RIVERTON’S OLDEST RESIDENT
DEATH OF MU GEORGE HOWELL [By Telegraph—Press Association] INVERCARGILL, 24th April. With the death of Mr George Howell, of Pourakino, at 98 years of age, passed away Riverton’s oldest resident. He has a family link with the town’s history in that he was a son of Captain Howell, founder of the sealing industry industry at Riverton, his mother being a-native princess of Centre Island. He had been a Justice of the Peace for 40 years.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXXI, 24 April 1937, Page 5
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