DEATH AT SEA
MR EDWARD VIVIAN RIDDIFORD WELL-KNOWN PASTORALIST (By Telegraph—Press Association) WELLINGTON, This Day. Private advice has been received in Wellington of the death at sea yesterday morning of Mr Edward Vivian Riddiford, of “Glenburn” and “Tablelands.” Mr Riddiford was returning from a trip to England as a passenger in the Rangitiki, which is due at Auckland on 24th October. He was accompanied by his wife and his daughter, Pamela.
One of the Dominion’s best known and most successful pastoralists, the late Mr Riddiford, whose home is at Lower Hutt, was equally prominent in racing circles. He was a notable participant and enthusiast, being one of a family whose turf associations are part of the history of the sport in this country. Tlie late Mr Riddiford was 55 years of age. He was a son of the late Mr E. J. Riddiford, and a grandson of. one of New Zealand’s earliest pioneers, Mr Daniel Riddiford, who arrived in New Zealand in 1340.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 12 October 1934, Page 4
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163DEATH AT SEA Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 12 October 1934, Page 4
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