PIONEER'S DEATH.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 136, 11 June 1938, Page 10

PIONEER'S DEATH.

MR. NOPMAN FINLAYSON.

DISTINGUISHED CAIIKKi;

(By Trlograpli.—Own (crrcspLiiilfiii. )

WHAXi;.\i;ki. this day

The death nrourrml last night of one of the bp«t-known pioneer* of t lie Otainatca and Wluingan-i <listrict«. Mr Xoinian Finlaysoii, of -Afann-atml.to.

Mr. Finlayson was horn at Wniim 7<» years a ? o, and as a young man lum-uiiio well known a*> a bush contractor on tli" Northern Wairua. Mr. Kinlayxon thi'ii took up a lar ? o hlock of" la id a; Maungnlnroto, which ho farnic.l for r.ii Almost continiioiif.lv. Let wee,i 1908 and his retirement last year, lie was a director of the Muunjiat'ijroto Dairv Company. For several years lie wn.s on the Otainatea County Council, an<l at the time of his death was a member of the -Marsden Licensing foil'mi I tee An enthusiastic follower of I!u-.|.v Mr. Fiiilayson estahlit-hed a rwortl"for New Zealand by holding the office of either president" or patron of tj lo Otainatea Rugby Union for ;i4 years conseciitively. He \va.>- ;1 mombor of the old North Auckland Hospital Hoard and later of the Kaipara ll,».pital Board. He was senior elder at the Mauii-a-turoto I'lcsbyterian (hiirc!i.

Mr. Fiiilayson is thp father of Mr Innes ("Buiiny") Finlay.-on, ie,osni«ed :i« one of the great»t' All lil.uk for wards in the last decade. Three other sons 'lote. Jack and Ilain. represented New /ealan.l in the Army (earn in I'a!,., tine, hile Tote and Angus have also played for Auckland, and Malcolm t,,, Otayo. Bain. Bunny nnd Tote were members of the lirst North Auckland representative team, and tftiiart and Dan have assisted Otainatea.

At the time of his <l,.ath Mr rj,,li V ro.i \va« president of the Maunyatuioto Sports Club.