413016 Sergeant Trever Morgan Blakewell, (10/7/1921-14/11/1942). "a great shock"

Trevor Blakewell joined the Air Force in April 1940 and was presented with his Wings in October the following year. He arrived in Britain for further training in early 1942.  On the day of his presumed death he was piloting and Avro Anson on a night training flight out of a Welsh air base. He took off at 1.25am and did not reply to a general recall message sent at 2.50am as a response to deteriorating weather.  He and his four crew were not found.

Sergeant M. Blakemore, of Sutherlands, who has been reported missing.  -Timaru Herald, 7/1/1943.

DEATH PRESUMED

Sergeant Pilot Blakemore 

Sergeant Pilot Trevor Morgan Blakemore, whose death is presumed to have taken place on November 14, 1942, was the fourth son of Mr and Mrs W. H. Blakemore of “Garthowen”, Sutherlands. He received his education at the Pleasant Point District High School, and later commenced duties as a message boy at the Pleasant Point Post Office. He served as a postman, and then as exchange clerk, and was afterwards promoted to the telegraph school in Christchurch. In May, 1941, he Joined the R.N.Z.A.F. at Levin, later gaining his wings at Wigram. He sailed for England in December of that year and was stationed in Wales, rendering valuable service in connection with the training of air crews, as he was an extremely able pilot. He was highly respected in the district, and the news of his death on a night navigation flight came as a great shock to his relatives and friends.  -Timaru Herald, 10/7/1943.

ROLL OF HONOUR

BLAKEMORE — On November 14. 1942, in England. Sergeant Pilot Trevor Morgan Blakemore. 

Lovingly Remembered. 

— Inserted by his dear ones.  -Timaru Herald, 14/11/1944.

Timaru Cemetery.

Kenneth Walter Cox, (1915-27/9/1942). "a flying flea"

TIMARU SITTINGS

Armed Forces Service Board (excerpt)

Seventh Day Adventist Kenneth Walter Cox, aged 26, said he had been reared as a Seventh Day Adventist. He admitted that his church allowed him liberty of conscience in regard to non-combatant service. It would be very difficult In camp to keep Saturday as the Sabbath.

The chairman: There would be no difficulty about that. There are a number of men of your faith at Burnham and they all get Saturday off. The appellant: I object to carrying arms, and even in the ambulance unit I would have to carry arms. Mr Tracy: Your church is not opposed to ambulance service? — No. Do you differ from your church in that? — No I am prepared to do ambulance work or work of a non-combatant nature.  -Timaru Herald, 5/3/1941.

PLANE CRASHES AT SALISBURY

Young Fairview Man Killed 

Making First Flight 

Kenneth Walter Cox, aged 27, second son of Mr and Mrs W. J. Cox, Fairview, was killed yesterday when the plane he was flying crashed on the farm of Mr L. P. Cabot, Salisbury, shortly before 4 p.m. The cause of the mishap is not yet known. 

It is stated that the plane took off, after much difficulty, from one of Mr Cox’s paddocks on the Rocky Hundreds road, Fairview, and flew over into the gully on Mr Cabot’s property between the Rocky Hundreds road and the main road to Otipua. 

The plane was a single-engined, single-seater, privately-owned machine. 

Residents of the district heard the roar of a motor earlier in the day, suggesting that an endeavour was being made to get a plane into the air. 

Eye-witnesses said that the machine was flying very low. The engine had an exceptionally loud roar. The plane was seen flying down the gully above a small creek and it was approaching a plantation when the crash occurred. It fell about two chains short of the trees with its nose pointing in the direction from which it had come. 

The Timaru Police were informed of the crash by telephone and Dr G. R. Kingston was summoned. When the doctor arrived he found Cox dead, he having suffered very severe injuries. 

Cox who was a carpenter by trade was unmarried. He acquired the plane about a month ago and this was his first flight. He was not an experienced pilot.  -Timaru Herald, 28/9/1942.

PLANE CRASH

Fairview Fatality 

No Experience Of Flying 

“It is clear from the evidence that deceased had had no previous experience or tuition regarding the flying of an aeroplane,” said the Coroner, Mr H. Morgan, at the inquest, which was concluded yesterday, into the death of Kenneth Walter Cox, a carpenter, aged 27, of Fairview, who was killed instantaneously when he crashed in attempting to fly a Pou-de-Ciel plane at Fairview on September 27 last. Constable J. P. Mather conducted the inquiry.

