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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 76, Issue 97, 27 April 1933, Page 6

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Members of the Wanganui execut. ot the New Zealand Farmers’ Union decided at a meeting yesterdav morning that they would call on Mr . Ritchie, of Westmere. It was stated that he was confined to his bed. Guests registered at >prigg**u> Hotel include: Mr. B. E. Aiken, M*. and Mrs. H. Reading (Auckland); Miss E. H. Ross, Miss Field Napier); Mr. F. Herbert, Mr. S. Jamieson, Mr. J. Watson (Wellington;. Guests registered at Foster’s Hotel vesterday include:—Messrs. G. IL Francis (Auckland); J. D. G. Duncan. J. Coates. M A. .Manthel, R. Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Watson. Mr. and Mrs. \V. F. Cuthbertson, Mr. G. W. Fountain, Mr. G. F. Johnston. Mr. J. C. Crawford, Mr. L. Monkman (Wellington); Ur. and Mrs. W. H. Cornfoot (Feildng). A vote of appreciation of the work ion e by Mr A. L. Thompson, who Terentiy occupied the position of veterinary surgeon in the Wanganui district, .vas passed at a meeting of the Wanganui executive of the New Zealand Farmers’ Union yesterday. It was derided to write to him. expressing the feeling of the executive, and to send a tangible recognition in the form of a donation from all branches in the Wanganui distuct. The Waikaia correspondent of the Mataura' Ensign states: By the death of Mr. William Longshaw on April 13, Waikaia has lost another of its sturdy pioneers. Born in Shipton. Oxford. England, in August, 1852, Air. Longshaw came to New Zealand as a young man, and in 1877 he married Miss M. A. Burrows. He also joined the Loyal Mount Mendon Lodge. M.l .. 1.0.0.8-in in the same year, and had been actively associated with it ever since. Of a cheerful and bright disposition, Mr. Longshaw was popular and highly re.-pected, and his passing will be re g.xtted bv a wide circle of friends. Fcr many years he was engaged as a waggoner on the road between Invercargill and Switzers, a journey that gercrallv took about ten days over rough countrv. Many were the tales He could tell of the early days, hardships and of pleasures. Afterwards for m “»rs he was engaged in the mining industry, principally sluicing, until hi? retirement a few years ago. Mr. Longshaw is survived by his wife, two daughter?, Mrs. C. Weavers (Dunedin), and Airs. H. Parker (Wanganui), and four sons, Mr. D. Longshaw (Sydney), Air. E. Longshaw (Wanganui), Mr. F. Longshaw (Wanganui), and Mr. G. Longshaw (Owaka). besides nine grandchildren and three great-grand-children. The esteem in which he was held was shown by the large attend ance at his funeral.

Mr. F. Wentworth Slater left yesterday for Christchurch, where he is to adjudicate in the musical section of the 1 < Competitions. 1 One of the pioneers of the Kinj C ountry, Mr. Henry Wilcox, died al National Park, Taupo, aged 70 years, lie went up with the first party sent to survey native lauds in the vicinity of Lake Taupo just after the termination of the Hauhau outbreak, unde: Te Kooti. Mr. Wilcox remained in the district for inanv years, being later engaged in connection with the survey of the Main Trunk railway line between Au kland and Wellington. Lb was also engaged on the constructin' works between Ongarue and Taumarunui. For some time Mr. Wilcox acted as guide to tourists in the Taupo district, in those days following native tracks around the present National Park from Tokaanu to the Wanganui River. He was the guide for the first white woman to ascend Tongariro an* Xgauruhoe. He witnessed many erup fions of the volcanoes in Taupo during the ’nineties and happened to b' i-aniped ne.;r Tara worn on the niglP of the great eruption.