OBITUARY.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 152, 30 June 1927, Page 8

OBITUARY.

MR. W. M. LLOYD.

FIRST RAILWAY TRAFFIC \ MANAGER. \ y. AUCKLAND MERCER SECTIONV A well-known resident of Auckland in the early days of the railway, William Morris Lloyd, has died bane. He was associated with Me«r» Brogden and Sons, the contractors" for building the railway between Auckland and Mercer, and was afterwards the firs'*tragic manager on the line. The s{j!l tion was a small wooden building c 6a j Point Bruomart. in the vicinity of where it is now intended to place tag new one. In IST9 Mr. Lloyd to join the stall of the South British Insurance Company, and in due course was «-»nt to Brisbane as manager «ir Queen-.and, which position he held for many years. During the war with the Maoris. JJj Lloyd was a member of the Voluntas in Auckland, and took part in expeditions to meet threatened attacks oa the town. He was a good ri2e shot and a keen yachtsman. Deceased is survived by Airs. Lloyd, three sons, who are in Queensland, and a daughter ia New Zealand.