“Cox obtained this aeroplane of the ‘flying flea’ type and, with the book knowledge he had obtained, set out to try to fly,” Mr Morgan continued. “It is not clear from the evidence that he was aware that previous attempts to get the plane into the air had failed. The evidence did not show that the plane was suitable for flying, and, in addition to the pilot’s inexperience, it had got out of control and crashed. Cox was very seriously injured with various multiple fractures and died instantaneously. I return a verdict accordingly.” 

An Erratic Flight Bertie Frame, farmer of Salisbury, said that at 2.45 p.m. on September 27 he was at Fairview where he saw Cox working on the engine of a small aeroplane which was in a paddock adjoining Cox’s home. Cox had the spark plugs out of the engine and appeared to be adjusting the points. He asked Cox if he had ever flown a plane and he replied that he had not. Witness had seen Cox taxi-ing the plane around the paddock and doing short hops of two or three feet off the ground and then landing again. The engine seemed to be functioning all right. 

“I had left Fairview,” witness continued, “and while walking up past Mr L. P. Cabot’s cowbail I looked back and saw Cox take off from near his home; he took off towards the north, going approximately half a mile, and then east and came back towards where I was standing. The plane was never nearer to me than 200 to 300 yards, and was at a height which I estimate at 100 feet. Throughout the flight the plane was flying in a most erratic manner — sharply up and down. The engine seemed to me to be going at a constant speed and functioning all the time. The plane turned towards the west and passed a clump of macrocarpa trees in the gully at the bottom of Mr Cabot’s farm. The plane appeared again round the trees coming towards me. I entered Mr Cabot’s shed to get my cycle when I heard the aeroplane engine cut out and a crash. I immediately ran down the gully and saw the aeroplane had nose-dived straight into the ground. Cox was dead when I arrived. I rang the police from Mr Cabot’s house. As the plane was in flight it seemed that the pilot was in difficulties. 

A Word of Warning Gerald Leonard O’Donoghue, auctioneer, of Salisbury, said that on the morning of September 27 he had seen Cox trying out a small aeroplane in a paddock adjoining his home. "After having the engine running for about 10 minutes,” the witness continued, “Cox got into the cockpit of the machine and taxied it across the paddock. Cox then informed me that he did not intend to try to lift the machine until he had run her up and down the paddock several times. I saw him do this and as the engine did not seem to be running too well I advised him not to attempt to fly the machine. I then returned to my home at Salisbury. Cox told me that he had had no previous experience of flying, only in the capacity of a passenger on one or two occasions.

“About 3.45 p.m.,” the witness continued, “I was looking towards Cox’s home, which is about one mile distant from my place, and saw Cox making numerous attempts, eventually getting the machine into the air. The wind was blowing from the north-east and Cox took off into the wind. He did one complete circle of the paddock where he started, and I thought he was going to land. The machine came down very close to the ground and then took an erratic course as if Cox intended making the same circle again, but went out of my sight behind a plantation. The next thing I heard was a crash. I immediately dashed in that direction and found the wrecked aeroplane with its nose buried in the soil at the bottom end of Mr Cabot’s property. The plane was in a gully just clear of the plantation. Cox appeared to have been killed instantaneously. Nothing could be done for him, so he was not moved.” 

Severe Injuries Dr. G. R. Kingston said that on arrival at the scene he found that Cox, who was dead, had been very severely injured. He had a deeply penetrating wound into the right temple, a fracture of the base of the skull, a broken neck, the lower jaw was smashed, a broken breast bone, a double fracture of the right thigh, and a compound fracture of both legs. Cox had been hurled against the engine of a nose-diving aircraft. Death would be instantaneous. 

Walter James Cox, builder, residing at Fairview, father of the deceased, said that early in August, 1942, his son purchased a small aeroplane in Christchurch. He had had the aeroplane at witness’s home and had been overhauling the engine and putting the plane in serviceable condition. “My son had been up in other aeroplanes as a passenger only, and as far as I am aware had never been at the controls of any aeroplane. He had had no tuition in flying, but had studied books on flying for many years, and had always been keenly interested in flying. He was not the holder of a licence to fly a plane. On the morning of September 27 he was taxi-ing it around the paddock and trying to get the feel of the controls of the machine. While at lunch his son had said that he would take the plane into the air, and, after circling the paddock once, would then leave it alone. My son was in normal health at the time. I consider he was alert, especially as far as machinery was concerned. He was a teetotaller.” 

Formal evidence as to the removal of the body from the wrecked plane was given by Constable C. G. Gadsby.

