OBITUARY.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 9726, 16 May 1892, Page 3

OBITUARY.

There passed away on Wednesday, April 20, another, of Canterbury’s early settlers in the person of Mrs John Campion. The deceased was a passenger by the Travanoore, which arrived at Lyttelton in 1851. She first took up her residence on the Ferry roadl where she lived for seven years. From thence she removed to Halswell, where she spent the remainder of her life, being greatly esteemed by all who knew her. She leaves a husband and a family of seven sons and two daughters. , ' GISBOENE, Mat 6. After a brief illness of twenty-four hours Colonel Green, C. 8., late of Bengal, died of internal hemorrhage. Last night the deceased: was on a visit to his mother and sister, and was to have left to-day for England, via Hobart. He had just retired from the Native service, having had a distinguished military career, and having gained fame in the campaign against Cabulinlß79. ’ ■ - : BLENHEIM, Mat 8. Mr H. Dodson, an" old' and esteemed settler, who has for years been foremost in the public affairs of Marlborough, suddenly and unexpectedly expired on Saturday night from the effects of a paralytic stroke. The deceased was one of the oldest Nelson settlers, arriving at the time of the New Zealand Company’s settlement. For years he represented the Wairau electorate in Parliament, and was always esteemed in political circles for his wise counsels and sound common sense.