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THE LATE MR. E.
HAWSON
Service and Interment
Tribute to Life's Work
The high esteem in which the late Mr.
Edward Hawson, who died on Tuesday
at his residence, Remine, Argyle-street,
Hobart, at the age of 78 years, was held
by all sections of the community was
manifested yesterday morning in the
large and representative gathering of
citizens at the funeral. The cortege,  
headed by the boys of the Kennerley
Home (in which Mr. Hawson took a
keen interest, first as secretary and then
as a governor), proceeded from the house
to Wesley Church, Melville-street, where
Mr. Hawson worshipped and was a trus
tee.
Here the first portion of the service
was impressively conducted by the Rev.
Corly Butler, assisted by the Revs. B.
L. Semmens, Keith Bennett, and Mansley
Bennett. The hymn, "Rock of Ages,"
one of Mr. Hawson's favourites, was
sung. Miss Daisy White was at the or-
gan.
In the course of an address, paying
high tribute to the life, character, and
work of Mr. Hawson, the Rev. Corly
Butler said the Methodist Church and
the city of Hobart could ill-afford to
lose such a man. All good churchmen
were good citizens, and men gave their
truest service to the community if in-
spired by love of God to do good in their
day and generation. During his ministry
at that church they had mourned the
loss of several of its beloved sons, men
who had rendered faithful service to
their native land. If they could bring
back into life such men as C. D. Hay-
wood, W. D. Peacock. Edward Burgess,
W. M. Williams, and Edward Hawson,
all trustees of the church, what a band
of men they would have among them to
carry on the work of God. All had pass-
ed the allotted span, and the Church
had had the benefit of their great experi-
ence. They deeply mourned their loss,
and in their hearts they had feared that
there were none like unto them to take
their places. They represented a gene-
ration, which he feared was passing-a
generation imbued with the spirit of
service, men who put their principles
first, and stood steadfast by them rain
or shine. They honoured them as only
such men could be honoured. But they
did not mourn that day as those with-
out hope. Mr. Hawson had been spared
to see all his ideals accomplished and
his work well done. As president of the
Royal Agricultural Society he had just
seen a great enterprise brought to a
successful conclusion. His had been a
wonderful life, richly and deeply bless-
ed. Two years ago Mr. and Mrs. Haw-
son had celebrated their golden wedding.
They had spent 50 years of happy mar-
ried life, such as was only possible to
those having a higher love binding them
together. A year later they had said
good-bye to his dear wife, a saintly and
beautiful personality loved by them all.
Now, a year and a fortnight after her
death he had gone to meet her. In con-
clusion, Mr. Butler said they assembled
that day in a mood of sorrow at the loss
of a friend and a servant of God and
the Church; not sorrow, however, in a
spirit of repining, but in fervent grati-
tude of God that he had given them such
a man as Mr. Hawson and such a woman
as his wife.
The cortege then proceeded to Cor-
nelian Bay Cemetery, where the remains
were committed to their last resting
place, beside those of Mrs. Hawson in
the family vault, by the Rev. Corly But-
ler with a few appropriate words. The
Rev. A. Sussex, of New Town, assisted
in the service at the graveside.
Thc chief mourners were:-Mr. Eric
Hawson, Mr. Stanley Hawson, Mr. Regin-
ald Hawson (sons), and Mr. Rupert
Pennycuick (son-in-law).
Among those who attended the funeral
were the Mayor (Alderman Valentine)
and Alderman J. Soundy, M.H.A., Mr. J.
G. Turner (Master Warden), Hon. J. W.
Evans, M.H.A., Hon. T. Murdoch, M.L.C.,
Mr. R. G. Rogers, and Captain
Milford McArthur (Harbourmaster),
representing the Hobart Marine Board;
Mr. David Barclay (chairman of direc-
tors), and Mr. H. M. Turner (manager),
the Perpetual Trustees, Executors and
Agency Co of Tasmania; Mr. F. W. Heri-
tage (president), Mr. J. R. Johnston (past
president), Mr. H. H. Cummins (secre-
tary), Hobart Chamber of Commerce; Hon.
L. M. Shoobridge, M.L.C., Hon. J. Dar
ling, M.L.C, Hon. Jas. Murdoch, M.L.C.,
Messrs. A. E. Mansell, D. Saunders, W.
P. Coverdale, K. A. Ogilvy, R. Nettle
fold, D. C. Lewis, L. F. Piesse, L. N. Mur-
doch (secretary), L. P. Wagstaff
(assistant-secretary), the Royal Ag-
ricultural Society; Messrs. C. W.
