OBITUARY

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 74, 20 December 1933, Page 12

OBITUARY

Mr. G. Carwell Cooke The death occurred on Monday of a well-known resident of Wellington, Mr. George Carwell Cooke, of Cecil Road, The late Mr. Cooke, who was 73 years of age, was born at Astley Guise, Bedfordshire, England, and began life in the printing trade in England. When 26 years of age he emigrated to Melbourne. where he engaged in journalism. In 1893 he came to Wellington, and for a time was employed on the staff of the “Evening Press.” Later he was employed in the United Fire Insurance Company. In 1907 Mr. Cooke joined the Friendly Societies Department, and later was transferred to the Audit Department, where he remained until his retirement six years ago. Mr. Cooke was a man of refined tastes and literary capacity. He wrote a good deal of verse, and was for a time editor of an accountants’ paper, “Accountancy, Commercial and Insurance.” He was also fond of music, and was, at various times, a member of St. Peter’s and St. Paul’s choirs, and the Wellington Liedertafel. His advocacy of reasonable fares on the Wadestown line earned for him a presentation from the residents, and he also had a large part in securing Wilton’s Bush as a city reserve,

Mr. Cooke married Miss Elizabeth Blaxell in 1887. He leaves a widow, three daughters. Mrs. Ethel Johns, of Los Angeles. Miss Rona Carwell Cooke, of the Health Department, Napier, Miss Nesta Carwell Cooke, the well-known teacher of dancing of Wellington, and two sons, Mr. Courtney Carwell Cooke and Mr. Norman Carweir Cooke, both of Wellington.