NINETIETH BIRTHDAY.
RESIDENT OF TAURANGA. An early settler in New Zealand, Mr. J. J. Cooper, celebrated his )30th birthday at tho residence of his daughter, Mrs. S. Bickers, Tauranga, on Saturday. Mr. Cooper was born at Cromer, Norfolk, in 1840, and arrived at Auckland in 1864 on the ship Ironsides, Shortly afterwards lis joined the Government vessel Gundagai, under Captain Fairchild, which carried stores for the troops engaged in the Maori wars. Leaving the sea after some years, Mr. Cooper went to the Otago goldfields, working on the Arrow River Later he took up farming at Pakuranga, and, on the death of his wifo, he removed to Onohunga, where he resided until recently. Mr. Cooper has four daughters and ono son—Mrs. H. Weston, of Uruli; Mrs. F. McClu'sky, of Wellington; Mrs. Vazey, of Onehunga; Mrs. Bickors, of Tauranga; and Mr. F. J. J. Cooper, of To Papapa.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20641, 13 August 1930, Page 12
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147NINETIETH BIRTHDAY. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20641, 13 August 1930, Page 12
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