OBITUARY.

Waikato Times, Volume 106, Issue 17803, 30 August 1929, Page 6

OBITUARY.

REV. JOHN BURGESS. (Australian Press Association.) (Received August 30, 9.40 a.m.) SYDNEY, Aug. 30. The death is announced of Rev. John Burgess, one of the most prominent ministers of the Presbyterian Church in Australia, aged 74 years. MR H. T. LITTLE. WELL-KNOWN SHEEP-BREEDER. (By Teleffrann —Press Association.) CHRISTCHURCH, Thursday. The death occurred to-day of Mr H. T. Little, aged 61 years, of lluihui, North Canterbury. Mr Little was one of the most notable figures in the sheep-breeding industry of tile Dominion. The Corriedale breed was developed by his father, who commenced 50 years, ago to produce the breed. For the past 25 years the work has been carried on by Mr Little at Huihui, which he made famous as the nursery of the Corriedale breed. MR H. HARRINGTON. WELLINGTON, Friday. The death has occurred of Mr H. Harrington, at the age of 78. Deceased arrived in Christchurch in 1852 with his parents in the ship Samarang. He joined the telegraph service and became Assistant-Super-intendent in Christchurch, then superintendent in Napier and later in Wellington. When he retired from the service he was inspector, but was recalled to act as censor in Wellington for the greater part of the war. Since then he had been living in retirement. MR JOHN CHARLETON. OLD SETTLER PASSES. The death of Mr John Robson Charleton at Ruakiwi removes one of the rapidity diminishing band of early settlers of the Raglan district. It also brings hack to memory the fact that the family from which lie descended was connected with one of the most romantic periods of English history, the limes of the Derwenlwater rebellion. The father of the deceased was George Charleton, who was born at Toadhalls, England, in 1801, and with his wife left England in 1833 on the ship Clyde for Sydney, New South Wales. After two or three years in New South Wales they came to New Zealand and settled in Kawhia. (loorge Charleton went in extensively for farming, and at one time owned all of the Ruapuke district, besides leasing Mount Hanoi from the Government for a cattle run. He also owned a schooner trading on the coast, and vis drowned when the schooner was wrecked on the Kawhia bar.

John Robson Charleton was the youngest of the family, and the only son. There were live daughters. He was apprenticed on Iho Government steamer under Captain Fairchild. When he thought he had learned sufficient navigation he bought a schooner, and started trading on the coast. After running her ashore on the Wanganui bar he gave up sea life and settled down in Raglan, where he was well-known as a boat-builder. A few years ago he went to live with his daughter, Mrs Tapp, of Ruakiwi, where he passed away on Monday. It was rumoured that he was heir to a large sum of money in Chancery. In 188 i the Chancery Court advertised for the heir of one Robert Robson, who was said hi he a brother of the deceased’s mother. The story goes that at Ihc time or Ihe Pretender, James First of Feel land, their grandfather, who was folrlv wcnlßw. ’’’’"“-v in his lot willi Ihc Earl of Dcrwenlwatcr on behalf of the Pretender. All their properties were confiscated by the Government, and the Earl of Derwentwater was beheaded. It is said that the Robsons’ great-grandfather’s estate was placed in the hands of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and afterwards into the Chancery Court. The late Mr J. R. Charleton claimed to be able to trace his descent, and to he the heir lo the properly. He, however, was not successful, as the estate is said to be still in Chancery’.