OFF TO THE FRONT
On Thursday evening at North-east Harbor a send-off to Private Raynbird was held in the school. There was a large attendance, as Private Raynbird is so well known and liked. He has been a great helper in all social and patriotic affairs. After a varied musical programme the chairman (Mr F. G. Hellyer) presented the soldier with a clock, suitably inscribed. Private Raynbird replied to the good wishes expressed, and in response to a request favored the audience with a couple of recitations. After supper, the young folks adjourned to the school hall for a dance, and the elders enjoyed a few games at cards. -Evening Star, 17/11/1917.
MARRIAGES
RAYNBIRD — MACDONALD — On April 7, at the residence of the brides mother, Dunedin, by the Rev. G. McDonald, William Raynbird, of North-East Harbour, to Elizabeth Macdonald, elder daughter of the late James Macdonald, Oamaru. -Otago Witness, 8/6/1920.
William Raynbird had to give up his farm due to illness in 1927. His Army record shows no injury sustained while in service but his obituary tells a different story. He must have been in a bad way if he could not roll cigarettes.
POLICE COURT
A MEAN ACTION.
Fred Green pleaded guilty to having, at Broad Bay, stolen an axe valued at 5s, the property of William Raynbird. Senior Sergeant Packer said that the complainant, who lived at Broad Bay, was a returned soldier and a cripple. He asked the accused to come to his home to make him some cigarettes, as his wife was absent, and gave him afternoon tea. As the accused was leaving, he picked up an axe, which was lying near the door, and took it home. He kept it for some days, and, when interviewed by the police, said he had not had time to return it, but had intended to do so. He had previously been convicted on a charge of wilful damage. — The magistrate said that in view of the complainant’s circumstances and condition this was a particularly mean action, and, fining the accused £2, ordered him to pay witness's expenses (5s 6d), in default seven days’ imprisonment. -Otago Daily Times, 28/10/1935.
DEATHS.
RAYNBIRD. — On June 20, 1941, at Dunedin, 65232 Private William Raynbird (1st N.Z.E.F.), beloved husband of Elizabeth Raynbird, 4 Wairoa street; late of Raynbird’s Bay, North-east Harbour; “At rest.” — The Funeral will leave 4 Wairoa street To-morrow (Saturday), the 21st inst., at 3 p.m., arriving at the Macandrew Bay Cemetery at 3.30 p.m. — Hope and Kinaston, funeral directors. -Evening Star, 20/6/1941.
OBITUARY
MR W. RAYNBIRD
The death occurred on Friday of Mr William Raynbird, of Wairoa street, Kaikorai, and late of Raynbirds Bay, Otago Peninsula. He had been in bad health for several years as the result of service in the Great War. He was the son of the late Mr and Mrs Robert Raynbird, very early settlers of the Peninsula, who carried on farming operations at Raynbird’s Bay for a number of years. Following the death of his father, Mr William Raynbird took charge of the farm until failing health necessitated his retirement from active work. He is survived by his widow, one son and one daughter. The funeral took place at the Macandrew Bay Cemetery on Saturday. -Otago Daily Times, 23/6/1941.
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