DEATH OF AN OLD SOLDIER.
irwssa ikaoosATiow telkqeau.'}'. w - _ _ ,: . AUCKLAND, April d. ' r lhe death.-*_- announced of OuptttSt McKeazie Wilson, librarian at"the Aack land Hospital, He was born la South Africa!- 1806, jollied the British Army ir. 1826, and ten years later was gazetted captain. H©®ci".ed in South Africa and India, and eventually came to New Zealand. Abo&t twelve yearn ago he wrote a paraphrase *©f Psalm civ., and got it printed ia'&pamphlet. He then canvassed » great part of the Auckland province on foot and sold-SOOO copies, with tbeprotlt from which he founded tho Hospital Library and became the librarian, tbe Government allowing him board and residence In the Hospital and £10 a year.
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Press, Volume XLVIII, Issue 7830, 7 April 1891, Page 5
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