OBITUARY

Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 250, 21 October 1944, Page 6

OBITUARY

MR. W. G. GARRARD

(P.A.) CHRISTCHURCH, Friday. The death has occurred of Mr. W. G. Garrard, aged 80, a sporting writer in Canterbury for well over 50 years. In his earlier years he was a prominent member of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, and an active cricketer. He was an early delegate to the Canterbury Rugby Union and for years secretary. He was the first treasurer of the New Zealand Hockey Association. Mr. Garrard was deeply interested in trotting as a member of the old South Island Trotting Association, and later as a member of the board of the New Zealand Trotting Association.

MR. T. G. MULLAN

A prominent Hamilton business man, Mr. T. G. Mullan has died in Auckland. Mr. Mullan, who was originally an engineer in the employ of the Union Steam Ship Company, established the Hamilton engineering firm of Mullan, Whyte ana Noy, retaining an active interest in it until he retired a few years before tlw present war. He was a keen sportsman, being interested chiefly in shooting ana fishing. He took a prominent part in aviation in its early days in Hamilton. Mr. Mullan is survived by his wife, who lives at Auckland.