PROVINCIAL NEWS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 60, 16 August 1907, Page 2

PROVINCIAL NEWS.

EGMOxN'T ROAD. (From Our Own Correspondent.)

By the death on Saturday last of Mr /has. Evctfcs, the district loses an old coonist who contributed his quota towards the development of the colony. Jle born in Southam, Warwickshire, England, in 1829, and caine to the colony u the ship in 1875. "Whilst in ■he Old L'Ouiury iie was in charge of arming machinery, and foreman of the ngineoring work ol' the town of Southmi. Soon after he arrived in this ountry he was engaged in the work of itting the railway rolling stock 011 the Yclliugtoi:— lower Hull line. He also idped iu ih.; making of the first waterVoilvf. in Vveliinutun, and afterwards ,;l v *' aa appointed loreman of a big outracting linn (Mussrs Colli*, Sco't nd Wilkinson) who had the driving of he tunnels on the liimutaka line. He superintended the work at what is :nov.n as the Siberia cutting, a place in the early a train was down from the track with loss of life. >n the completion of the Rimutaka line ie decided to shift to Taranaki, where ic arrived in 1878 along with the youngir members of his family, for a time io was foreman of works for the New lymmith I.orough Council. Later lie 00k to contracting on his own account, oj his contracts being that of convicting the first reservoir. He retired 0 i-itzroy. For a long time he was i-oeiated with the Te Hemii Church, ie leavse a wife ( w ho i a now ; n her ! ioth year) and a family of three suns ' mil o.iii daughter, besides 2.'! unM.ild- ? ren and 13 greatgrandchild, v„ J• \ Kvetta was a kind father and a good j'oloii.st, and Jus death will be regaled ■ v , aI wh " Iwd the pleasure of his ae(|U,iinta"re The funeral look place on Wednesday, and was attended by a laige number of people.