OBITUARY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 154, 3 July 1939, Page 3

OBITUARY.

MR. E. F. REYNOLDS. Coromandel has lost one of its pioneer miners by the death of Mr. Edmond Francis Reynolds, aged 82. He arrived in Xew Zealand in 1870 in the iron clipper ship Broderick Castle after an eventful voyage. When ready to sail from (Jravoend, the vessel broke her moorings. Xo damage was done at the time, but terrific storms were met in the' Ray of Biscay, almost causing the foundering of the ship. She was towed liui-k to Plymouth, eventually sailing again after "a long delay. There was 1 rouble among the crew on the way out. mid- some men were imprisoned for mutiny on arrival in Auckland, but before' ■she tied up then- she went aground on a reef off Bonn Mock, hanging there until a change in the wind and rising tide caused her to tloat off. As a miner and mine manager. Mr. Keynolds worked in Coromandel for a number of years, coming to the district under contract to an English company. He was a member of the old National Lodge of Oddfellows, and a foundation member of the present Loyal Hauraki Lodge, Manchester Unity. He was also a past grand master, and at the time of his death he was senior trustee. For 12 years he was on the Coromandel Hospital Board, and he was a strong supporter of the Methodist Church. In his earlier years he played a prominent part in sport.