Obituary

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 456, 11 September 1928, Page 17

Obituary

MRS. H. S. BENJAMIN Yesterday morning the death occurred at Wanganui of Mrs. H. S. Benjamin, wife of Mr. H. S. Benjamin, of Otumoetai, Tauranga. She was horn at Rakaia, but has lived in the Tauranga district for the last 16 years. She leaves a husband, two sons and two daughters. MR. H. FORD Mr. Henry Ford, who died at his home, Massey Road, Manurewa, on Sunday at the age of 87, was born in Frilsham, Berkshire. He came to New Zealand with his wife in the sailing ship May Queen in 3SBI. and started in business at Devonport as a baker and confectioner. After 17 years there he took up fruitfarming at Avondale, but for some time past had been living in retirement at Manurewa. Mr. Ford was a prominent member of the Wesleyan Methodist Church, and was a local preacher for 53 years Mrs. Ford died in 1903. Mr. Ford is survived by one son, Mr. A. W. Ford, of Mount Albert, and two daughters, Mrs. J. G. Henderson, of Mount Eden, and Mrs. Tidd, of Manurewa. MR. G. W. HORN The death occurred at Te Aroha on Sunday of Mr. G. W. Horn, aged 71. Mr. Horn was born in Lancashire and came to New Zealand in 1863. He lived at Whangarei for four years and then came to Thames, where he studied in the Thames School of Mines, afterwards filling various positions as mine and battery manager in Thames and Coromandel. In 1908 he gave up mining and became a farmer. He was a member of the Mercury Bay Hospital Board, the Thames Licensing Committee and the committee of the dried milk factory at Waitoa. He leaves a widow and a grown-up family. MR. H. C. BREWER Registrar of the Supreme Court at Auckland for many years and secretary of the Auckland Law Society, Mr. Henry Clayton Brewer died at his home, Mount Eden Road, yesterday at the age of 78. Born at New Town, Tasmania, in 1850, Mr. Brewer lived in- Tasmania and Victoria for 18 years receiving his principal education at the Church of England Grammar School at Geelong. In 1868 he was appointed secretary to his uncle, Mr. Justice Chapman, at Dunedin, and in 1872 was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court. Three years later he entered the Government service as a clerk in the Resident Magistrate’s Court at Oamaru later becoming a clerk in the Magistrate’s Court, Dunedin. He was then appointed receiver of gold revenue at Naseby. In 1879 Mr. Brewer was appointed deputy registrar and deputy sheriff at Dunedin holding the position until 1881 when he was appointed registrar at Auckland. He was also registrar and marshal of the Colonial Court of Admiralty in Auckland. In 1903 he retired owing to ill-health and after practising for a time was appointed secretary of the Auckland District Law Society, relinquishing the position about five years ago. Mr. Brewer’s first wife predeceased him 42 years ago. He is survived by klus second wife* " _ __ *