Untitled

Shannon News, 26 June 1923, Page 3

It is not generally known, but a fact -nevertheless, that, living in a modest cottage, working side by side with heir soldier husband, on their little farm at Aoroa,, near Dargaville, is a close connection of one of the oldest Ducal .houses of Yorkshire, England. This lady, the only daughter of a vounger son, (deceased), was a nurse In one of the large hospitals in the north of England, before coming to . New Zealand. Her only brother, who was killed in, the South African war, would, if living, have now been heir’to the title and estates, which will eventually go to 1 a, distant- cousin. Her grandfather was one of the leading men of the dafy in, Queen Victorin's time. A grand, old man, who was still hale and hearty, until within a few weeks of his death! at 93 years of age, Time brings many changes, but this lady, who- was SO' popular with all classes ini her own country home, •later a great favourite with doctors, nurses and l patients alike, in the hospital where she served five years as a nurse, is now quite happy and. content on a dairy farm, helping her husband milk cows, looking after her garden and; poultry and well content to be free from social ties and old conventions. Her husband, who was born m New Zealand, served four years in the late war, was awarded a decoration for conspicuous bravery in the field at Messines. He comes from a long line of Scottish farmers, quiet retiring disposition like his wife, well content with his farm and firmly of the opinion, after all his travel?, that New Zealand is quite the'best place yet Dargaville “Times.”