Obituary

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 758, 3 September 1929, Page 9

Obituary

MR. ROBERT BREMER

The death occurred in Sydney yesterday of Mr. Robert Bremer, a wellknown Waverley sheepbreeder and grazier, says a message from New' Plymouth. In April he suffered a breakdown in health, and was in a New Plymouth private hospital for three months, afterward going to Australia for recuperation.

MR. FRANK SLOANE

A well-known settler of Whangarei, Mr. Frank Sloane, died on Saturday at the age of 64. Born at the old Bellevue ( Homestead at Ruakaka. Mr. Sloane had farmed on the family property all his life. For the past nine years ho had been a director of the Waipu Dairy Company, and he was keenly interested in local politics. Mr. Sloane is survived by his wife, three sons and two daughters. The funeral, which took place at Mangapai on Sunday afternoon, was largely attended.

MR. ARTHUR STUBBS

For 40 years a member of the Civil Service in New Zealand, and registrar of the Supreme Court in various centres, including Auckland, Mr. Arthur Stubbs died at his home. 18 Wapiti Avenue, Epsom, on Sunday at the age of 66. Born at Clunes, Victoria, Mr. Stubbs received his education at the Echuca Grammar School. He arrived in New Zealand in 1880, and two years later joined the staff of the Supreme Court in Napier. In 1901 lie was transferred to Dunedin as deputy-registrar, and in 1909 to Wellington in a similar capacity. Returning to Dunedin some years later. Mr. Stubbs was appointed registrar, and from there he came to j Auckland in 1919 as registrar. Mr. j Stubbs was well known and highly j respected by members of the legal pro- • fession. He was a prominent mem- j her of the Remuera Bowling Club. He j is survived by his wife and four child- j ren.

THE VERY REV. DEAN MAYNE j

The death is announced from | Napier of the Very Rev. Dean Frank j Mayne. Dean of St. John's Pro- j Cathedral in Napier since 190 C. He i was born in England in 1868 and cdu- | rated at Hatfield Hall University, j being ordained priest in ISG4. He was later senior class-master at Wells Cathedral School and. on j coming to New Zealand in 1893, became an assistant master at Christ’s College. Christchurch. He ljeld several curacies throughout New Zealand and became Canon of St. Paul’s in Dunedin in 1900, going to St John's, Napier, in 1906, where he lived until his death.

MR. A. M. HICKSON

The death of Mr. A. M. Hickson, a well-known farmer of Pongakawa. occurred on Sunday at the Tauranga Public Hospital. For many years Mr. Hickson was a settler at Otumoetai. i where he was engaged in fruit culture, j On taking up the farm at Pongakawa. : Mr. Hickson went in for dairying, and j lately became the owner of a number ;of pedigree stock. He leaves a widow i and three children.