TARANAKI SETTLER’S DEATH

Taranaki Daily News, 16 January 1934, Page 10

TARANAKI SETTLER’S DEATH

MR. S. ANSTIS, NORMANBY. STRATFORD AND HAWERA FARMS. Another link with the early days was severed on Saturday by the death of Mr. Samuel Anstis, Waihi Road, Normanby. Bom near Honiton, Devonshire, in 1850, the son of a farmer, Mr. Anstis travelled to Australia on the Kent, one of the first steamships to come to the colonies, in 1875. After living in Australia for four years he came to Canterbury, where he took up a sheep farm. Later he journeyed farther afield, finally arriving in the Stratford district in 1881. There he found the land covered with dense bush, and like other pioneers set to work to carve out a home for himself. The property is now known as Pekau Park and is owned by Mr. J. Kirkwood.

Mr. Anstis was one of the original guarantors for the first Stratford cooperative dairy factory, and he told many tales of early marketing difficulties and manufacturing troubles. In 1900 he took up a block of land on the Waihi Road, a property which he farmed until recent years, and upon which he lived up to the time of his death. Mr. Anstis did not take a prominent part in public affairs, but always showed a great interest in the welfare of the Maori race. He gave the land for the building of the Wesleyan Maori parsonage on the Normanby-Okaiawa road. He was a staunch supporter of the Anglican Church and was vicar’s warden at Normanby for 25 years. Any worthy object was always sure of his support. He is survived by his widow, formerly Miss Ashley, to whom he was married at Christchurch in 1885 by Rev. Walter Harper, three daughters, Mesdames C. S. Gane, Tauranga, Nelson Gane, Inaha, and Miss Edith Anstis, and two sons, Messrs. R. A. Anstis, Normanby, and T. Anstis, Opotiki. There are nine grandchildren. There was a large and representative gathering at the funeral yesterday and many wreaths and messages of sympathy were received. The pall-bearers were Messrs. W. A. Wilson, E. Pawson, J. Young, E. Willis, J. Campbell and W. G. Gane. The Rev. W. A. 800 l conducted the services at the house and the graveside. PATEA DISTRICT HERD-TESTING. ASSOCIATION DECEMBER FIGURES. The following figures in connection with the Patea District Herd-Testing Association for the December period are announced: — Patea group: No. 1, 41 cows, 34.481 b. fat; No. 2, 82 cows, 41.001 b. fat; No. 3, 112 cows, 42.231 b. fat; No. 4, 75 cows, 38.561 b. fat; No. 5, 67 cows, 41.671 b. fat; No. 6, 84 cows, 42.541 b. fat; No. 7, 57 cows, 38.15 lb. fat; No. 8, 93 cows, 42.841 b. fat; No. 9, 88 cows, 39.021 b. fat; No. 10, 48 cows, 40.831 b. fat; No. 11, 76 cow's, 42.881 b. fat; No. 12, 37 cows, 42.671 b. fat; No. 13, 80 cows, 45.001 b. fat; No. 14, 55 cows, 39.21 lb. fat; No. 15, 79 cows, 40.501 b. fat; No. 16, 87 cows, 42.351 b. fat; No. 17, 42 cows, 44.091 b. fat; No. 18, 68 cows, 39.661 b. fat; No. 19, 27 cows, 32.851 b. fat; No. 20, 143 cows, 32.071 b. fat. Herd average: 1441 cows, 8431 b. milk, 4.9 test, 41.341 b. fat. Highest herd: 80 cows, 45.001 b. fat. Lowest herd: 143 cows, 32.071 b. fat. Highest cow: 971 b. fat. Waverley group: No. 1, 45 cows, 28.511 b. fat; No. 2, 89 cows, 33.771 b. fat; No. 3, 58 cows, 36.651 b. fat; No. 5, 32 cows, 32.71 lb. fat; No. 6, 