Fairbairn, an early settler of Invercargill. He is survived by his widow and their four children. Misses A. E. Playfair (Riverton), J. H. Playfair (Gummies Bush) and M. J. Playfair (Dunedin) and Mr J. S. Playfair (Gummies Bush). MR LEWIS EADY The death has occurred of Mr Lewis Robert Eady, founder of the firm of Lewis Eady, Ltd., Queen street, Auckland. Born in Creaton, Northamptonshire, Mr Eady came to New Zealand in the ship Andrew Jackson. A talented musician, he very quickly made a success of his business as a music dealer, which he began as a young man in 1884. He was very enthusiastic in the volunteer movement, being a member of the Victorian Rifles, and, at another period, of the Engineers. Mr Eady was for many years a member of the orchestra of the Choral Society. His chief instrument was the double bass, but he also played the piano well. His gift of a large collection of volumes of musical literature and scores to the city of Auckland formed the nucleus of the Lewis Eady music section of the Auckland Public Library. He is survived by his wife, five sons, and a daughter. MR TREVOR LLOYD The death has occurred at his home at Epsom, Auckland, of Mr Trevor Lloyd, for many years cartoonist for The New Zealand Herald. He contributed for a time to The New Zealand Graphic, and in February 1903 was appointed to the staff of The Weekly News, a position which he retained till recently. As a recreation Mr Lloyd produced some hundreds of etchings, having taught himself the craft, of which he was almost a New Zealand pioneer. His subjects were mainly native trees, which he drew with singular insight, native birds, Maori heads, and landscapes. His other avocation was searching for Maori relics, particularly on the West Coast from the Manukau Heads northward, every inch of which he knew well. He made many remarkable finds in caves and middens, and built up one of the largest private collections in New Zealand of greenstone ornaments, implements, and other native objects. Mr Lloyd is survived by his wife and two daughters, Miss Constance Lloyd and Miss Olive Lloyd, both of whom have attained distinction among New Zealand etchers.