DEATH OF MR A.E. MOORE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 18 February 1907, Page 2

DEATH OF MR A.E. MOORE.

It is with regret that we have to chronicle tbe death ot Mr AfflbTOM E. Moore, who for mi ffl^ly -y^Ars has beep » reacted md featefemsd member c pT tiiis community.. 'Al.lfiou^h Mf .Moore haft ne'e'A Jafil itei'de foi' some time, and fciß. condition known to be critical, his death has come as a shock to. a liirge circle of friends. .Mv %« W«* hhr " »t Rath in England, *h the 14th AuTnwt, 1843. Uis mother was left a young widow, and afterwards married the late Johu Gully, the New Zealand artist

Ml' Moore, as a lad of 8 yen IS hf tlfje came to N. '/,, with his ftlW-'fatliPl', Who spilled at OfiVttta, \\\ the Taranaki Pro-\'.llU-e, Iti the early 7,01-!. of 1852. He jloiu-ned- fche n-in'v-.;; business, and was "'icagcu 111 the Taranaki "Herald Office until the outbreak of the Taranaki war ill 1860, when he came to Nelson with Mr Gully and joined the Btart' of the Nelson "Examiner." after several other business eitfagomenrs hn Became riilij of. thfe , salesman in the then large firm of Nathaniel Edwards and Co, aiid remained with them and J • H, £ock and Co, who took oVfer the Btisihess, fov upwards of 25 yfears.l r I, Mr iloore was a gieat lover of music, j was a continuous member of the Har'mohic Society, and conductor of that ' Society, for a number of years. On re--1 tiring from the conductorship he was made an honorary life memppr. He was also organist a* \m Cathedral for a lorn? period.

Mr Moore held many appointments during tho last few years. Returning officer for the city, auditor for tho CoF lege Governors and others. He was a man that will be vory much njissMl. He was of a kind artfl geliial disposition, arid .pile Avfib would not say an unJijil'u word about another if it could possibly be avoided, and thus he made no-enemies. He leaves a widow, two sons, and three daughters to mourn his loss. The heartfelt sympathy of the community will he extended to Mrs Moore and family in (heir grpat Borrow.