OBITUARY

Greymouth Evening Star, 31 October 1910, Page 5

OBITUARY

charlotteT fell. We regret to record the death at the •mara Hospital ysstesday afternoon o' Miss Charlotte Fell, daughter of Mr Frederick Fed, of Otira. Deceased was admitted to the Hospital about ten days ago and her condition was then serious. Mm was only eighteen years of ago. The parents- and relatives will have the sineve sympathy of the community in their We regret to have to record the death yesterday of Michael Burns, one of the oldest and best respected diggers that has resided in the Maori Gully district since the very early clays of mining on the West Coast. Le came there in the year 1867 and though of late he has done scarcely any active mining having handed over Ills sluicing claim ami dams and water race to his son William, who has worked them very satisfactorily. Mr Burns, senior, was one of those far seeing men that he male sure cf getting a good supply of water for his work and in company with Francis Malone and others he laid out and cut the water race known as Burns’ ever since, which has been and in fact still is the subject of some litigation. It is only a few weeks ago that Mr Win. Burns brought his father to town for medical attendance and he has seen that everything that could be done for his father was done, and clone well. Besides this son William the late Mr Burns leaves a mar ried daughter in Wellington, to mourn the loss of a genuine colonist and g cd father.

GEORGE BOILEAU. The death took place yesterday at the hospital of George Boileau, formerly a schoolteacher at Moonlight, jut of recent years a relieving teacher

in the employ of the Grey Education Board. He suffered greatly towards tho end with asthma and was muck respected for his scholastic ability, which, however, was severely affected by his want of good health of 1 r» to.