Machine Wrecked Constable J. P. Mather gave evidence that the front part of the aircraft, which was a modified Pou-de-Ciel type, more commonly referred to as a Flying Flea, was buried in the ground, and the propeller and under-carriage of the bodywork completely smashed. The main members of the fuselage at and about the cockpit were smashed to matchwood and that portion where the pilot’s legs would normally be had been forced up under the rear of the engine. The steel tubing carrying the forward wing had been bent into a modified U, apparently by the impact with Cox’s head. The impact with the earth was so severe that the landing wheels had shorn a number of rivets and the rims were badly dented. An examination of the leading edge of the forward wing showed that it was crushed for its full length by the impact with the ground, which indicated that the plane had landed head on. The rear wing, rudder assembly and rear portion of the fuselage were intact. The plane had been travelling almost in a direct north-easterly direction. The engine, which was a specially designed power unit for this type of aircraft, had been torn apart from the fuselage and the forepart and propeller-hub were buried in the ground. The fact that the ignition switch was on the “off” position could not be regarded as positive evidence that Cox had switched the engine off before the crash as it could have been pushed into this position by the forward movement of Cox’s body at the crash. Petrol was leaking freely from the tank in the forward wing, indicating that the crash had not been due to engine failure through lack of fuel. There was a fair to strong easterly wind blowing at the time, but the day was fine and visibility good. 

Aero-dynamics Unsatisfactory “Inquiries made by the Police Department,” continued the witness, “show that the plane was built in Christchurch by a flying enthusiast named Owen, now deceased. Owen had incorporated several unorthodox features into the plane. Several attempts were made by Owen and others to fly the machine without any success; they were never able to get the machine to lift off the ground. The aero-dynamics of the machine were considered unsatisfactory, the principal objection being that the lower main plane was set aft of the pilot, and the upper main plane forward of the pilot, with the result that, when the aircraft became airborne, a slot effect was caused on the rear wing and increased the lift on the rear wing, which tended to push the nose of the aircraft down to lose height rapidly. It is considered that any change in design in an attempt to overcome the extra lift on the rear plane would increase the slot effect on the rear plane and stall the front plane and so cause a vertical dive.”  -Timaru Herald, 16/12/1942.

Timaru Cemetery.

Thomas Hicks, (1883-14/4/1941) and Mona Florence Shirley, (1928-15/4/1941) Ivey. "the call was sudden"

TRUCK STRIKES POLE

Death Of Prominent Timaru Farmer

Daughter Seriously Injured

Mr Thomas Hicks Ivey, a well-known farmer of Kingsdown, near Timaru died as the result of injuries received when the truck he was driving struck an electric light pole near the Pleasant Point township at 6.15 p.m. yesterday. His daughter, Miss Mona Ivey, who was a passenger in the truck, was admitted to the Timaru Public Hospital suffering from serious head injuries and a broken jaw. 

At the time of the accident Mr Ivey was returning from the Mackenzie show, where he was a successful exhibitor in the light horse classes. The truck left the road and struck the electric light pole at the intersection of the Main Highway and Russell Street, about half a mile on the Timaru side of Pleasant Point. Mr Ivey was rendered unconscious by the impact and died about 15 minutes later.

Miss Ivey was reported by the hospital authorities late last night to be very seriously ill. 

Mr Ivey was widely known as a successful farmer with a particular interest in horses. For many years he competed with conspicuous success in the light horse classes at A. and P. Shows in South Canterbury and Canterbury, and many of his animals were familiar features of the show ring. His interests extended also to trotting and he was for a great many years a member of the Timaru Trotting Club, serving for a long term as a member of the committee. He was well-known as an owner of trotting horses and several of his horses were prominent performers on the track. Two of Mr Ivey’s sons are overseas with the N.Z.E.F.  -Timaru Herald, 15/4/1941.

SECOND DEATH

Accident At Pleasant Point 

INQUESTS OPENED 

Mona Florence Shirley Ivey, aged 13, died in the Timaru Public Hospital at 3-10 a.m., yesterday as the result of injuries received in an accident on the Main Highway at Pleasant Point on Monday evening. The girl was a passenger in a truck driven by her father, Thomas Hicks Ivey, who died am Injuries shortly after a collision with an electric light pole occurred. Miss Ivey was suffering severe cerebral injuries and a broken jaw. 

Inquests in both cases were opened yesterday before the coroner (Mr C. W. Wood) and adjourned after evidence of identification was given by Jack Sydney Ivey.  -Timaru Herald, 16/4/1941.

FUNERALS

IVEY — The friends of Mrs T. H. Ivey are respectfully informed that the funeral of her late husband, Thomas Hicks and her late daughter, Mona Florence Shirley, will leave her residence Kingsdown, This Day (Wednesday, April 16), at 2.30 p.m. for St. Peter's Church and thence to the Timaru Cemetery. Requiem at St. Peter's Church at 10 a.m.  -Timaru Herald, 16/4/1941.

