OBITUARY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 89, 16 April 1927, Page 7

OBITUARY.

MR. GEORGE E. T. TUCK. A wide circle «•!" l"r;«-ii.l- will barn with : rejrret <d the death ot Mr. UeorjWj Edward Terry Ink. <>:' A-. Kcnnicra l : liond. As a drainage enjrim-er. Jiis work took liiin all over the Auckland province, ; and ho left fiicnd* «iicr<'Vcr lie went. the natural result of a Merlinjf character, j Mr. Tuck wa* Imrn at Thames, l»ut. left .<n orphan at ;;:i early aj:c. he went I to Hotihora. to the home of Captain i Suhritzky. He remair.nl there until 1-he reaeiu-il the of twenty, when he ; came to Auckland, mid set up as .-• ] eontraetor. At this time lie was a well-I known rower. He carried out wveral: • important woiks for rie Harbour Hoard. Ahout sixteen year* :i - _ - o. be joined the I Drainage Department, and specialised in i dredging work, being in charge of tiir | dredging of the Hangitaiki. Kniiaia and i Waihi Mvamp«. He \vn< al*o the ownei . of several well known racehorse-. About s ; \ year* ayn Mr. Tu.k was plaeed in charge of the machinery of t lie 1 Drainage Department, and continued rn , (hat position until stricken down a yeai ago by the illne** which finally" prove . J fatal. Hi* thorough knowledge and energetic method* w.ui him the re»pet t and warm friendship <•' hi- *iip"rior*. Mr. Tiii-k i- -univod '•;. a wif\ .»•' daughter* and a *o:i. MR. THOS E. DDDD. The death ... .-us i. .1 :<i Mh> ::.•;.;*■■ •••■'. ' Tii.-.-.iav. ••! .1 well known and i:i"i>k re*peeted r. -i.!e::t of I'atctanci in tic ■ j.ei-...i ..;" Mr. 1 iios I".. i>..dd. in hi- T'.'-.j UMI. Mr. !)••,!.] ,;,■::.• from .It 1l Ati-ti.ilia and -elth-d at Tanwhare 11 veil- a-... where ":.c t.>lb..» .-a fa-iuin^ : pursuit-. I'r."in ilkre he came t ■ 11.■ ■ | ( Awatiititil di-tri.t where !i» had >■«•■ -i.:,-.i f..i tiie ;...-; ■_■: >.-..!-. the ].•-•. ~N ,:. |';feiau«i. Three sou- all-! ; l;i:.-e dan-h:- I- -iir\i\c: Me--* Ki.im*. ' |).,|.l i I'at.-1.4 lie I•. Ige Hold i I'llk.- • |~r.... and .l..hn l>.«M l>..ulh Au-I.iha . and M:- Hioiigh . M.in-japik.. . MiDe.m i M.ir.gcu , and M:-. Ti '1< > . |'~|. s .