OBITUARY

Evening Star, Issue 22514, 5 December 1936, Page 17

OBITUARY

MR WILLIAM BROWN Through the death on Monday of Mr William Brown, at the age of 90 years, the city has lost one of its pioneers* • Born in Livingston, Midlothian, Sdot* land, in 1846, Mr Brown was the soul of a flour milier. With his parents ha came to New Zealand in 1864, landing from the ship Resolute at Dunedin in 1864. Mr Brown worked in his youth in various flour mills in Otago, and later managed! mills in Green Island, Taieri, Tapanui, Arrow, and Dunedin. For a time he. tried: his luck on the West Coast goldfields, later taking a position as grain, salesman for the National Mortgage and Agency Company of New Zealand Ltd., and afterward* with the Otago Farmers’ Co-operative Association, where his milling experience stood! him in good stead. - He proved a most valuable dealer and a thoroughly reliable business man. As a Scot Mr Brown will long he remembered. He was one of those who procured the Burns statue for Dunedin in 1887, and he was appointed the first ! secretary of the Dunedin Burns Club, a position he held for 14 years. His writings were models of literary, skill and displayed his patriotism, as well as his knowledge of the poetry and songs of his country. Mr Brown -was considered: an authority on the works of Burns and other Scottish writers* - A staunch adherent of the Presbyterian! Church, Mr Brown maintained an active interest with the Morningtea Church until he left that district.

Mr Brown was predeceased by his wife some 12 years ago, and he is survived by two sons, four daughters, and seven' grandchildren. ' ;