INQUEST OPENED

DOUBLE FATALITY 

An Inquest was opened yesterday afternoon into the circumstances of the death of Thomas Hicks Ivey, farmer, of Kingsdown, aged 59, and his daughter, Mona Florence Shirley Ivey, aged 15, who died as the result of injuries received when the truck, which Mr Ivey was driving on their return from the Mackenzie A. and P. Show on April 14. 1941, ran into an electric pole at Pleasant Point about 6.15 p.m. The Coroner, Mr C. W. Wood, presided. Sergeant J. C. Crowley represented the police and Mr M. A. Raymond appeared on behalf of the relatives. Medical evidence was taken and the inquest adjourned until May 14. 

Dr J. C. McKenzie, superintendent of the Timaru Public Hospital, said that Mona Florence Shirley Ivey was admitted at 7 p.m. on April 14 suffering from a broken jaw and cerebral laceration. There was a scalp wound on the back of the skull. She did not regain consciousness, but sank and died at 3.10 a.m. on April 15 as the result of these injuries. 

Dr J. L. McIver, who had been instructed to conduct a post-mortem examination, gave details of the severe injuries suffered by Thomas Hicks Ivey. There were multiple fractures of the second, third and fourth ribs on the left side, and on the right side the second to the eighth ribs were fractured, with a penetrating wound on the inside of the dorsal part of the lower chest wall. The abdominal organs had been severely injured. In his opinion death was caused by gross injury to the abdominal organs resulting from the accident, and from the appearances of the organs, it was clear that death was directly the result of and exclusively due to the injuries suffered during the accident.  -Timaru Herald, 6/5/1941.

IN MEMORIAM

IVEY — In loving memory of my father. Thomas Hicks, who passed away April 14, 1941, and also my sister, Mona, who passed away April 15, 1941. Result of an accident. 

The call was sudden, the shock severe; We little thought the end was near; 

But only those who have lost can tell The sorrow of parting without farewell. 

— Inserted by Emma and Doxon.  -Timaru Herald, 14/4/1942.

Timaru Cemetery.

Timaru William Joss, (1904-2/9/1955). "better down at the Ross Sea"

“TAXI” DEFRAUDED

ROSS SEA WHALER CONVICTED. 

A TRIP TO BALCLUTHA. 

Timaru William Joss, a young man, who has paid several visits to the Ross Sea and intends doing so again very shortly, pleaded guilty in the Police Court yesterday morning to obtaining credit of £6 10/- from Victor Cyril Murray, a taxi-driver, by fraud. He was convicted and admitted to probation on condition that he makes restitution of the money, the price of a fare to Balclutha.

“This was a very cheeky fraud,” remarked Detective-Sergeant Hewitt, in telling the Court the story. “Joss rang up for a taxi from Bluff on September 18 and got Murray to drive him through to Balclutha. In the presence of Murray he asked the proprietor of a service station if he could cash a cheque for £47. Joss was driven to the Nuggets (Balclutha) and back to Invercargill, where he cleared out and left the taximan lamenting. It was subsequently found that Joss had taken a train from Invercargill to Bluff. He had no intention of paying the fare. He had one previous conviction.”

Joss told the Magistrate that he intended to pay all right, but the chap he was to get the money from had departed for Dunedin. He was going to the Ross Sea with the whalers in about six days’ time. He had no money to pay for the fare and the ship sailed on Tuesday next. The Detective-Sergeant said Joss had been to the Ross Sea and intended going again. “What I know of this man he would be better down at the Ross Sea than hanging round Invercargill,” said the Detective-Sergeant. “He should be made to make restitution of the money before he goes.” Joss said he would pay before he went if he could. The ship returned in February. 

His Worship to Joss: You are convicted and admitted to probation for one year, on condition that you make restitution before you leave, if possible, and, if not, when you return.

Joss was also ordered to pay witness’s expenses 10/-.  -Southland Times, 10/10/1929.

On a charge of vagrancy Timaru William Joss, a young single man, appeared before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M., in the City Police Court yesterday morning. On the application of Senior-Sergeant Fox, who appear, cd for the police, he was remanded till Monday.  -Southland Times, 31/10/1930.

CITY POLICE COURT

YESTERDAYS’ SITTING. 

