OBITUARY.
MR CHARLES rLANT
The death took placo at Doyleston on Thursday of a very old and higlilyrespccted resident of the district, in the persoii of Mr Charles Plant. The deceased was born at ,Clapliam,, London, sixty-six years ago, and camc out to Now Zealand in the sailing ship Hereford in 1876. with the ' late Mr James Tucker, of Tai Tapu. Ho first settled at Tai Tapu, where he was employed for two years by the late Mr James Osborne. He then went'to South. Canterbury- and assisted for a time with the construction of the railway to Fairlie, returning later to Doyleston, where he was employed by Mr Job Osborne. Nineteen years ago he met with an accident while in charge of a well-sinking plant, which permanently crippled him, and from that time up to the time of his death he superintended threshing operations for Mr Osborne. Up to the time of his death he was a director of the Ellesmere Engineering Works.
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15478, 4 January 1916, Page 10
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