OBITUARY

Chronicle (Levin), 26 April 1946, Page 3

OBITUARY

HON. EDWARD NEWMAN With thc death at Palmerston 'North 011 Wednesday, of the Hon. Ldward; Newman, G.M.G., tlie Dominion has lpst; one who took a very prom;i»enf; pait;in political and primary productfoh autivi:! ties, and espcoially in 'couneeti6n/.wi't|i. tlie establiskmcnt and. . .sue^essfih.- run? uiug of Flock llousc, . an " insti'tuLoh which did such a very importa'n't 'seirv'ief for the sons of British se'aineh jyho' ltrgttlieir lives in the war 1914-18. . Mr; Newman was an ininate of. a priyat'O hospital where he , had (beeii . a.dmit^eiir after being knocked over jby va{ caruri Palmerston North, his cohdkion at 'thej time not being thought serious. .* ' Bom in 1859, the son of Edward New. man, a fleet surgeon of the Boyal.Nav'y^ the late Mr. Newman arrived iir New Zealand in the early '80 's, ^nd after a short period gaining experj.'ene,o ( on sheep stations, he settled - at Turakina oil a bush farm, which in 1905. was sulh divided for dairying. He was member of Parliament for Manawatu from 1908 to 1911, and for Kangitikei .froiii 1911 to 1922 when he retired.. In 1923/ he became ;a member, of F.the: Council, which position he held until 1930. He'wan: a prominent meihbero'f the Farmers'. TJuion and |or , 20 yeq.r?s was a member. of the Kangitikei Oo(mty Council. He was awarded thc C.M.$. in 1923. "• - ' ; ' ' '/ ' In 1918, Mf.. Netymah su^gested- at ,'a meeting' i'n Martony the ddea that New Zealand she'epfa'rmbrs should; donate the surplus wool 'profits,' then due to be distributed, to a fuhd fbr the ' benefit 6f British seamen/of. the Navy and Mercantile Marine who, by, keeping the seas open during the war, had mqde those profits possible. . The -.idea; was' entHush-; astically talcen upj bf \ as 1 argfe ; nui4be??' of; "-'.slieepoVrher^, (aiiid'/Mr. iNe^mhn's i efforts resulteB." In f Jhm &tiLf.t{of tftlie- fund later known .^,s • the " New Zeaianqf iBheepowuers! • - ; Acknowledgmeht oi' Debt to Britisli:Seamen Fun.d,'.' . . .For many years and • up 4 to the preaeu't day the *fund has 'been used' to sujiplemeut the incomes of widows and orphans of seamep. who were killed during the two world wars, and to help those men who had been indapacitated; In 1923 the trustees, under the chairmanship of Mr. Newman, decided to ussist further the orphaned boys and girls, and Flock House Station was .established to give all the boys who so desired air opportunity to be trained for a life on the land in New Zea'land. Two years later, Girls' Flock House was opened. During the 13 yearj3 that the Flock House establishments were controllcd by tlie fund, nearly 1000 Fnglish boys and girls were bfought to New Zealand, trained at Flock House and settled on thc land. Mr. Newman was cliairman of thc trustees of the fund from its inception up to the time of his death. The funeral was' held yesterday at Turakina. ■