A short sitting of the City Police Court was held yesterday morning before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M., when three offenders were dealt with. Three charges were preferred against a young man, Timaru William Joss, who was not represented by counsel. Joss was charged with being an idle and disorderly person in that he had insufficient lawful means of support; with obtaining credit for £5 by fraud by incurring a liability with J. C. Fraser, an Invercargill taxi driver, on October 28; and with obtaining credit for £1 10/- by fraud by incurring a liability with J. Crozier, an Invercargill taxi driver, on October 27. He pleaded guilty to the three charges and elected to be summarily dealt with on the charges of obtaining credit by fraud. The three offences were laid under the Police Offences Act, Senior-Sergeant Fox said. Accused had been driven to various places round the town and had told the taxi-drivers that he had money in the Savings Bank. Accused had no money and had admitted that he was merely “running round.” He had previously been on probation for a similar offence. Accused had nothing to say and was convicted and ordered to come up for sentence when called upon on the major charge on condition that he pays £6 10/- within 60 days. He was convicted and discharged on the other charges. Joss was further charged with being £6 10/- in arrears on a maintenance order and was convicted and sentenced to six months’ imprisonment, the warrant to remain open, the Magistrate taking this sentence into consideration when fixing the sentences on the previous charges.  -Southland Times, 4/11/1930.

In the Police Court on Saturday morning, before Mr E. C. Levvey, S.M., Errol William McQuarrie, aged 22, of Bluff, pleaded guilty to charges of using obscene language in Gore street, Bluff, and of assaulting Timaru William Joss. 

Detective-Sergeant Hewitt, who prosecuted, said the facts of the case disclosed rather a bad offence. The assault took place on Friday night and the cause of the trouble seemed to lie in the fact that Joss, some time ago, had given certain information to the police in regard to a matter in which the accused was interested. Such conduct could not be tolerated, emphasized the Detective-Sergeant, especially as McQuarrie had openly boasted that he would "pay Joss out.” Moreover, it was not the first occasion on which McQuarrie had been convicted for similar offences. Accused pleaded that he was drunk at the time and could not remember what took place. “If you were drunk, accused, I am going to treat you in order to get the liquor out of your system,” said his Worship. “I am also going to give you time to realize that this type of conduct will not be allowed under any circumstances. On the obscene language charge you will be sentenced to four months’ imprisonment and on the assault one to two months’, the terms to be cumulative.”  -Southland Times, 15/2/1932.

POLICE COURT

MONDAY, OCTOBER 16. (Before Mr H. W. Bundle, S.M.) 

OUT OF THE BUSH INTO GAOL. 

“This is not a case of a man of good character succumbing to a sudden temptation,” said the Magistrate, in sentencing Timaru William Joss alias Timothy Joss to two months’ imprisonment on a charge of incurring a debt of £5 with the Red Band Taxi Company, Gore, by obtaining credit by fraud. Joss, who pleaded guilty, was represented by Mr O. Stevens. 

Chief-detective Young said Joss was a seaman by occupation, but latterly he had been a bushman in the Lake Te Anau district. On Saturday morning he journeyed from Lumsden to Gore, intending to come on to Dunedin by rail. He missed the train at Gore and went to the taxi firm. He misrepresented that he was in a hurry to get to Dunedin as he was a member of Byrd’s Antarctic Expedition, and that he also had money coming to him in Dunedin, He was driven to Dunedin and to an hotel, but when the driver returned for payment Joss had disappeared. He was arrested on warrant. Apparently Joss had a weakness for this class of offence, as he had been before the court on a number of charges. He had 3s 2d in his possession when arrested. 

Counsel said some of the previous offences concerned maintenance charges. On coming out of the bush Joss had enjoyed himself right royally, and on arriving in Dunedin with £2 in his pocket he had continued on a drinking bout. Counsel submitted that the taxi driver should not have accepted the statements of a drunken man. Drink was accused’s downfall. 

Mr Young said that no cases of this type would come before the court if complainants investigated the stories before extending credit. They swallowed the bait. 

Joss was sentenced to two months’ imprisonment.   -Evening Star, 16/10/1933.

WEDDING

JOSS — PAURO (Herald Correspondent.) A quiet wedding took place at Awapuni on Saturday morning, when the Rev. K. T. Hadfield united in Holy matrimony Katherina Pauro, of Gisborne, and Timaru William Joss, of Bluff. A few friends were present, including Mr. and Mrs. P. Keiha. The bride was escorted by her father, Mr. P. Pauro, who also gave her away. Mr. Frank Winter was best man.

After the ceremony the party went to the residence of the bride’s parents at Sponge Bay, where the wedding breakfast was held. The restricted number present had a most enjoyable afternoon and the happy couple' received many useful presents.  -Poverty Bay Herald, 17/5/1937.

INTOXICATED DRIVER

(By Telegraph — Press Association.) GISBORNE, This Day. 

A seaman, Timaru William Joss, was today fined £15 and had his licence cancelled for two years for being intoxicated in charge of a car. He was arrested after a night chase by a barman and the police after the breaking of a window in a hotel by a member of his party.  -Evening Post, 17/5/1938.

