OBITUARY

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23362, 23 June 1941, Page 6

OBITUARY

MR G. R. MACKINTOSH

Mr George Robinson Mackintosh, a well-known farmer of Poverty Bay, [■■ Who died a;ecchtly, at his home at Matawhero, was boni.at Waddlngton, Canterbury, 55 yearsago; He went from Canterbury to. the Gisborne district In ! 1915, and a'f lew:-yean later married C MJsa Dorothy* Ellmers. He had been fanning ; for 19. years. MR R. ADAMSON ■ ■■ Th<Ude3th occurred at Rlccarton yes- , terday; :of, (Mr' Robert Adamson, well / known' for paany years' in racing circles.-both on the West Coast and He spent the greater S" art of his life at Wataroa in South where he owned a sheep .arjjf cattle farm, and some yean ago l lived in retirement in Hokitika, later moving to Rlccarton. Mr Adamson was a consistent supporter of West ’ Coast racing, and seldom failed to have. ■ a' horse or hones racing on the vari-'■-He enjoyed a good deal |C(®McessJ.>botht oh-; the” Coast, arid ‘inirers including; Riri, Limited, Quarter--deck, Maroha, and Scrambler, while yfolte Timeand Ryetown, at present rm training at Rlccarton, also won I-'jraces for him. Mr Adamson was a U great; lover of :horseflesh, and held the p reipeet -of thh. whole racing comfflun- - ityv His funeral Is to take place at , Wataroa. -- ■.