OBITUARY.
MR. SAMUEL HOLMES. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WAItJKTJ. Saturday. Another of the early pioneer setUers, Mr. Samuel Holmes, passed away ' P eac °~ fully on Thursday, at the age of 74 years. The late Mr. Holmes arrived with™ 3 parents by the Matoka in January, low, and proceeded to the Kauotahi settlement et Waiuku, where he resided until .WjV when, with the majority of the fajnn.. he went to Queensland and took up »W« K of land on the Darling Downs, ■nei. mained there until 1885, when he P'f" £• The parents, finding that the Australian climate did not suit them so well m «*J Zealand, returned to the J>o mim ™ n< ™ 1882, the late Mr. Samuel Holmes, fdk* ing, with his wife and .f&SU ■ year later, and again.settling •**£*£ Although he did not t«k°_^Ls wis part in public matters. Mr. .-Holmes was a man highly respected by . i*ggj «g knew him. Ha leavw sons and five* daughters, .all »» rriß There are 31 grandchildren.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18862, 10 November 1924, Page 8
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