OBITUARY.

Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17121, 16 April 1921, Page 8

OBITUARY.

REV. B. DANKS. tin- Cabla—Preaa JUsociation— CdpyiigW) * (AuatrtlUn Mid N.Z. C*bl« AMocUtMj BYI>NM, April 15. The death is reported of tho «* r - Benjamin Panks, ex-General Secretary of tno Australasian Methodist 3liM«> n * a nry Society. Mr M Page, who had resided itt tb® Ashburton district for over 40 ««*. and was at one time engaged in ttrmin g in the Sea field district, died JW« rday morning, aged 11 yearn. * Northern file? record thq death Mr W. Tierney, who was formeily w«"- . known in sporting circles. Tho d«c£*£ ed, a single man, was accidentally *»'" ed at Messrs liarkness and l»«oon s sawmill at Arero, 12 miles from loKo* maru Bay, through being struck on tno chest rhy «. log being thrpwn back from tho navv. Mr Tierney, who w*a born in Thames, and for some years follows the occuuution of a carpenter, wo* *?•* known to sportsmen, being one of tno best bicycle ridera New Zealand M» produced. He represented New /' land at international sjKJrts Ml MS" ; land and Paris. His record for on® mile still remains unbroken. Deceases was also known to old footballer*. The death is announced of Mr AO* « drew B. ltaeside a well-known InMT- ' cargill citizen. He was Mayor jn 18W, r.nd was oner of the founders of tno . Southland Bowling Club.