Charles Lindsay—72 Years.

Lake County Press, Issue 2391, 31 August 1911, Page 4

Charles Lindsay—72 Years.

The Mataura Ensign says:—The death occurred on Saturday morning of one of the oldest residents of Gore and district (and formerly of Arrowtown) in the person of Mr Charles Lindsay. The deceased gentleman had been ailing for a week or two and previous to his last illness had been in good health. Mr Lindsay was a native of Scotland and left Forfar (where he had learned the trade of a monumental mason) when a young man for Australia, having an engagement in connection with his trade at Perth. This did not prove satisfactory, however, and Mr Lindsay, in company with thousands of others, was attracted by the lure of gold to Victoria. He spent several years ■ following rush after rush in those momentous times. Forty years ago ho was similarly attracted to New Zealand where he was well known on the Bhotover, Dunstan and West Coast goldfields. Eventually he tired of the'turmoil of the digger’s life and settled at Invercargill where he commenced business at his trade. At this time Gore was just beginning to attract notice and in 1881 he moved to that town where he remained in business up to the time of his death. He was an excellent tradesman, and from one end of the district was known to all He was married at Queenstown in 1877 and is survived by Mrs Lindsay and five children—Mrs B. Barr, Oamaru ; Mrs J. Warren, Taihape ; Mrs Melville and Mrs Ross, Sydney; and Mr C. Lindsay, Wellington.