SOUTH POLE BRAVERY

BYRD EXPEDITION MAN

THREE MONTHS’ GAOL

THEFT OF BICYCLES 

A man who had carried out some extraordinary feats of bravery while on an expedition to the South Pole with Rear-Admiral Byrd, Timaru William Joss, aged 34, married, appeared this morning before Messrs. D. W. Coleman and E. Harris, J.P.'s, in the Magistrate’s Court and pleaded guilty to two charges of theft and one of obtaining credit by fraud. He was sentenced to three months’ imprisonment on a charge of the theft of a bicycle valued at £l4 4s 6d, the property of Ray Paul, and convicted and discharged for the theft of a bicycle valued at £9 12s, the property of William K. Callow, and of obtaining credit by fraud amounting to 5s 6d from the Duco Motor Service. 

"We are reluctant to send a man to gaol when he is going off to a job, but in view of Joss’ list of previous convictions and the seriousness of the charges it would not be just to let him go without adequate punishment,” said the Bench in fixing the term of imprisonment. 

The prosecution was conducted by Detective-Sergeant R. H. Waterson and the defence by Mr. A. A. Whitehead. 

Accused had been Drinking 

Mr. Waterson said that on October 8 the accused took his brother-in-law’s bicycle and rode it into town, offering it for sale to Fred Barwick. The latter started to make inquiries, which frightened Joss and the bicycle was recovered. The following day Joss took a machine owned by Callow and rode it to Tiniroto, selling it there for £2. On October 10 the accused boarded the service car for Wairoa and, arriving at his destination, slipped away before the driver could collect his fare. His excuse was that he had been drinking and would not have committed the offences otherwise.

In the accused's defence, Mr. Whitehead said that Joss told him he had alighted from the service car at Wairoa and that when he returned some time later the car had gone. The trouble was that he had been drinking for about a week previously. Mr. Whitehead then drew attention to his bravery while a member of the Byrd expedition and said that indicated the man was not a disreputable character. At the time of the offences he was going to Mahia to work.

The charges were serious and on their face value should be dealt with severely, said Mr. Whitehead, but he explained that the list was all the same sort of thing. Joss would get drunk, get into a taxi, and find at the end of the journey that he did not have sufficient money left to pay the driver, and the police charge would follow. 

The Bench: You will be qualifying to be declared an habitual criminal if you are not careful. For 10 years you have been doing the same sort of thing.  -Gisborne Herald, 20/10/1939.

Fined for Using Obscene Language

Charged with having used obscene language in Gladstone road on Saturday evening, Timaru William Joss, alias Timothy Joss, aged 36, a labourer, appeared this morning before Mr. E. L. Walton, S.M., in the Police Court and was convicted and fined £3. Senior-Sergeant J. F. H. Macnamara prosecuted. Mr. J. G. Nolan, for Joss, said that his client had been under the influence of liquor at the time and had been careless in his speech. He was prepared to take out a prohibition order.  -Gisborne Herald, 27/2/1940.

Arrested on a warrant to apprehend, in default of maintenance, the arrears to July 30, 1940, being £88 /13/-, Timaru William Joss, 37, of Nelson Creek, described as a seaman and bushman, appeared before Mr. G. G. Chisholm, S.M., in the Magistrate’s Court at Greymouth, to-day. Senior Sergeant G. F. Bonisch said the original maintenance order against defendant was made at Gisborne but he subsequently moved to Bluff, where the warrant for his arrest was issued. The police at Greymouth knew nothing about him, except that there was a warrant for his arrest, for disobedience of an order for the maintenance of his wife and children, who resided at Gisborne. In reply to questions by the S.M., defendant said he was employed in the bush at Nelson Creek. He had not done anything about the maintenance at all. The S.M. remanded defendant until Monday, stating that, in the meantime, particulars of the case would probably be received. Bail was allowed, in defendant’s own recognisance of £l00 and one surety of £l00.  -Greymouth Evening Star, 5/3/1942.

 FALSE PRETENCES 

Timaru William Joss was charged with false pretences in that he obtained from the Mayor’s Social Service Centre 2s in money and an order for £1 5s by falsely representing that he required the money to proceed to Nelson Creek where he had employment. He was also charged with receiving from Hicks and Ainger the sum of £1 15s by falsely representing that he required the money to get to Greymouth where he had work to go to. 

On the first charge Joss was fined £5 in default 10 days’ imprisonment, and on the second was ordered to come up for sentence if called on in the next 12 months. The accused was also ordered to make restitution of £3 2s.  -Press, 30/6/1942.

