OBITUARY

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 42, 14 November 1918, Page 4

OBITUARY

MR. A. H. HINDMARSH, M.P.

.Mr. A. H. Hindmarsli, .M.P. for Wellington South, and a member of tlu Wellington Harbour IJonrd, a well-known figure in legal circles in this city, died in tlu! Wellington Hospital it 9.31) a.m. yesterday. Over a week ago lie become infected with influenza, Pneumonia supervened, and his condition became very licriotis on Tuesday morning. At 1 p.m.. on' that day ho was removed to the "Wellington Hospital (all the private hospitals being full), and he passed .away yesterday morning.

Deceased was born in Adelaide about 58 years ago, and was educated at St. Patrick's College in that city. He was a son of the late Mr. J", Hindmar.sh, who Bottled in Napier in 1878, md a grandson of B,ear-Admiral Sir John Hiudmarsii, first Governor of South' Australia, lfor some time after he came to New Zealand Mr. Himlirioir.sli was in the office of Messrs. Smith, Chapman, Sinclair, and White, solicitors, Dunedin, and he was admitted a barristsr and solicitor of the Supreme Court at Christchurch in 1890. Four years later he began to practise his profession in. Wellington. At the general election :n 1911 Mr. Hindmarsli stood as a Labour candidate for Wellington South, and defeated Mr. R. A. Wright, the present member for Wellington Suburbs. In December, 1914, he was again .1 candidate for the same seat, and once more he was successful, his opponent being Mr. J. P. Luke, Mayor of Wellington, and the present member of Parliament for Wellington North. In 1905 Mr. Hindmarsh was elected a member of the City Council ,and held a seat in that body until April, 1915. In 1911 he entered the Harbour Board, and remained a member.until his death. Iu ali his public capacities Mα , . Hindmarsli did excellent work. Mrs. Hindroarsh died about two years ago. The family consists of two sonsone of whom has returned from the front—and two daughters. •When the news reached <he ■ Town Hall the Mayor's Committee was discussing means of combatting the influenza, epidemic. His Worship, in announcing the sad' news, said that the city had certainly suffered a loss in the death of Mr. Hindmarsh, who was one of the. most sincere and honest men in the public life in the Dominion, and ono who in his profession had always been known as a straight man, He had been ven'y closely associated with the deceased in municipal life, and though they h.vl differed seriously at times, there was never a time when they were not the ibest of friends afterwards/ and ae often as not hud walked home side by side. They all sincerely regretted the sad news, and condoled with the rest of the 'family.. The Mayor mentioned that one of Mr."Hindmarsh's sons had been killed in the wair. ' ' Messrs. H. Baldwin, H. Holland, and P. Praser also expressed profound regret at the death of Mr. Hindmarsh. MR. H. A. W. M'KENZIE The death, of Mr. Harry M'Kenzie removes a very prominent figure from this city. Mr. M'Kenzie was in charge of the Corporation Electoral Roll Department at the Town Hull for sdme time. He took the keenest interest Hn educational matters, and he had been chairman of' Tβ Aro School Committee for some years. He also interested himself in the Tuita, Kona Bay, and Poririm Schools, doing much to help them in many ways. The deceased was the eldest son 'of the late T. W. M'Kenzie, and brother of Councillor Leu M'Kenzie, and ever since his father's death lived in his old home in Ghuznee Street. He had the most genial nature, and loved little children, and only last year treated the 'head boy and head girl of Te, Aro School to a In his early flifo he was assistant and afterwards publisher of the "Independent," now the "New Zealand Times," and also acted as war correspondent to that paper during the Maori War. He was a prominent figure in the Wellington Old- Colonists' Association, in which, ho took great interest. Ho leaves a widow but no children, and his brothers are Mr. G. M'Kenzie, farmer; Mr. Earl M'Kenzie, of the "New Zealand Times" staff; Councillor Len M'Kenzie, and Mr. J. M'Kenzie, wlio has been wounded in France. His sisters ai;e Mrs. H. Morris. Mrs. Harper, Mrs. Gibbons, and Mrs. Curtis. Mr. M'Kenzie was one of the , earliest pupils •of Wellington College.