92 cows, 40.791 b. fat; No. 7, 47 cows, 33.721 b. fat; No. 8, 84 cows, 30.321 b. fat; No. 9, 63 cows, 39.931 b. fat; No. 10, 68 cows, 36.011 b. fat; No. 11, 57 cows, 29.611 b. fat; No. 12, 37 cows, 38.861 b. fat; No. 13, 82 cows, 34.191 b. fat; No. 14, 55 cows, 33.451 b. fat; No. 15, 59 cows, 37.441 b. fat; No. 16, 34 cows, 38.141 b. fat; No. 17, 41 cows, 27.581 b. fat; No. 18, 40 cows, 35.271 b. fat; No. 19, 56 cows, 36.80 lb. fat; No. 20, 63 cows, 43.421 b. fat; No. 21, 33 cows, 33.601 b. fat; No. 22, 25 cows, 28.601 b. fat; No. 23, 24 cows, 29.371 b. fat. Herd average: 1184 cows, 7231 b. milk, 4.8 test, 35.011 b. fat. Highest herd: 63 cows, 43.421 b. fat. Lowest herd: 41 cows, 27.581 b. fat. Highest cow: 751 b. fat. Maxwell group: No. 1, 30 cows, 35.601 b. fat; No. 2, 40 cows, 28.521 b. fat; No. 3, 96 cows, 32.801 b. fat; No. 4, 24 cows, 29.70 lb. fat; No. 5, 59 cows, 25.371 b. fat; No. 6, 89 cows, 27.851 b. fat; No. 7, 56 cows, 26.17 lb. fat; No. 8, 26 cows, 37.841 b. fat; No. 9, 62 cows, 38.561 b. fat; No. 10, 56 cows, 38.581 b. fat; No. 11, 60 cows, 30.531 b. fat; No. 12, 23 cows, 38.821 b. fat; No. 13, 24 cows, 44.831 b. fat; No. 14, 33 cows, 28.661 b. fat. Herd average: 678 cows, 6331 b. milk, 5.0 test, 32.141 b. fat. Highest herd: 24 cows, 44.831 b. fat. Lowest herd: 59 cows, 25.371 b. fat. Highest cow: 981 b. fat. KAPONGA GENERAL AND PERSONAL Kaponga residents were afforded .a splendid view of the monoplane Faith in Australia as it passed overhead on Thursday evening last. Miss Muriel Evans has returned after a holiday spent at Opunake beach. Miss D. Corder, Nelson, who has been spending a holiday in Taranaki, paid a brief visit to her brother last week. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gardner and family, accompanied by Miss H. Cleaver and Miss F. Gardner, have gone to a beach cottage at Opunake for a fortnight. Number five scheme allocation for this week has provided work for one A, five B and four C class workers. Mr. W. Graeme Holder and Mrs. Holder, Auckland, were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Corder. Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Champtaloup have returned from a holiday in the Wairarapa. OPERA HOUSE CROWDED. SUCCESS OF “TELL ME TO-NIGHT.” “Tell Me To-night,” Jan Kiepura’s musical romance, is proving an overwhelming success at Hawera and on Saturday night the Opera House was filled to capacity, numbers, of people being unable to gain admission. Again last night there was a crowded house and the bookings for to-night are heavy. The film is deservedly popular, for it combines beautiful singing and clever acting with touches of delightful comedy. Besides the captivating theme song, Kiepura, with his rich tenor voice, sings the grand opera masterpieces “Brindisi,” “O Sole Mio” and the “Poet’s Song,” from “La Bohejne.” Sonnie Hale, the English comedian, Athene Seyler and Edmund Gwenn keep the torches of humour burning, Hale's duet “Not For Myself Alone,” being one of the brightest interludes. Most of the film is set in Switzerland and there, are enchanting views of the beauty of mountain and lake. “Tell Me To-night” shows at. the Opera House this afternoon and to-night, and ends to-morrow night after a matinee. Seats may be reserved at Miss Blake's.