IN THE MAGISTRATE’S COURT HOLDEN AT PALMERSTON NORTH 

BETWEEN Barraud R Abraham Ltd. a Company duly incorporated under the Companies Arts of New Zealand and having its registered ofice and carrying on business as Merchants at Rangitikei St., Palmerston North 

PLAINTIFF 

AND a William Joss of 20 Picton St., Wellington, Storekeeper 

DEFENDANT. 

To: TIMARU WILLIAM JOSS formerly of Tangimoana, Storekeeper, and formerly of 20 Picton St., Wellington, Storekeeper, but now of parts unknown.

TAKE notice that an action has been commenced against you in the above Court by Barraud & Abraham Ltd., a Company duly incorporated under the Companies Acts of New Zealand and having its registered office and carrying on business as Merchants in Rangitikei St., Palmerston North for the sum of eighty-four pounds eighteen shillings and sixpence (£84/18/6) for goods sold and delivered AND an Order has been made that publication of the notice of such action in the Evening Post and the Dominion shall be deemed to be service of the Summons upon you. Take notice that unless within seven (7) days after the date of publication of this notice in the said Evening Post and the said Dominion you pay into Court the full amount of the claim and costs or deliver to the Court Office and serve on the Plaintiff a notice of intention to defend, the Plaintiff may enter judgment against you for the full amount of its claim and costs and may proceed to enforce its judgment. 

Dated at Palmerston North this 27th day of August, 1953. A. R. C. CLARIDGE, Registrar. 

______________________________________________________________________________

IN THE MAGISTRATE’S COURT HELD AT PALMERSTON NORTH. 

between V. E. ROSE, of Palmerston North, widow, PLAINTIFF 

and TIMARU WILLIAM JOSS of Tangimoana, storekeeper. DEFENDANI 

To: TIMOTHY WILLIAM JOSS, formerly of Tangimoana, Storekeeper, and now of parts unknown. 

TAKE NOTICE that an action has been commenced against you in the above Court been by V. E. Rose of Palmerston North, Widow, claiming damages in the sum of Forty-six pounds Fourteen shillings and Eleven pence (£46/11/11) in respect of a motor accident ocurring between you driving a Ford 10 Sedan and her Ford 10 motor-car on the Bulls-Turakina Main Highway ON the 14th November 1952 AND an Order has been mate that publication of the notice of such action in the Evening Post and the Dominion shall be deemed to be service of the Summons upon you. 

This action will be heard on Tuesday, 22nd day of September, at Ten o’clock the in the forenoon at the Magistrate's Court at Palmerston North and in default of your filing Notice of Intention to Defend such claim in the said Court at the expiration of seven days after the date of the publication of this notice in the said Evening Post and the Dominion judgment may he given against you without your being heard. 

DATED at Palmerston North this 27th day of August, 1953. 

A. R. C. CLARIDGE, Registrar.  -Evening Post, 31/8/1953.

Some Drinking Prior To Fatal Launch Collision

INVERCARGILL. Oct. 4 (PA). — 

Evidence of drinking on board a fishing vessel at Stewart Island before a collision between two boats and the death through exposure of Timaru William Joss was heard in the Coroner's Court, Half Moon Bay, Stewart Island, yesterday. 

Mr. R. C. Hicks, J.P., found that Joss, a 50-year-old fisherman, died of exposure on an improvised raft in Paterson Inlet after a collision between the fishing vessels, Nautilus and Rose. 

Joss, skipper of the Rose, had had "quite a few beers" on the morning of September 2 with crew members of the Nautilus, said one of the crew, Ebenezer Thomas Lindsay. At about 4pm the two boats went to Lowry' s Bay where they lay at anchor together. They later shifted to Popotiki where a meal was cooked. They had nothing more to drink after this. 

When the sea started to roll in at Popotiki, Joss said he would lead the way to another bay. Lindsay thought Joss was quite fit to be in charge of his boat when they left Popotiki, just after 10pm. 

The captain of the Nautilus, Kenneth Alexander Harper, said that while on the way to shelter, he saw Joss's craft a boat's length away and coming toward him at full sped. He could not avoid a collision. He later saw the Rose heading for a beach. He followed, but lost sight of the Rose. He then went to Ulva Island but could not find her, and then on to Bravo Island. 

The coroner directed the police to draw the attention of the Marine Department to the inadequate lighting on the Rose.  -Evening Post, 5/10/1955.

415268 Leading Aircraftsman Chester Wynter Probert, (4/3/1914-6/10/1942). "for ever and ever"

TIMARU AIRMAN KILLED

Crash In The North Island 

(N.Z.P.A.) WELLINGTON, Oct. 6. 

