DEATH OF MR. PETER GRACE.
Me. Petek Grace, a settler of 27 yeai-s' stanclingin Auckland, expired at his residence, Wyndham-street, at about 4 o'clock on Saturday morning, after a short illness of slow fever. Mr. Grace wag a native of Tipperary, Ireland, and after his arrival in the colony was emplo3 r ed in the Government Survey Department, under Mr, Ligar, who was then Surveyor-General. Mr. Grace assisted in the survey of a portion of the Upper Thames, between Matamata and Ta\tranga, and on leaving the Government service engaged in h.isineas. He lately undertook several large contracts, one of which was in connection with the Auckland and Drury Railway ; in which, however, he was unfortunate, though he ultimately succeeded in obtaining compensation after a lengthy fight. Mr. Grace was generally respected, and had the reputation of an industrious settler. He was 62 years of age when he died.
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 4002, 20 June 1870, Page 3
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