Butler, Lomas Smith, H. T. Gould, C. Sea-
ger and Kallend, the Kennerley Boys'
Home; Sir Elliott Lewis, Messrs. Cecil
Allport, F. Lodge, L. L. Dobson, W. A.
Finlay, E. C. Watchorn, Russell Young, B.
Crisp, V. Crisp, G. lfe, Crofton Stephens,
and C. D. Cuthbert, the legal profession;
Mr. H. W. Wilson, the Institute of Sec-
retaries; Mr. H. S. Kirby and Hr. Henry
Turner, the trustees of Wesley Church;
Mr. C. B. Davies (chairman of directors)
and Mr. W. H. Cummins (general man
ager), Davies Bros. Ltd., "The Mercury"
and "Illustrated Tasmanian Mail"; Messrs.
J. Piggott, M.H.A., Peter Murdoch,
M.H.A., R. W. G. Shoobridge, Malcolm
Kennedy, E. H. Kennedy, J. C. Paton,
R. J. Murdoch, Clive Lord, A. Tregear,
H. Hutchison, W. Sansome, C. R. Rex,
W. A. Pretyman, A. W. Courtney-Pratt,
J. Z. Bidencope, Clyde Hamilton, E. Reid,
H. White, J. W. Beattie, L. H. Payne, J.
Gourlay, F. B. Rattle, P. Ash, H. E. Sim-
mons, W. M. Murdoch, F. P. Bowden,
H. S. Ikin, and Willoughby Connor.
The remains were enclosed in a polished
oak panelled casket, which bore the in-
scription:
Edward Hawson.
Died 3rd November, 1925.
In the 79th year of his age.
Wreaths were sent by, in addition to
the family, the following:-The Alliance
Assurance Co., the Fire and Accident Un-
derwriters' Association, the Royal Ex-
change Assurance Co. Ltd., principals and
staff, Messrs. Clerk. Walker, Stops and
Stephens; A. B. Stobo, Alliance Assur-
ance CO. (Sydney); W. H. Bayley and
Co.; Mrs. E. Bidencope; the staff of the
Perpetual Trustees Co.; the Tasmanian
Cricket Association; the marine Under-
writers' Association of Tasmania; Dr. W.
L. Crowther; Dr. E. L. Crowther; Mr. and
Mrs. W. Treseder Hall; committee and
secretary, the Royal Agricultural Society
of Tasmania; the president and committee
of the National Agricultural and Pas-
toral Society; the Davey-street Sunday
School; Miss Ada Strutt; Mrs. C R. Dav-
ies; Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Kirby; Mr. and
Mrs. Corly Butler; brother governors at
Kennerley Boys' Home; Mr. and. Mrs.
Robb and family; London Assurance Cor-
poration; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Ikin;
Mr. Jack and Miss Joan Dodds; Mr. R.
I. Shield; Hon. and Mrs. C. J. Eady;
Mr. and Mrs. V. A. Sayer; the Wesley
Church Trustees; the Presbyterian Coun-
cil and members of the Chamber of Com-
merce; the Athenaeum Club; manager and
staff, Alliance Assurance Co. Ltd.; staff
of New Town Infirmary; Mr. and Mrs. A.
F. Strutt and family; Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Purchas; the staff and boys, Kennerley
Boys' Home; the staff of the Hobart
Marine Board; Mr. and Mrs. Syl Har-
per and the directors and management of
"The Mercury" and "Illustrated Tasman-
ian Mail."
The funeral arrangements were carried
out by Messrs. Alex Clark and Sons Ltd.
A suecial. service in memory of Mr.
Hawson will be held at Wesley Chrj-ch
on Sunday evening next.
At the fortnightly meeting yesterday
of the District Committee of the Tas-
manian Cricket Association feeling refer-
ences were made to the death of Mr. Ed-
ward Hawson, one of the trustees of the
association, and it was decided to forward
a letter of condolence to his relatives.
Hunting wild horses, to be converted
Into food for fattening hogs, ls a new In-
dustry of the "great open spaces" of the
Western United States. Wild horses <f
deteriorated stock roam the ranches <i,
thousands, hitherto a nuisance to cattle
and sheep raisers.- On the vast Indian re-
servations the redskin nevar molests
them; he could not use these "cayuses"
even for riding- But thc offer of lis. a
hea>l by the Ingenious paleface, who has
found a way of utilising them, is a nun*
of another colour. A moving slaughter-
house arid hog-feeding plant has been ¿et
up at Plymouth. Washington, near the
I Yakima Indian Reservation. As the
I horses are brought In their flesh is cooked
with cereals for hog feed. The hide»
fetch 10s. apiece, and the bones are worth
'CSa. a ton: There are 10.000 wild horses
on the Yakima Réservation alone.
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