A member of the Royal New Zealand Air Force lost his life when the aircraft in which he was engaged in solo flying training crashed this morning at an air station in the North Island. He was Leading Aircraftman Chester Probert. His mother is Mrs G. E. Probert, of Timaru.  -Timaru Herald, 7/10/1942.

DEATH

PROBERT — On October 6, 1942, at New Plymouth. Leading Aircraftman Chester Wynter Probert, R.N.Z.A.F., dearly beloved only son of Mr Chas. I. and Mrs G. E. Probert, of 64 Woodlands Road, Timaru, aged 28 years.  -Timaru Herald, 8/10/1942.

PROBERT — The friends of Mr and Mrs Chas. I. Probert are invited to attend the funeral of their late son, Leading Aircraftman Chester Wynter Probert, which will leave the Timaru Railway Station on Saturday, October 10, at 12 a.m. for the Timaru Cemetery. (C. H. Barrie.)  -Timaru Herald, 9/10/1942.

PERSONAL

A motion of condolence with the relatives of the late Leading Aircraftman C. W. Probert, of Timaru, was carried in silence at the meeting of the Timaru Borough Council last night.  -Timaru Herald, 20/8/1942.

A motion of sympathy with Mr C. I. Probert, dispenser at the Timaru Public Hospital, in the death of his son, Leading Aircraftman C. W. Probert, was passed at a meeting of the South Canterbury Hospital Board yesterday.  Timaru Herald, 21/10/1942.

ROLL OF HONOUR

PROBERT — In loving memory of our dearly beloved son, Leading Aircraftman Chester Wynter Probert, R.N.Z.A.F., killed in an aircraft accident, October 6, 1942. 

Not just to-day, but every day, We do remember him. 

— Inserted by his loving parents. 

PROBERT — In loving memory of my dear brother, Leading Aircraftman Chester Wynter Probert, R.N.Z.A.F., killed in an aircraft accident October 6. 1942. 

For ever and ever, will I remember him. 

— Inserted by his loving sister, Anne.  -Timaru Herald, 6/10/1944.

Chester Probert's entry in the record of RNZAF wartime deaths simply mentions that he crashed a Tiger Moth training aeroplane at Bell Block, near New Plymouth.

Timaru Cemetery.

426087 Flight-Sergeant Albert Henry Lister, (6/8/1920-18/3/1944). "one we loved so dear"

Albert Lister enlisted in the RNZAF on May 30, 1942, and was trained in New Zealand and Canada as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner. He then went to Britain and joined a Wellington bomber crew for operational training. In February, 1944, he converted to the Stirling heavy bomber. On March 18 he and his crew took off on a training flight and the aeroplane crashed.

ENGAGEMENTS 

The engagement is announced of Betty, only daughter of Mr and Mrs C. B. Hardingham, Gloucester Flats, Timaru, and Sgt. Albert Henry, eldest son of Mrs M. Lister and the late Mr H. W. Lister, Park Lane, Timaru. Sergeant Lister is at present serving with the R.N.Z.A.F. in England.   -Timaru Herald, 4/11/1943.

ROLL OF HONOUR

Flight Sergeant A. H. Lister 

Flight Sergeant Albert Henry Lister, killed on duty in England, was the elder son of Mrs M. Lister and the late Mr H. W. Lister, Park Lane, Timaru. Flight Sergeant Lister was born in Timaru in 1920 and was educated at the Timaru Boys’ High School. Before joining the Royal New Zealand Air Force, he was a member of the staff of J. and A. P. Scott Ltd., engineers, Dunedin, for four and a half years. After six months’ training in New Zealand he left for Canada where he gained his wings, after which he left for England. While in England he became engaged to Miss Betty Hardingham, of Timaru. His younger brother, Walter Arthur Lister, is at present serving in the R.N.Z.A.F. in New Zealand.  -Timaru Herald, 1/4/1944.

THANKS NOTICE 

Mrs M. Lister and family and Miss B. Hardingham wish to thank all kind friends for letters and telegrams of sympathy in their recent bereavement.  -Timaru Herald, 24/4/1944.

ROLL OF HONOUR 

IN MEMORIAM

LISTER — In loving memory of Albert Henry (Bert) Lister, who was killed on active service in England on March 18. 1944. 

Sweetest memories linger with us. 

— Inserted by his mother, sisters and brothers. 

LISTER — In memory of a loving brother, Flight Sergeant Bert Lister, killed on active service, March 18, 1944. 

Always a beautiful memory of one we loved so dear. 

— Inserted by his sister, Hilda, brother-in-law, Jack, and the three boys.   -Timaru Herald, 17/8/1945.

Timaru Cemetery.