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—- ♦ — OLD COLONIST'S DEATH. J|| THAMES GOLDFIELB PIONEER. . ■ — ■'■-■■ >WssA: [BY TELEOEAPH. —OWM COEKESrONDEKT.] THAMES. Monday. 1 ; Another pioneer of the Thames passu! away yesterday at the advanced age of 81 years, in Mr. Francis McCormick, of Springfield farm, Coast Road. Mr. Mc- - Cormick, who was a native of Scotland, arrived at Thames in 1867, and ..w?*: ; |on'MM nected- with some of the early day mines, afterward taking up the occupation of. dairy farmer on the Coast Road. He continued in active farming. life until.:,a\fef|mf years ago, when failing health compelled him to discontinue. - He was well known and highly. respected throughout the.di*trict. He had been a member of '*heS» Sir Walter Scott Masonic Lodge for thsWlS past 46 years. : The -. deceased is survived by a grown-up'family of four sons aid five daughters. The oldest son, Mr. Jas. . McCormick, : has been a< member of the Thames County Council for a considerable ~ number of years, and was for some years : , ! : : : ; ; chairman of that body. The other three sons are farming in the Thames Valley ~ > and Hauraki Plains districts. % : • • -<
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18347, 13 March 1923, Page 8
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176OBITUARY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18347, 13 March 1923, Page 8
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