OBITUARY
MR. W. H. CORNEAL
The death occurred on Thursday a% Wellington of Mr. William Henry Corneal, for 50 years a well-known tobacconist in the city. - .-
Born at Exeter, England,. in 1865, Mr. Corneal, in the early- years of hisj • life, followed the sea.' He came to- • Wellington while still • quite young. • and in the early nineties established „? a tobacconist's business J.in > what is ' now Courtenay Place. The same premises are now occupied by Messrs. T. and F. Boffa, Mr. T. Boffa learning his trade under Mr. Corneal and lateu joining him in partnership. In 1904, Mr. Boffa bought out Mr. Corneai's interest' in the partnership- and Mr. Corneal continued on -his own a,ccount in other businesses -.in • Tory _"'- Street, Courtenay Place, * Taranaki .' Street, and Kilbirhie. He retained a keen interest in* his birthplace and had made three voyages back to Eng« ■ .;; land. He was keenly interested ia racing and in the early days of settle* . - - ment at Lyall Bay caused consider- ..' able interest by training a racehorse v there on the beach. Mr. Comeal was r: also keenly interested in the Volun-' v teer movement and for some years "> ] was an enthusiastic member of the . .-. Heretaunga Mounted- Rifles. He is survived by a widow and a grown-up : ~; family. . ■, '»
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 74, 24 September 1938, Page 11
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