OBITUARY
MR. T. H. LOWRY.
WELLINGTON, September 24. One of New Zealand’s leading pastoralists, noted for his interest in sport and generous gifts to patriotic funds both in this war and the last, Mr. Thomas Henry Lowry, of Okawa, Hawke’s Bay, died on Saturday, aged 79.
Mr. Lowry was born at Napier. He was educated at Christ’s College from 1881 to 1888 and was a member of the first eleven and first fifteen in 1882. He later represented Hawke’s Bay at cricket and tyotball. He studied at Jesus College, Cambridge, andafter returning to New Zealand he took up sheepfarming. He was president of the Christ’s College Old Boys’ Association in 1916. He founded the T. H. Lowry Trust, which provided funds for Lowry huts for the 2nd N.Z.E.F. in the Middle East. He conducted the Okawa Stud for many years and bred and raced numerous good gallopers, the most notable of which was Desert Gold (winner of £23,133 in stakes).
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Greymouth Evening Star, 25 September 1944, Page 4
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