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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts]

Social

Social.

Masonic.

Lodge Heretaunga, No. 73, N.Z.C., Hastings, was founded in the year 1878, with Mr. Batham as its first Worshipful Master. The hall of the lodge is situated in Market Street, and has seating accommodation for about 140. The membership of the lodge is about fifty, and meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month. The officers are: Mr. J. B. Elms-Hird, W.M.; Mr. G. H. Russell, S.W.; Mr. J. W. Bates, J.W.; Mr. A. Weaver, S.D.; Mr. G. D. Love, J.D.; Mr. Matthew Johnson, I.G.; and Mr. Thomas Morgan, secretary.

Mr. James Buckman Elmshird, Worshipful Master of Lodge Heretaunga, No. 73, N.Z.C., was initiated in his present lodge in the year 1889, and after passing through all the chairs was installed in office in June, 1905. He is also a member of Court Sir Henry Havelock No. 5841, of the Ancient Order of Foresters, and was a member and chairman of the Mahora School Committee. Mr. Elms-Hird was born in Auckland on the 16th of March, 1861, and is a son of a soldier of the 57th Regiment. He was educated in the Wairoa, and was employed for seven years on Mr. W. A. Cooper's station, near Hastings. In
Brown and Ross, photo.Mr. J. B. Elms-Hird.

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Mr. J. B. Elms-Hird.

page 456 1890 he entered the employ of Messrs Nelson Brothers' freezing works at Tomoana; three years later took charge of the fellmongery department at Woodville, and in 1896 was appointed as manager of a similar department at Tomoana. He is married, and has three sons and two daughters.

Mr. Frederick Cook, Past Master of Lodge Heretaunga, No. 73, N.Z.C., joined the lodge in the early “nineties,” passed through all the chairs, and held office as Worshipufl Master for two years. He was born on the 1st of May, 1849, in Hertfordshire, England, where he was educated at the public schools, and afterwards learned gardening. He subsequently followed his trade at Cambridge, Waltham Abbey, and various other places, before emigrating to New Zealand. He settled in Hastings, subsequently started in business on his own account as a builder, and in 1893 accepted his present position as overseer for the Hastings Borough Council. Mr. Cook has been secretary of the Hastings Public School (now the Hastings District High School) for fourteen years, and for six years was a member of the school committee. He is a member of the Ancient Order of Foresters, was for thirteen years secretary of Court Heretaunga, No. 6,556, was secretary of the Hastings Horticultural Society, and is now chairman of the Heretaunga Fruitgrowers' Union, Hastings; and also the proprietor of one of the most upto-date fruit farms in Hawke's Bay. Mr. Cook is married, and has three sons and two daughters. His eldest son is further referred to as managing partner of Messrs A. F. Cook and Company.

Brown and Ross, photo.Mr. F. Cook.

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Mr. F. Cook.

Friendly Societies.

The Star of Hastings Lodge, No. 12, fo the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australasia, was founded in the year 1883, under the auspices of Messrs J. Adamson, George Scott, and others. There is a membership of about thirty-five, and meetings are held once a month in the Fire Brigade Hall. Officers for the year 1906: Mr. L. Anderson, W.M.; Mr. F. Hastings, D.M.; Mr. A. Rogers, secretary; and Mr. Mouldey, treasurer.

Mr. Lawrence Anderson, Worshipful Master of the Star of Hastings Lodge, has been connected with the Protestant Alliance Friendly Society of Australasia for upwards of ten years, and has passed through all the chair in the Order. He is first lieutenant and secretary of the Hastings Fire Brigade, of which he has been a member since its inception, is a member of the Ancient Order of Foresters, and the Hastings Football Club. Mr. Anderson is a native of the Shetland Islands, and was born in September, 1866. He emigrated to New Zealand with his parents in January, 1875, was educated at the Havelock public school, and afterwards worked as a cabinet-maker for some years in Napier. Later on he was employed at the building trade, and is now (1906) foreman for Mr. H. H. Campbell, a builder, of Hastings. Mr. Anderson is married and has two sons.

Mr. James Adamson, one of the founders of the Star of Hastings Lodge, No. 12, of the Protestant Alliance of Australasia, held office as secretary from its inception until the year 1905, and has passed through all the chairs. He was born on the 21st of June, 1859, on Beeson's Island, at Coromandel, and is a son of one of the early settlers of Auckland. Mr. Adamson was educated at the Auckland Grammar School, worked for a time in timber mills, and subsequently went to sea for two years. In 1877, however, he settled in Napier, where he was first employed by Mr. R. Holt, and afterwards worked for a few years at the building trade. He removed to Hastings in 1883, and in 1904 started in business on his own account, which he has since successfully conducted. Mr. Adamson was one of the pioneer bee farmers in the Hawke's Bay province, and in one year the product of his apiary amounted to four and a-half tons of honey. He is a member of the management committee of the Presbyterian Church; and he was formerly connected for some time with a Napier Volunteer Corps.

