OBITUARY

Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20978, 5 October 1933, Page 17

OBITUARY

}(g GEORGE ROGERS '■ aM , KM" HAWEBA. October 4.. f , (hr f a pioneer settler, U>e g et j 102 years, ocCeor#B Born at Maidfiirred . flowed agricultural jfJSi&rf able to attend to his ••MSiMMii « newspaper without garden a"*? WOS enjoying a pipe a ensses. udnre lour days ago, he SSj'B.yS.s«m Which he S W "e CO fo e ur surviving members femily oi 10HIE -W. E. DOLMAN

rf'rtinction of being the oldest 75,6 Sna» in New Zealand was Bd i. V \; Mr Walter Edwin Dolman, b tflld at Ashburton yesterday m * JXtv-seventh year. Before his b:s o! from the positions of cusxeiireffi« D . ineer to the Ashburton Brigade about five Volunteej *> D l an he id a record service for New 2ealand. t Br i s tol. GloucestcrHe S aitev learning the plumbing 3hir /'S eame to New Zealand as a man about 19 years of age, his S*««?^ S r.TwwbSo s ' ra '!hP Ran'itata river, about 58 over the Ka ? his brother, Mr J. years ago. D lmaß set up in busias a plumber and He immediately joined the ffljiitter. He in Fire Brigade .Asiit'urton . was on j ts origi- •». near Moore's comer . East m 1 f He was enthusiastic in his mstreeh* the brigade, of which he was lerest W tee we . At the com . a rt' 1 ? S service, Mr Dolpietion «]' ( L. d w ]th a gold star, been decorated with gold and /<vr each successive two j-ears' bars tor eacn Mr Dolman s ser¥lC « devoted to the military spare time »» He lirst joined Ih lU r ouceler Engineers, and on com{he Gloucester b associat ed himself with the jig 79 under Captain ® Dolma'n was the'flrst i«,r «rteant of the brigade and was from lieutenant to major hi' retirement 25 years ago. He T rWorated with several service SJfSuding the Victoria decorati<s« rtnimm took a leading part in , WBS! tojg; r m of ny thfAlibll%n H c e iub a and member l , f 4 r i s a nd was one WmSS miihbers of the Loyal a hhnrton Lodge, and went through Ashbuxton two occa . lions He also belmiged to the Loyal

the fire brigade bell liie iws j Mimic j Da i Chambers, and S"iM. cffl we,, flown a. half-mast yesterday. ,/ ME It. Y. SMITH The death occurred recently at his residence, High street, Waimate. of a respected' ffld old resident of the town in Mr R- Y. Smith at the age of 66 years. He was born at Waitahuna, Ottgot'VlW. and spent his early veans in ■ that province, going to ' Waimate in 1807. Though of a retiring mlm Mr Smith was keenly interested" in tte welfare of the town and district. He was an ardent angler, and fished the Waitaki river season after season for 45 years. Before going to Waimate he lived in Oamaru, where he took a keen interest in the acclimatisation of fish and game, being a member of the combined WaitakilValmate Acclimatisation Society. Upon going to Waimate he became a member of the Waimate society at its inception more than 20 years ago and helped to further the work of game acclimatisation right up to the time of his death. He was also a keen rifle shot and was a member of the volunteer rifies, both in Oamaru and Waimate, attaining the rank of sergeant, and also gaining the long service medal, his total service amounting to 27 years. He was an honorary member of the Volunteer Fire Brigade for 25 years and of the Loyal Heart of Friendship Lodge of Oddfellows. He lejve a widow and a family of seven daughters and-one son—Miss D. Smith 'Waimate), Mrs A. Bringans (Darileld), Mrs H. Dodd (Timaru), Mrs O'Danieis (Christchurch), and Misses H. and L. Smith (Waimate), and Mr R : Smith (Waimate). The oldest son, Lieutenant A. D. Smith, was killed in the Great War.

MB ANTON TEUTENBERG

IHSBS lIMCUTIO* tiliorau.) AUCKLAND, October 4. The death has occurreu of Mr Anton Teutenberg, aged 03, who came to New Zealand more than 67 years ago. He was the son of a gunsmith to King Frederick William IV., of Prussia, and carv«j the gargoyle and figures on we colonnade of the Supreme Court ln Auckland. He was an engraver by occupation.