OBITUARY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21022, 10 May 1930, Page 13

OBITUARY

MR CHARLES SUTHERLAND MANN. (Special to Daily Times.) INVERCARGILL, May 9. The ever-decreaeing band of sturdy pioneers who first peopled > Otago and Southland lost another well known member on Thursday, when Mr Charles Sutherland Mann passed away at the residence of his daughter (Mrs C. Kidson), Bowmont street. Mr Mann, although be did not take part in public affairs, was very well known In Southland. He was a tall, well-built man, with an exceedingly genial and upright character, and he numbered hundreds of Southland people among his friends. Mr Mann was born at Seafield, Rossehire, Scotland, about 87 years ago, but the exact date of his birth is uncertain, owing to the destruction of the records of that period by fire. Qis parents were carried off by an epidemic when he was six years old, and he was brought up and educated by an aunt at Rogart, Sutherlandshire. Ho entered the post office at Golspie in the same.shire, hut later learned the drapery trade. He came out to New Zealand 68 years ago and entered a drapery establishment in Dunedin, but like many others in those days,- the call of the goldfields reached him, and he went to the' West Coast. He moved from the West Coast to Southland, where he took up sawmilling with the New Zealand Pine Company at Woodend. Although he had been used to an indoor life and had never had any mechanical training be proved an expert tramway layer, and was known throughout the sawmilling community in Southland as an authority on the construction of tramways. He married Miss Jane Hastings, of Otatara, but his married life wfaa not a long one, his wife dying 46 years ago. He was left with three daughters. He moved to Waikawa arjd was engaged there. as a tramway constructor for a sawmill at Waikawa Beach, and later he engaged in goldmining on the Waikawa Beach with the late Mr A. Campbell, of that district He was later engaged in the Pine Company's mills at Lady Barclay and at Stewart Island. He next moved to Orcpuki, and it was there that he re-entered the drapery trade. He commenced travelling around Southland with a two-horse van about 29 years ago, and it was during his life as a traveller that he became so well known , His cheery nature, his sterling honesty, and hia innate love for hw fellow men made him a welcome guest m hundreds of homes. A great love for children was an ; outstanding trait in hia character, and hundreds of young people in Southland remember him for his cheery and kindly nature. He was very successful in his venture in the drapery business, but his ever readiness to help the needy debarred him from acquiring more wealth than would keep him comfortable in his old age. Ha retired from business about 12 years ago and went for a trip to Scotland' in 1920-21, He settled in Invercargill on his return and was a .well known figure in the city. He suffered a stroke two years ago but recovered sufficiently to make frequent trips into the business .area, where he was often seen discussing the early days of the province with hia numerous friends. MR A. H, STOCK. The death occurred on Thursday (says the Southland Times), after a short illness, of Mr A. H. Stock, of Invercargill. Arthur Henry Stock was born in Wellington in 1854. He was the eldest of a family of four sons and one daughter of Archdeacon Stock, and was educated at Christ’s College, Christchurch. Attaching himself to the banking profession, Mr Stock entered the National Bank of New Zealand at an early age, and served in a number of the bank’s branches throughout New Zealand, among others being Oamaru, Wellington, Invercargill, and Napier, He retired from the bank’s services at Napier in 1912, and shortly afterwards returned to Invercargill to enjoy his retirement. In his early days Mr Stock was a keen oarsman and fisherman. The latter pastime he followed right up to his death, his activities ns an angler and a member of the Acclimatisation Society being widely known throughout the province. He had been n member of the Southland Acclimatisation Society's council for nearly 20 years, and his interest was so keen and enthusiastic that he undertook to keep up-to-date the records of the society’s work, statistics of the liberations of fish ova imported and exported and the many numerous/ operations of such an established society. This work he carried out with meticulous care and in doing so he earned not only the thanks and admiration of the council of the society, but of all fishermen in Southland. He was also a member of the Southland League and the Orchestral Society, Mr Stock was twice married. His second wife, who predeceased him several years ago, was Miss Jane Rowley, of Invercargill.