female real estate agent

 

PHOTO: SUPPLIED Edith Charteris (nee Hurcomb) who died on January 31, was Taranaki’s first female real estate agent.

Edith Charteris accomplished many things in her life but making good scones wasn’t one of them.

But becoming Taranaki’s first woman real estate agent, driving 10-wheeled US army trucks and having a tilt at national politics were among the many achievements of the Hāwera woman, who died on January 31.

Charteris was 96.

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