Obituary

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 400, 14 July 1928, Page 13

Obituary

MR. JOSEPH BELL Mr. Joseph Bell, a well-known photographer, died at Hamilton yesterday aged 72. As a youth of 16 he ■went to India and became a professional photographer. In 1903, with his wife and four sons, he arrived in Auckland and has remained in the province ever since. He has been in Hamilton for pour years. The late Mr. Bell is survived by his wife and Messrs. A. J. Bell (Auckland), F. H- Bell (Wanganui), R. H. Bell (Hamilton), and B. J. Bell (Thames). There are three grandchildren. MR. K. HARTY The death of Mr. K. Harty occurred yesterday after an illness of over two months. Mr. Harty went to Thames four years ago as a member of the staff of the Bank of New Zealand. Prior to his illness he was employed as acting-manager of the bank’s Waihi branch. He is a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Harty, of Devonport. MRS. W. CONNOR Cable advice has been received from London of tbe death of Mrs. W. Connor, wife of Mr. W. Connor, the representative of Macky, Logan, Caldwell, Ltd., in London. Mrs. Connor was Miss Carrie Knight, who for years was one of the leading vocalists in Auckland, but she lias lived for some years in London. Mrs. Connor is survived by her husband and two children —Miss Daphne Knight, of Khyber Pass; Mrs. Keenan, of Epsom: Mrs. Laws, of South Australia, and Miss Madoline Knight, of Melbourne, are sisters of Mrs. Connor. MRS. ANNA BAKER Mrs. Anna Baker, for many years associated with the work of the Church in New Zealand, has died in Palmerston North. Mrs. Baker, who was born in England in 1848, was a daughter of Mr. G. Barker. In 1876 she married the Rev. William George Baker, then a missionary in India under the Church Missionary Society. In 1881 they took up work in England, and in ISS3 they came to Nelson. Mr. Baker was appointed archdeacon at Waimea. He retired in 1915, and went to live at Lower Hutt. He died in 1920. Mrs. Baker is survived by three sons, Rev. Harold Baker, vicar of St. Thomas’s Church, North Sydney; Mr. William Baker; and Dr. D. Baker, bishop of Bendigo, Australia. Two daughters, Misses Alice and Grace Baker, are living in North. MR. T. C. BRADFIELD The death has occurred of Mr. T. C. Bradfield, a well known resident of Palmerston North. Mr. Bradfield was born in London in the sixties, and came to New Zealand as a young man. After a brief farming experience he went to Palmerston North, where he lived for a keen horticulturist.