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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 January 1939, Page 6

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Constable C. Le Comte, formerly of Masterton, and now stationed at Pahiatua, attended the funeral of the late Constable R. Church yesterday. Constable Le Comte, who has been seriously ill for some time, has made a good recovery and will resume duty this week.

The death of Mr H. M. Field is reported by Press Association message from Nelson. Mr. Field was formerly well known in business circles in Nelson and Wellington, having been a member of the ironmongery firm of Wilkins and Field, Ltd., which at one time, some years ago, occupied premises in Manners Street, Wellington. Fie Qas a brother of the late Mr T. A. H. Field, who was prominent in public life in Nelson and was M.P. for Nelson from 1914 to 1919. In the earlier days Mr Field took a prominent part in the old Volunteer movement in Wellington.

Mr C. S. (“Stewie”) Dempster, the noted cricketer, who is visiting New Zealand, passed through Masterton this week on his way to Napier, and was met at the Midland Hotel by members of the Wairarapa Cricket Association and welcomed to Masterton. After a pleasant chat, Mr Dempster expressed appreciation of the good wishes extended to him on behalf of the local cricketers. Mr Dempster was formerly a New Zealand representative, but of recent seasons has been playing in England where he is captain of the Leicester County team. He will later join Sir J. Cahn’s team in its tour of New Zealand. Mr Samuel Hesketh, barrister and solicitor, died at his residence in Epsom, Auckland, on Sunday. He was senior partner in the legal firm of Hesketh, Richmond, Adams and Cocker. He had been practising for 30 years and was the last of the barristers who practised in the Supreme Court in Auckland in the closing decades of the last century. Born in Manchester in 1849, Mr. Hesketh arrived at Auckland on February 7. 1863, the day H.M.S. Orpheus was wrecked on the Manukau Bar. Mr. Edwin Hesketh, his brother, who was one of the eminent barristers of early Auckland, was already there. Mr. Samuel Hesketh was articled to his brother, and passing his examinations n 1878, was admitted as a barrister md solicitor. He later joined the firm >f Hesketh and Richmond, of which, ifler his brother’s death in 1898, lie oecame the head, and continued in active practice till about a year ago.