OBITUARY
JOHN TINLINE MOWAT (By Telegraph—Press Association) BLENHEIM, This Day. The death has occurred of Mr John Tinline Mowat, aged 70 years. He was known as “the kindly giant.” He was a member of a well-known Marlborough family, and for the last two years had been honorary secretary of the Blenheim Relief of Distress Committee. He also had full control of the relief depot. He was educated at Nelson College, where had a good athletic career, and he was an ex-Nelson and Marlborough Rugby representative. For some years he worked at Altimarlock, the family’s Station, and then visited America. Later he was Inspector of Stock at the Falkland Islands, and in later years until his retirement he was in the land agency business at Blenheim. He is survived by a widow, two daughters Mesdames L. 11. Clouston (Springlands) and A. Govder (Spring Creek), and two sons, Roy (Wellington) and Alexander (Mokau).
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 7 August 1933, Page 2
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151OBITUARY Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 7 August 1933, Page 2
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