PERSONAL.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 10605, 7 November 1910, Page 4

PERSONAL.

A Timaru message reports that Mr "William t Grant, the well-lmown 1 sheepbreeder, died suddenly in bed df heart complaint on Saturday morning, aged '65 j ears 1 . *A native of Inverness, he "came to .New Zealand in 1864, and soon commenced stock dealing and supplying meat to the iWest Coast diggings, m which he prospered rapidly. He was a laTge shipper of frozen meat, and had interests m tho Mackenzie rami. _ He imported stud sheep from timo to time, and >\as a .successful exhibitor jat ,the. chief shows in tliii island ][e was di ifting sheep lor the Chi is (church Show on Friday He was reputed to be" voi\ wed tin*, and lent a helping hand to main f.uiiieis The x fuueial takes place to-morrow The Rev. .Tas. Stuiidring alid Mrs St-aiiflringj. of Enfield, left Onmaru to-' day to attend the meetings of the Presbyterian General Assembly and IMY.M.U. Conference in Auckland. They also hope tp__ visit Rotorua and other places of interest before they return.