At the English Church, Lumsden, on August 3rd, the wedding was celebrated by the Rev. O. Uphill of Miss Francis Alice Browning, second eldest daughter of Mr A. Browning, Mossburn, and Mr William Trinder, of Otautau, second eldest son of Mr Arnold Trinder, of Walton-on-Thames, England. The bride, who was given away by her mother, was attired in cream charmeuse trimmed with silk fringe and silk embroidery, and carried a Prayer Book. Miss Annie Browning, as bridesmaid, wore a silk costume trimmed with lace, and a silk girdle. The bridegroom was attended by Mr G. P. Keddell, of Otautau. After the ceremony the guests were entertained at Crosbie’s. Mr and Mrs Trinder left by the afternoon express for Wellington. -Western Star, 9/8/1912.
Deaths
TRINDER. At his residence, "Waimumu,” Birchwood, on the 23rd November. 1912, as the result of an accident. William Valentine, son of Arnold Trinder, Esq., Walton-on-Thames, London. The Funeral will leave his late residence for the Wrey's Bush Cemetery at 2 p.m. to-day (Monday), 25th inst. -Southland Times, 25/11/1912.
Killed at Work.
MR W. V. TRINDER.
On Saturday afternoon the community had scarcely recovtied from the shock occasioned by the sudden death of Mr J. Carrick, when the sad news was spread that Mr William Valentine Trinder, of Waimomo, Wairio, had met with a violent death. It appears that Mr Trinder was engaged discing on his farm on Birchwood Estate, during Saturday. How the accident happened will probably never be known exactly, but it would appear as if the machine had struck a boulder when going down a declivity, and that Mr Trinder had been thrown off the seat in front of the discs. A few minutes before 6 o'clock on Saturday evening, Mr J. T, Walker, of Otautau, who has been working for Mr Trinder for some time, came across the latter's team m the field and was shocked to see the deceased pinned beneath the machine. When discovered Mr Trinder was dead, and apparently had been dead for some time. The reins were grasped in one hand, while ths other held his spectacles, which, apparently with the bump, had been knocked off and caught just as Mr Trinder was thrown. The discs had passed up his body to the shoulders, and, face down, he had been smothered. From the indications it is surmised that death had been instantaneous.
Mr G. Cruickshank, S.M., Coroner, held an inquest yesterday, but nothing was elicited that would throw light on the sad occurrence, which had been witnessed by no one.
The funeral of deceased took place yesterday afternoon to the Wrey's Bush cemetery.
The following interesting though brief account of some of the events m the life of deceased, is supplied by a friend: —
William Valentine Trinder was a young man who had travelled and seen more of the world than often falls to the lot of men of his age. He was the second son of Arnold Trinder Esq, Walton-on-Thames, at one time a large private ship-owner, and now managing director of that big line of fine ocean trams trading to Africa, Australia and New Zealand, known as the Shire Line. On leaving school he entered the navy for a profession, but, finding promotion too slow for so restless a nature as his, he gave this up and then had a year or two in a London stock broker's office, and had opportunities of seeing Stock Exchange operations such as few men of the dominion have ever had. A few years later, in one of his father's ships, he travelled to West Africa, and for a couple of years was engaged the purchase of rubber from the natives and shipping the same to London. His next travels were to West Australia and other parts where the Shire Lines trade to, and practically all round the world, staying a few months at various ports and places which proved of interest to him.
About six years ago he came direct from London to join his cousin, Mr Ellett, Ringway, Otautau. Here he found life too monotonous, and wandering about to different centres and occupations until he purchased one of the Bircliwood Estate farms, attached to which is a small grazing run, where he made great improvements in building, fencing, ditching, ploughing, etc. He was a young man of unbounded energy, genial disposition, good conversationalist, and full of interesting anecdotes. Only three months ago he married Miss Alice Browning, second daughter of J. M. Browning, Esq, J.P. "Carfax," Mossburn, who, in her early widowhood, has the deep sympathy of a wide community. -Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, 26/11/1912.
Wreys Bush Cemetery.
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