OBITUARY
Mr. George Falla Mr. George Falla, formerly stationmaster at Auckland, who in recent years was an active figure in the public life of Devonport, died at Auckland on .Sunday. Mr. Falla, who was born in Sydney in 1860. came to New Zealand with liis parents in 1869. landing at Nelson. The family settled at Westport, where Mr. Falla joined the railway service in 1579. Mr. Falla served at Westpoi”, Hokitika. Lyttelton, and Palmerston North, then being appointed stationmaster at Hiiwera. He held the same position at Masterton .and Invercargill before being transferred to Auckland in 1915.
Mr. Falla retired from the service in 1920. and since then had lived at Devonport, where he took a keen interest in public affairs. He is survived by his wife and four children. Mr. W. B. McEwan
The death is announced by the Press Association of Mr. W. B. McEwan, city librarian at Dunedin, after a sudden illness and operation. He was sixtythree years of age.
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Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 185, 3 May 1933, Page 10
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163OBITUARY Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 185, 3 May 1933, Page 10
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