LEVI STEPHEN LOVELOCK.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1080, 5 February 1918, Page 6

LEVI STEPHEN LOVELOCK.

,\( Palmerston North yesterday. morning there oassed ‘away one of (he pioneer.of (he Dominion in the* person of Mr Levi Sienlien Lovelock, in Ids 7Btli year, alter having been in bat! henith for some tune past His parents arrived in Wellington in the ’ ship “Bolton’’ in the early part ol 1840 tho vessel anchoring off what is now the’file of the Hotel Cecil, ami was the first ship to land passengers at Wellington ~roper, the site having been removed from Petoiio. where-it was originally intended to locale Wellington. Deceased was ben; in June of ld4o, and was tnu first winto boy born in Wellington. Mr and Mrs Lovelock , suffered all the trials and troubles of the early settlers, and they passed through the strenuous times -incidental to me m me Dominion in those times. Many a stirring experience had they and their family and if was oniv after some years that b.uui da vs dawned. There was no money m circulation lu those days, and 2s 6d a day was considered a good wage, which was pan! m 10 f > rt known at that tune as shin piasters “ For most of his life the late Mr L s Lovelock resided in the Wellington and Manawatu districts, where he had many friends If is onlv brother is Mr | Loykvk. of Newbury, his listers being Mrs William Tonics (Wellington) and Mm David Thomas-(Carterton). There are a barge number ol mews and nephews, li ' ' including Mr W. I. Lovelock ol 1 mkit.hi,na. and Mi D. J. Lovelock ol -nur.,l Palmerston North, The funeral takes: place at Wellington to-morrow alternoon.