GREYTOWN

Wairarapa Times-Age, 24 July 1939, Page 7

GREYTOWN

GOLF CLUB CONTESTS PRESIDENT’S TROPHY. (“Times-Age” Special.) The final 'round lor the President’s Trophy was played on Saturday afternoon by members of the Greytown Golf Club. Mr and Mrs Roy Ingley handed in a card for a net 70, but as Mrs Ward and J. C. Feast did a 69 in the previous round they were declared the winners. Mrs Ross and G. Brunton did a 70 in the first round.

The best cards handed in on Saturday were: —Mr and Mrs T. G- R- Ingley. 70; Mrs G. Ingley and S. C. Shedden. 72; Miss E. Gregor and H. W. Feast, 73; Mrs Maddison and T. Nelson. 74; Miss Stevens and E. Maddison, 75.

Balfour badges: The holders in the men’s section, F. C. Bunny and H. R. Feast, nearly lost their badges to Messrs T. Nelson and A. Carter, the game finishing all square. In the ladies’ section, Misses Collier and Nix defeated Mrs Gregor and Miss E. Gregor. OBITUARY MR WILLIAM DAVIS. The death occurred in Greytown on Saturday morning of Mr William Davis. who was born in the village of Cadley, Wiltshire, in 1848. He left home at an early age and travelled going first to Australia. He took part in the gold rush in Victoria and returned to England. After spending some time in Canada he came to New Zealand in the sailing ship Mowrah. He left England on July 18, 1875. and arrived at Wellington on November 8. After working on the new railway then being constructed to the Hutt he came to the Wairarapa, having to walk over the Rimutaka Hill as there was only a bridle track at that time, the Wairarapa being largely in standing bush. One of his first jobs in the Wairarapa was mowing corn with a scythe near the present Tauherenikau Hotel. He spent much lime on fencing and bushfelling contracts, also road malting, particularly bridge building and repairing. and built several houses. Ever since he had spent most of his time in the Wairarapa district, although he visited the Old Country on several occasions. He was of a retiring disposition. and leaves a widow and three children. Mr Cyril H. Davis (Wellington). Mrs Piper (Auckland) and Mr William J. Davis (Motueka).