OBITUARY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23224, 23 June 1937, Page 10

OBITUARY

LIEUT.-COLONEL GOLDFINCH (United Press Association) (By Electric Telegraph—Copyright) SYDNEY, June 21. The death is announced of Lieu-tenant-colonel Henry Goldfinch, who for 48 years had been a Salvation Army officer. He entered the service from Feilding, New Zealand. MR ADAM PATERSON Mr Adam A. Paterson, whose death occurred at Dunedin early yesterday morning, was a very old resident of the Port Molyneux district, where he carried on the storekeeping business established by his father, Mr James Paterson, in the early days. The latter, who was a pioneer of the old type which did so much for the province in its infancy, came out from Scotland with his family in the ship Jura in 1858, and in 1862 he took up residence in Port Molyneux, where he was always actively interested in the affairs of the district. His eldest son Mr William Paterson, after a long experience as a storekeeper at Puerua, retired to live at Dunedin, where he has filled the duties of secretary of the Otago Early Settlers' Association with singular success Mr Adam Paterson was of a very modest and retiring character, but his sterling honesty and straightforwardness in business made him a general favourite with the Port Molyneux people during a long period of activity in their midst. He is survived by his wife and a married daughter and a son, Mr A E. Paterson, who is second assistant on the teaching staff of the Balclutha School.