OBITUARY

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11831, 12 January 1933, Page 3

OBITUARY

} MR 0. E. POWERS An old member of the Armed Constabulary and a mounted orderly to two of ‘New. Zealand’s Govert)ors died at Now Plymouth last week' after an illness of some months. 'Ho was the Maori War veteran. Mr George Edwin Bowers', aged 80 years. V .Mr Bowers was born ‘in Glonoster, ’and arrived in New Zealand when he ’■was 17 years' of ago, joining his parVehts at Christchurch. After a time ho : nioved northwards and arrived in Taranaki at, the outbreak of-trouble wth ftliei. Maoris..... He joineed .the - Armed tCon.stabiilary..'in Wellington and was- : stationed in .many districts, including White Cliffs and ■ Pukoaruho. IT nuler'Major Take ho iwas then engaged carrying mail between Opunnke and 'Okato. Later ho became.a mounted orderly to the Governor and accompanied both Sir' George Grey and S ; r ’James Fergusson on their travels ’through the country. - ’ For a time Mr Bowers was stationed in. Wellington, hub was transferred . ’again to- Okato. Shortly afterwards be left tho Armed Constabulary and • joined Mr W. H. Paseoe, brewer, of Wellington,, in whose employment . he'remained for a number of .years. He •then joined the police, force and was stationed at Gisborne and Napior before he resigned to return to Taranaki and take up farming. He leaves nine children, nis. death is t-lio first •break the family has suffered—truly a remarkable record in view of the fact that there are 35 grand-children and 1.0 great-grandchildren..