DEATH OF MR W. C. NATION
FOUNDER OF NELSON "COLONIST"
(By Telegraph—Press Association)
LEVIN, This Day. The death occurred this morning of Mr William Charles Nation, aged 91 years, a well-known journalist, and for many years president of the New Zealand Spiritualistic Association. Deceased came to New Zealand in 1857, when his father founded the Nelson "Colonist." He was subsequently in journalism in the Wairarapa. Mr Nation was the originator of Arbour Day celebration in the Dominion, and was deeply interested in psychic phenomena, and almost up to hjs death edited and printed a monthly 'journal in the interest of spiritualism.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 29 May 1930, Page 5
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