DEATH OF A PIONEER

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2588, 9 October 1915, Page 6

DEATH OF A PIONEER

MR T. OAWTHRON,. OF NELSON.

' C' : Br Telegraph-Press ; ; : ■ Nelson, October 8. - :The death occurred, this °™ nul S .<» air'. Thomas Cawthron,;' at, the / ago of

The late Mr; Cawthron was' bom at Cambenvelli Surrey/.in 1833, ? nd _ c^ e to New Zealand at tlje age of with his father, whosettled » After an absence of a few years m Wellington and Australia,, Mr. Thomas Cawthron . returned to *« lson , .' n 1557 v and entered 7 , into,'the snipping ' business.' For .many yeiirs ho was. agent for • the. . . principal lines trading to 'the place, was one of the / most important parts; of the; colony, and, also transacted a .'very, large'.business, as shipping contrac■Ha accumulated, a largo, fortune, 'which ill lato'vears lie' drew upon- with the'• greatest 1 liberality t« the city, and among.. his' r , more important benefactions,.to Nelson, are. the'.new pital about to bo; erected, for which he gavo £15,000, ''Cawthron Park, ~a beautiful 'forestv'ieservo of 2500 acres near tlio city;-a flight of stone steps on. Church Hill/ costing £1800 .. .an jirgaii in the School of>Music costing £1800, and a .'gift, of ■ £2500 . .to' .clear ,off_tbe .inthe'institute. -; jie ..also. made valuable; benefactions to the JNelson Instituteand other public institutions. At the time of his death be was elaborating a scheme, for a further expenditure for the public benefit, ni.duding a- Solar Physics. Observatory estimated to cost £30,000. ; , ... .