Obituary

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1037, 30 July 1930, Page 10

Obituary

MR. G. LUSTY Mr. Giles Lusty, of Te Uku, who has died at Hamilton at the age of 76, was born near Stroud, Gloucestershire, and I as a child lived at Lidbrook, on the | estate of the Governor-General, Lord ; Bledisloe. He was a successful business man and came to New Zealand 10 years ago. Ho is survived by his wife and five children. MR. J. E. POTO A pioneer of the Fatea district, Mr John Edwin Power, has died there at the age of 69. Born in London, Mr. Power came to New Zealand at an early age, and for 45 years he was Zx member of the firm of Gibsons, LtJ., Patea, being managing director before entering business in his own interests. He was a foundation member of the Patea Bowling Club, and for 11 years secretary of the Patea Municipal Library. He is survived by his wife, one son and two daughters. CAPTAIN C. E. HOOD The death occurred yesterday of Captain Charles E. Hood, aged 72, a well-known marine surveyor, at his home in Kipling Avenue, Epsom. Tales of the old sailing ships could be told by Captain Hood. He started his career at the time when the clippers ran between England and China. When the sailers gave way to steamers he joined the Huddnrt-Parker Line and it was on one of this company’s vessels that he first came to New Zealand. Later on. Captain Hood became harbourmaster at New Plymouth, but several years ago he resigned and came to Auckland, where he practised as a marine surveyor on his own account. The late Captain Hood frequently sat on marine inquiry boards and was a well-known figure in the city. Gaptain Hood married a daughter of the late Mr. J. J. Craig. He is survived by four sons and one daughter. MR. HARRY ESPINER The death occurred recently at Poitiers, France, of Mr. Harry Espiner M.A., a former student of Victoria College, Wellington. Mr. Espiner had been living in France for the past six years and New Zealand students who have been studying in France have good reason to remember his encouragement and helpful advice. “U.D.C.,” writing in a Wellington exchange, says: “Only those who have experienced the first feelings of strangeness on settling in a foreign country can realise the value of a genuine friend who hails from the land of one’s birth. And this is what Harrv Espiner has been to all New Zealand graduates who have gone to France to continue their studies of recent years . . . One hears many a Frenchman of Poitiers, and of Paris also, speak in terms of the highest admiration of the literary work and personality of Harry Espiner. To be his friend was* a sure recommendation to the hearts of many French people, ever ready to appreciate the services of colonials who fought for France. “The Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris (or ‘Bib. Nat’ as he always called it) will miss him from his usual seat, where his literary researches saw him constantly at work. Lovely old Poitiers with its worthy professors and ancient university will miss another New' Zealander from its life; for Harry Espiner loved this quiet historic French town —perhaps its simple tranquillity appealed to the heart of a true New Zealander; but most of all will those of his own country whose privilege it was to know' him be saddened to kn«»w that he has passed from our sight.” I Mr. Espiner was keenly interested, some years ago, in a project to secure the engagement of a French Professor by the University of New Zealand.