IN MEMORIAM.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume 26, Issue 5, 1 May 1936, Page 1

IN MEMORIAM.

On Palm Sunday, Canon Arthur Frederick Williams passed to his rest m Royston Hospital, Hastings, after a long illness. He was born m 1860 m the Bay of Islands, and was

the eighth son of Mr. E. A. Williams, judge of the Native Land Court. On both sides he came of early missionary stock, his grandfathers being Archdeacon Henry Williams and the Rev Richard Davis, so that it is not strange that he devoted nearly his whole life to work among the Maoris. After taking his degree at St. John's College, Cambridge, m 1883, he served a curacy m Wolverhampton for two years, and returned m 1886 to Hawke's Bay where he spent the rest of his life. For some years past Canon Williams gave himself chiefly to conducting missions m the Maori parishes, and the Maoris had much respect for his earnestness and devotion. He was made an honorary Canon by Bishop Sedgwick m 1919. He leaves a widow and three sons m New Zealand, and a married daughter m England. To them we give our heartfelt sympathy. May he rest m peace.