SOUTHLAND MAN 108 YEARS OLD
(P.A.) INVERCARGILL, July 14. Mr. Thomas Barrett, formerly of Waikaka, Southland, who is probably the oldest person in New Zealand, celebrates his 108th birthday today.
The son of R veterinary surgeon, he was born in Hobart, Tasmania, in 1840. In the days of Cobb and Company, he worked for that firm as a coach driver, first in Australia, and from 1872 in New Zealand. Later, he was a mail contractor in Central Otago and also tried his hand ait prospecting for gold. He is widley-read and Dickens and other classical novelists are among his favourites. For the,last year or two he has been an inmate of the Gore Hospital, though his health remains fairly good in spite of his great age.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19480715.2.67
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22690, 15 July 1948, Page 6
Word Count
126SOUTHLAND MAN 108 YEARS OLD Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22690, 15 July 1948, Page 6
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in