OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18563, 22 November 1923, Page 10

OBITUARY.

MR. R. THOMPSON. I :'-.'V'.' >• --.''-...' .;■-' ,:'■ >-*. ' r :'", •'''"' -'Vv : '^?fti-;Y;;;|

[BT ;, TELEGRAPH - . —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] : '| '..'•' , H TAUKANGA. Wedoesdiy. : The death has : occurred .at Op'ofiH of .■■'-■■ Mr^- Robert Thompson, ... one of tfie ; best- - - /known.-;residents ■of j s the Bay of Deceased was born it Londonderry, Ire- J '.. land, in 1838, and was in his eighty-sixth year. He came to New Zealand in 1866,. - ,and ■■; after i« spending several months is Auckland 4he proceeded to t Tauranga where he was associated with a local business ';? or;" a,/ short ? period. ■:. During his residence here he was one of the first-pur- ; chasers 'of freehold ,-, property .at &ate. Pa. He then settled at Opotiki and joined : the " business staff of the late Hon. W. Kelly, M.L.CV, and was entrusted with the s management of. a . division of &£Mcommissariat, supply department. ;.£; Mr. , Kelly; held contract i or:„ some J^years for supplying tree* ; stationed in - the district. On ' retiring ;.:' from S business ; Mr.. Thompson bought the well-known Asbrook farm, a j large portion of i which -f is at ', present situ- . :'a.ted fin the f Borough of Opotiki. 4 During; the Maori war, ~ Mr. Thompson was sworn in as a member of the military forces. He received a land grant of 50 acres J- at Ake Ake, near;: Tauranga, , which vis ' still owned i by? a ; member of Ins . family. Deceased is survived by a widow ! and . three ; ; sons and \ three' daughters. The sons are S. Thompson, of Te Aroha. Walter Thompson, ■ot Whakatane, and William J. Thompson, of. Waiotahi^|]9p>Sp tiki. The daughters 1 * are Meadanieg P. Pitcher, of ; Te ,vKaraka, - Gisborne, and Misses E. and M. Thompson, of Opotiki, .•■..•. " * " .'- . •'" - '•'■f^ri ■'"-. ''■ 'MR. W- BR.OOBINO. V J-|^» f $iX TELEGRAPH.— FREBS ASSOCIATION.] STBATPOBB, Wednesday. I % Mr. : William Brooking, an , old Tars-. -,■■:/ naki identity and Maori War veteran, diedysuddenly this morning, aged 83. He arrived 5 H New Plymouth in 1842, and since 1890* has !liv*d in the Stratford district. He took a keen interest in business, municipal, and ( Masonic ■ matters. ! He is isurvived' by his widow, a daughter, and two sons. s ;v: ~ : '^- : --' -' '-^^^^S