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Prominent in trade union and sporting circles in Gisborne for many years, Mr Ernest Sharples died suddenly at his home in Childers Road recently. He had lived in Gisborne since his arrival in this country from Lancashire in 1908. He was on the outside staff of the Borough Council for most of his life here. Mr Sharples was well known as an accomplished pianist and orchestra leader, took an active interest in Association football, athletics, cricket and cycling, and for the past 11 years was secretary of the P.B. General Labourers' Union. In the photograph below, he is seen with Mr Reg Keeling, M.P., about the time Mr Keeling was first elected to Parliament.

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A Waerenga-a-hika farmer for many years, Mr John Ernest Coleridge Jennings, only son of Mrs and the late Rev. Edward Jennings, died recently. Mr Jennings served with the N.Z. forces in the first world war, in which he was wounded. Returning, he served the district for many years as an expert wool-classer. A keen shot, he developed during hunting expeditions an interest in botany and geology, and accumulated a great store of knowledge about the district, in which he was aided by his ability to speak Maori Fluently.