OBITUARY.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume xxix, Issue 8316, 13 March 1911, Page 3

OBITUARY.

fv'ir John Manchester.

I Mr John Manchester died at Waii mate on Sunday; aged 77. The dej ceased gentleman, who was the father of Mr G. Manchester, of Ashburton, was for many years Mayor of Waimate, and tho representative of that district on the Timaru Harbour Board for up-: wards of twenty-five years. Mr Manchester took a deep and intelligent interest in local government and was a highly respected member of the community, lie was born in Leicestershire, England, in 1833- in 1859 he ararrived in Timaru by the ship Strathallan, and passed a few years on a sheep statiun in South Canterbury. In 1863 Mr Manchester mid his partners started business in Waimate as general storekeepers and merchants-. Sir Manchester served on the Waimate County Council and on the Road Bo&rd that preceded it, for over thirty years, and Mas chairman of these bodies for a 'considerable time. He was also a member' of the Timaru and Gladstone Board of Works, the ftrsf local body in South Canterbury. t He was a member of the Timaru High School Board of Governors, and a governor of the Waimate School Board". Mr Manchester was one of the founders of the Methodist Church in Waimate, and held every office that a layman could hold in connection therewith. In addition to being frequently a member of the New Zealand Methodist Conference,^ Mr Manchester was a representative" of the general Conference .of Australasia.. In 1867 Mr. Manchester married a daughter of tli<j late Mr James Thomas Pain, of Queensland, and leaves a family of two .sons and two daughters. j