OBITUARY
MR. T. E. BURN
Mr. Thomas E. Burn, a partner in the engineering firm of Burn and Sons, Petone, died in Wellington on Monday. Born in Tasmania in 1889, he came to New Zealand in his boyhood, and was educated at the Petone Central School and the Petone Technical College. He served his apprenticeship under his father, and then went into the firm in partnership with his father
and brother, continuing in partnership ~#ith his brother after his father's death. The firm has a world-wide reputation for some of its products.
In his earlier days Mr. Burn was an enthusiastic playing member of the Petone Rugby Football Club, and he retained his interest in'this arid other sports till his death.
He was a member of the Wellington Savage Club, the Wellington Trotting Club, and the Petone Working Men's Club. He served in the Great War. His wife and three brothers, John, of Petone, Robert (Precision Engineering Company, Wellington), and William, of Nelson, survive him.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1941, Page 9
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165OBITUARY Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 36, 12 February 1941, Page 9
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