OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18498, 7 September 1923, Page 8

OBITUARY.

MR. R. P. GREVILLE. g .Mr. R.P. Greville, who had occupie'"'the position of commissioner of Crowlands for North Auckland since ' that dis -V;' tract was constituted in 1919, died in i'X •; private hospital yesterday. Mr. Greville, who was 60 years of age . was a native of * Invercargill. A portioi of his , early life was ' spent at . Invercar gill, and in Westland, and' he' complete V hi» education, at Wellington College. Hi •/ joined the Lands r and Survey staff at th<■ 'j'-' age of 17, . and : in the course of his 4' years' service he gained a wide know V r V ledge of : all matters affecting the ad--ministration of that department. , Fo-V <' some ten years he / was engaged iipofiSl?§ pioneer survey work in the Forty-Mil? ji;, district. Subsequently he held the posi - ; A'' tion of district surveyor in the Using!* <£' ■ tikei and Waimarino districts, and lat«r- * those of inspecting surveyor and chief-; inspector at. Wellington, and inspect# r" >, of. surveys - at' Hamilton' and Aucklsin.' f Ho was attached to -.the-' geological mty/ staff ;in the capacity of - topographer ibthree years, , and among the regions cvri" > which he conducted topographical sumW " were areas in the vicinity of the ta- ; ' them Alps and the Franz - Joseph Glacis • ;l" r v Mr. Greville, who was; a- fully, qualified « solicitor, fliad tad 'considerable espwi-; Iti ence in land valuing, being associated with.-' .the purchase, of many estates taken antor,' o'ljA th« Lands for Settlements Act. "He 'aUo &X had an - intimate knowledge of thevfcanr> gum industry., and ; was superintendent of , tho : Glim Department, as well as chairman of the commission that inquired'«». 1914 into matters'connected with, the gen l industry. *He .was made a Fellow of the -;' Royal Geographical . Society in 1913. ' Be /\* took up the duties of commissioner! ot .'/■ Crown lands for North Auckland in Apift||f--1919. Mr. Greville's official. duties a? commissioner ' kept '.him very busy, am' when he } left his - office' a week or itw || ago for the : purpose of taking a well earned holiday he had been working. six years without a break. He underwent| an operation last week, but complications <j jv occurred and his death took place at three o'clock yesterday morning. .He 'is survived by a widow and five sons and four |||.* daughters. The funeral will take place at Purewa this morning.

.; • . MRS. G. MOLLER. ( , *43 .A well-known resident of ..Thames, Mrs. yt Grace Moller, died on Monday at Ellerslie ,at» ifiio age of 59. She was formerly the wife of the late Mr.. W. Burton, very. . well known as the proprietor of thoV«. Junction Hotel at Thames. After her 6rst|i;4j husband's death,- Mrs. Moller. married again, and moved to Ruawaro, •in the Raglan County, where Mr. Moller was engaged in farming. Latterly she bad. re- : sided in Auckland. She is survived l'XvSn her husband, a brother, ' Mr.; John : McIn tyre, of Heme Bay, two sisters, Mrs. J. Dunstan, of Waihi, and Mrs. H. Down?, , . of Kaihere, Hauraki Plains. * MR. E. .S. COLE. . fB7 TELEGRAPH.OWN CORBESPOjrDIKT.} 'f|i| \ PAPAKURA, Thuireday. : <';kz§ The death is announced of Mr. E S. ® Cole after a trying illness. Mr. Cole was,!>v one of the few remaining links with tbetV£ early days of the district. His father, the late Mr. George Cole, was a pioneer and remained all through • the Maori war, ;<; acting as guide v to the British forces onigi many occasions. Mr. E. S. Cole, until $ the ■ last few years, took a very keen in- • .! terest in politics. He served on the •• ; locs,l Town Board several times, and was - . president of the Fapakura Sports Club , ifor many years. He was a member, of ' the Masonic fraternity. • Mr. Cole leaves.: . a widow, one son and two daughters. * WANGANTO PIONEER. [ex telegraph.—OWN correspondent.] ;&j . v ; ' ..' • WANGANUI. Thursday. ; % The death is announced of Mr. G. W. Campbell, of Brunswick, aged 74 years.: He was one of the pioneers of the dis-.■,') trict. Ho was bom in St. John, near •, ■ Brunswick, Canada. His father rai the.- -igj late Mr. Tamberland Joseph Campbell, : who, with his family, arrived in : New pi-v Zealand in the year ,1853, landing at Wel- : lington, and coming on to Wauganui in :■?£ a bullock dray. The journey occupied 4: six weeks.

, MR. W. F. ; BROOKING. .: J One of Taranaki's early settlers, Mr. o;|| William Francis Brooking, died last week at New Plymouth at the age of 79. Mr. ' ;!■ Brooking was prominent in public Hf«-;V;;| in . the town, having been a member of.' the . Borough Council, chairman of the • ::: New Plymouth Investment and Loan So- •; V;: ciety, chairman of . the St. Clary's Angli- , can Church trust fund, and director of the New Plymouth sash and door • factory. ; : Hp was prominent in Masonic circles. ; He is survived by Mrs. Brooking, but leaves /,$ no family. : sM