MR. OLIVER WASLEY.
The death has occurred at Oratia, at the age of 82 years, of Mr. Edward Oliver . Wasley, who was resident in : Auckland for 70 years. In 1857 he went as a boy with his parents to the Ballarat gold diggings,- bat eoon afterwards came to Nfew Zealand. He saw service in the Maori wars, joining the First Waikato Regiment at the age of 18. When fighting . under Major Von Tempsky, of the Forest Rangers, against Te Kooti, he was severely wounded. Later he took up farming in the Waita-kere-Xihotupu watershed, known ■as Wasley Bush. Mr. Wasley then married and settled at Oratia. His wife survives him. i
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 307, 28 December 1929, Page 9
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110MR. OLIVER WASLEY. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 307, 28 December 1929, Page 9
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