Sports, Games, and Pastimes.

The Hawke's Bay Polo Club was founded in the year 1892, mainly through the efforts of Mr. H. A. Russell. The grounds are situated near Stortford Lodge, on the Hastings borough boundary, and are twenty-five acres in extent. Practice meetings are held every Saturday, and the club has a membership of about twenty-five. Officers for the year 1906: sir William R. Russell, president; Mr. George Hunter, vice-president; Mr. H. A. Russell, captain; Mr. E. J. Watt, secretary.

The Hawke's Bay Hunt Club was founded in the year 1889, with Mr. Henry Mason chief among its promoters. The club's kennels are situated at Te Aute, and the hounds number fifteen couples. Hares are plentiful, and the field extends from the Sherenden station to Takapau. There is a membership of eighty, and the officers for the year 1906 are: Mr. R. D. D. McLean, president; Mr. H. A. Russell, master of the hounds; Mr. A. Groom, huntsman; and Mr. W. J. Stratton, secretary.

Mr. Harold Arthur Russell, Captain of the Hawke's Bay Polo Club and Master of the Hounds for the Hawke's Bay Hunt Club, is the eldest surviving son of Sir William Russell, and was born at “Flaxmere” homestead on the 29th of January, 1871. He was educated at Wellington College, and Bradfield College, near Reading, England, at which latter institution he remained for six years. Mr. Russell returned to New Zealand in 1890; he has since assisted his father in the management of his estates, and is now (1906) in charge of the Sherenden station, where he resides. Mr. Russell married Miss Eva Nelson, daughter of Mr. William Nelson, and has one son and two daughters.

The Hastings Bowling Club was established in the year 1894, with Mr. George Ellis as its first president. There is a membership of sixty-two, and the annual fee is two guineas. The green covers an area of three quarters of an acre, and is well appointed. Officers for the year 1906–07: Mr. D. O'Reilly, president; Mr. L. J. Bull, secretary; and Mr. James Reynolds, treasurer.

The Hastings Cricket Club was founded in the year 1905, by Messrs Hobbs, Beuth, Maddison, Floyd, and others. It has a membership of nearly fifty, and is composed of three teams. One of these teams plays on Wednesday afternoon, and the other two on Saturday. Practices are held daily throughout the page 457 season, and weekly matches are played (under the H.B.C.A.) against other clubs, in competition for a cup. Officers for the year 1906: Mr. W. C. Maddison, president; Messrs John Chambers, J. A. Fraser, P. Martin, Mason Chambers, Dr. Tosswill, and Dr. Nairn, vice-presidents; Mr. S. M. Hobbs, secretary and treasurer. The team captains are: Messrs E. G. Beuth (Wednesday afternoon team), W. F. Chaplin (Saturday afternoon A team), and — Davenport (Saturday afternoon B team). For the season ending 1905–06 the Saturday B team was successful in winning the junior hallenge cup in the Saturday compteition. The Wednesday team also won the cup in the Wednesday competition.

The Hatings Referees' Association was established as a private institution in 1904, and in the following year was constituted an official body, and affiliated to the New Zealand Referees' Association. Its duties consist of the appointing of referees for football matches, and adjudicating on questions or matters relating to refereeing. In the fulfilment of these duties the Hastings Association has proved itself an efficient body. Members for the year 1906: Messrs C. Stubbs (Chairman), Pegler (honorary secretary and trasurer), Smart and Catherall.

Mr. Charles Stubbs, Chairman of the Hastings Referees' Association, was born in Derbyshire, England, in 1873, and came to New Zealand in the following year, with his parents. He was educated at the Christchurch Normal school, and was afterwards brought up as an engineer, chiefly with Messrs A. Jones and Son, of Waipukurau and Hastings, with whom he worked for fourteen years, and rose to the position of foreman smith. In March, 1904, he established himself in business in Heretaunga Street, bu two years later he sold out to Messrs A. Jones and Son, by whom he has since been employed. Mr. Stubbs was for about seven years foreman of the Hastings Fire Brigade.

Mr. Jeremiah Coughlan was appointed head-caretaker of the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club's racecourse in the year 1884. He was born near Glengarrow, County Cork, Ireland, on the 1st of June, 1855, and is a son of a farmer. Mr. Coughlan was educated at the National schools, and in the year 1880 emigrated to Australia. Shortly afterwards he came to New Zealand, and landed in Wellington, where he worked for a short time with Messrs Murray, Roberts, and Company. For four years subsequently he acted as coachman to the late Mr. Murray at Napier, and in 1884 received his present appointment. Mr. Coughlan married Miss Roberts, of County Cork, Ireland, in 1885, and has four sons and two daughters.