OBITUARY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21214, 20 December 1930, Page 13

OBITUARY

MRS H. B. GRAY.

News was received in Dunedin yesterday that Mrs Gray, wife of the Rev. H. B. Gray, had died on Thursday at Ayr, Scotland. Mr Gray was formerly Presbyterian minister at North-East Valley. He and Mrs Gray had been''living at Ayr for the past two years.

MR ROBERT MURDOCH, MOSGIEL

Tlie ranks of the earliest, of Taieri settlers was further depleted by the death a few days ago of Mr Robert Murdoch, of Mosgiel, in his seventy-second year. At the early age of two years, he arrived in 1860 by the ship Egidia from Glasgow. He was one of a family of eight who arrived here in that year with their parents. Only one brother, James, survives. The family lived on the Chain Hills, and the subject of this notice resided on the Taieri all his life. Both parents died at the Chain Hill residence. A widow survives the deceased. There is no family. He was buried at East Taieri, Ensign Flintoff officiating at the graveside. f :

MR GEORGE R. STORY.

Mr George Robert Story, whose death occurred on Wednesday, was a wellknown and widely-respected member of the 'business community, whose commercial activities for the 30 years he lived in Otago covered an extraordinarily wide field. He came to Dunedin from Melbourne, where he was born, in 1899, and established a frozen rabbit export business under the name of White and Co. He soon extended his operations, and in a few years was an outstanding figure in the local trade in skins and tallow. He was a man of unbounded energy, and enjoyed a remarkable reputation for hard work, Among his many interests were the Otago Preserving Works, which he founded, and freezing works at Waipiata, Alexandra, and Stuart street, all of which were devoted to the preparation of rabbit for export. He designed and built the premises in Stuart street known as Temple Court, and was at various times chairman of local committees in connection with the export trade. Mr Story is survived by a widow and five daughters, Mrs Hopper, Mrs Parker, Mrs Sinclair, and the Misses Story. The funeral, which was of a private nature, took place at the Anderson’s Bay Cemetery yesterday.