Obituary

Southland Times, Issue 19799, 19 April 1906, Page 2

Obituary

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AlfltovUgh Ihr present generation nmy perhaps have but little'Wi .vl'due of his uliara'lurisiius and Ids careur. sf.li tliu lulu Air .1. Nugent Wood, e.t VVur.le i and ■Magistrals, playud a conspicuous pal", in llv.i history of 'hr gnldlields lo’ : ion of (his district.

In iH'il tin l deceased gent I .'uiiiii appointed Warden ami Magistrate n«. >olaiiuai, which was I hen a "JS.V mMimg ,*. M ln*. r<, CSdCi In* was transferred to Cow's Croak, which was I hen Cm a fairly' pretentious l.iwnship. ’ S ** months later Cm 'hoadguarUu's of f-lm goldfields administration in close .''arts was removed to M aikaia, and Mr Mood supervised the district, with the assistance of his clerk, Mr J. I', CarVey, who is also well known in many I’art? of Ot nn'o and Southland. About the latter end of IST'.i, or the beginning of 'lt’.' 1 , Mr Vi'ood was moved to Clyde, end had charge Ilf a district which is m .v administered by three Wardens. Here ho remained nnCl his retirement i owing to ill-hen.lth) about 1W.17. The cause of liis physical disability was hC being thrown from his buggy when driving between Cromwell and Roxburgh. His leg was broken, and he lay out a.l night exposed to the rigors of an unusually hard frost, which induced palsy. Upon his relirenunt he and Mr Jarvey took up C overnnient selections, at C ar> , e.' , l;nrn (Wi-ailnnside), Mr Mood pbiciag bis hold,pg in charge of his son. Mr Niigant V.Vod. iunr., his con lit.ion ivs hj ring him ieeapub'h - .of taking Cm aci.ive ntanageiiii nt himself. Last year Mr ''bind, innr. removed to Orepuki, ami his father accompanied him. Paring the past few 1 iiionCis Ids condition gradually became worse, and In* dp*d on Ivister Monday. i To indicate the length of service the deceased gentleman performed on In half of the colony, it is interesting 1.) note that | officials such as Mr TT. A St raff owl. the . late Messrs Carew and Lowither brood. ! acted as clerks tinder his direct,ion at , various limns. Tim late Mr Wood was 1 always esteeuKd for his sterling integ- ' city mid ontspokenness, his leading char- , ncteiristics being sound commons'-nse and * a profound regard for Cm principles of British fair pipy.—Mat aura Ensign.