OBITUARY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 89, Issue 227, 25 September 1945, Page 2

OBITUARY

MR. H. T. WELLS. The recent death of Mr. Hugh Tennent Wells recalled pioneering days In the Wanganui district. A son of the Rev. J. H. Wells, of Dunbarney, Perthshire, he was trained for the legal profession, but came to New Zealand in 1897 and started farming in the bush country of Te Komai block. Until 190 f) Mr. Wells packed his wool out on horses for six miles after which his track joined up with the Kakatahi road. The track tn many places wound round steep and dangerous cliff faces.

It was a lonely life, but Mr. Wells, who was a quiet man, revelled in the solitude of his holding and by dint, of enterprise and industry won a line farm from the wilderness. Mr. Wells is survived by his widow two daughters, Mrs. Anderson, Pretoria. South Africa and Mrs. G. Biss of Masterton. and two sons, Messrs. J. and B. Wells, of "Dunbarney," Parihauhau. | MR. J. S. KELLY The death has occurred of Mr. John Stuart Kelly, who was a member of the reporting staff of the Christchurch Press for more than 35 years. After leaving school he worked for some months on a farm at Birkenhead, and joined the stationery department of the Auckland Star. He later poined the reporting staff of the Taranaki Herald, and in 1897 went to the Poverty Bay Herald, Gisborne. In 1898 he joined the Press, where he remained till 1905, when he was appointed editor of the Grey River Argus, Greymouth. Two years later he resigned to rejoin the reporting staff of the Press, on which he remained till his retirement. He was honoured in 1933 by the New Zealand Journalists' Association granting him the gold badge of life membership. MR. C. PEARCE. The death occurred recently at his residence, Moana Road, Day's Bay, ol Mr. Charles Pearce, a member of a well-known Wellington family. A son of the late Colonel Edward Pearce, Mr. Pearce was educated at Winchester Public School, England. Arriving in New Zealand, he joined the stall of Levin and Co., and remained there 48 years, retiring in 1935. Mr. Pearce was a foundation member of the Star Boating Club, and was, in his earlier years, a keen athlete, being interested in all branches of sport. MR. J. H. HIRON While out on a fishing expedition in a launch, Mr. Joseph Henry Hiron took ill. He was rushed to Hastings Memorial Hospital but died shortly after admission. Born in Melbourne, Australia, 55 years ago, Mr. Hiron came to New Zealand as an infant, his parents settling in Hastings. He was educated at the Hastings Central School and afterward entered business with his late father in the Hastings Timber Co. During a visit to Australia, where he worked for a few years, he married. Returning to Hastings, he rejoined his father and later took over the business as a joiner and shop litter. An extremely keen fisherman, Mr. Hiron was wen known among Hawke’s Bay sportsmen, owning a launch at Clifton lor many years.