PERSONAL ITEMS
The death occurred recently at Takaka of Mr. Frank Robertson, of Anatimo, at the age of 85 years. The deceased, who was an old and respected settler of the Golden Bay district, arrived in New Zealand from England in 1873 under engagement to an English company to erect blast furnaces for the purpose of smelting the iron ore deposits at Ferntown, Collmgwood. The company however, went into liquidation, hut Mr Robertson decided to remain in the district. He followed the occupation of a blacksmith, and later engaged in sawmilling, eventually settling, on the land. Older residents of the Bav will remember that for some year Mr Ttobertson was driver of the locomotive which ran between East Takaka and the, Waitapu wharf in the old timber milling days. He is survived by a widow and a family of nine sons and three daughters.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19320416.2.64
Bibliographic details
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 16 April 1932, Page 6
Word Count
144PERSONAL ITEMS Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 16 April 1932, Page 6
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Nelson Evening Mail. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.