FATAL COLLISION

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 473, 1 October 1928, Page 16

FATAL COLLISION

DEATH OF FORMER SCHOOL-INSPECTOR MR. G. A. HARKNESS SUCCUMBS Press Association NELSON. Sunday. Mr. G. A. Harkness, formerly chief inspector of schools for the Nelson education district, died in the Nelson Hospital yesterday morning as a result of injuries received through a collision with a service car while he was cycling in Waimea Street on Saturday. The late Mr. Harkness was born at Richmond, Nelson, in 1860, and spent almost the whole of his life in the Nelson district, where his father, Mr. William Harkness, was a very early settler. He was educated at Nelson College, keeping university terms there and graduating M.A. in 1885. After a period as a primary school teacher, he was appointed a junior inspector in 1893, and senior inspector in the following year. For many years Mr. Harkness took a prominent part in the volunteer movement, reaching the rank of lieu-tenant-colonel commanding the Ist Nelson Infantry Battalion. Mrs. Harkness died some months ago. Mr. Harkness leaves four sons, all resident in the Auckland province, and one daughter, Miss Ella Harkness, of Nelson. The sons are: Messrs. Donald and Ewen Harkness, of Auckland, Mr. Alec Harkness, of Te Kauwhata, and Mr. Philip Harkness, of Hamilton.