OBITUARY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17220, 11 December 1923, Page 8

OBITUARY.

H. W. NORTHCROFT. Par Press Association. AUCKLAND, December 10. The death is announced of Air Henry William Nortlicroft, ex-Magistrate, aged seventy-nine. He arrived in New Zealand with his father in 1851. He was educated at New Plymouth and Nelson and at the age of fourteen years joined the Volunteers at a time when volunteering involved service of a serious and dangerous character. On the outbreak of the Taranaki war he joined the colonial forces and for eighteen years was hardly out of the field. Ho rose to the rank of captain and many acts of bravery were placed to his credit, for which he was recommended for the Victoria Cross, but as this distinction was not then available for colonial troops he was subsequently awarded th© New Zealand Cross. In 1877 he was appointed Resident Magistrate for Waikato and successively hold position- in various parts of the North Island. He retired from the Bench in 1909 and in 1913 was appointed Chief Justice and Resident Commissioner of the Cook Islands, returning to the Dominion two years later owing to ill-health. C. A. PTPFJI. AUCKLAND. December 10. Air Charles Albert Piper, late Traffic Superintendent of Railways for the North Island, died to-day. DR LANG. MELBOURNE. December 10. The death is announced of Dr Lang, Victoria Racing Club handicapper. He was a brother of the essayist, Andrew Lang.