OBITUARY.

Taranaki Daily News, 9 February 1918, Page 4

OBITUARY.

THE LATE MR. GRIFF. JONES. (By Talii Hereni). Bv the death of Mr. Griffith Jones ol Wednesday, Oth inst., Midhirst has lost one of her earliest and best known pion eer settlers and one whose genial fain will .be keenly missed by many old acquaintances and friends, as for many years he had been a regular and welcom< nttenclant at most of the local salt yards and his quiet unassuming person' alitv was by no means without influence Of proved judgment and integrity hi was highly respected- by all with whon he had business relations. Mr. Jones was a native of Dinai Mowddy, Merionethshire, Wales, ana when he came to New Zealand in about IS7S or '79 had very little knowledge of English. After spending some time in the South Island, where he was married, lie came to Taranaki in the early 'SO'b with his hride, and took up land in the Midhirst district. For some years the young couple devoted themselves to converting their holding from virgin bush into a homelike farm. In 1892 he, with his brother William, established a 'nitchery business in Midhirst on a freehold site fronting the Mountain road ind to these premises was attached a blacksmith's shop. On 'Saturday last Mr- Jones felt so seriously indisposed that medical advice was sought, and obtained. The doctor visited him, we lyelieve, again on Monday when apparently the symptoms indicated improvement and on Tuesday he went for a motor ride, retiring to bod on Tuesday evening seeming none the worse for his outing. During the night, however, Mrs. .Toiies was awakened by her husband's stertorous breathing, and found that he was unconscious Nor did lie recover consciousness, but gradually sank ojid passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning. Mr. Jones leaves a widow and family of four daughters and two sons, his second son, Evan David, who joined the 12th Reinforcements, having pre-dcceased him, dying at the Bulford (England) military hospital at the age of 21 year? in August, 1010. The eldest of his family. Gi'ilV., was the Jlrtt to make a home in Maoriland, and his success, no doubt, to a great extent that induced his four brothers and his sister to follow him to God's Own Country. That the warm sincere sympathy of all who know them is felt for the bereaved family and relatives is an absolute certainty.