ABOUT PEOPLE

Southland Times, Issue 21561, 26 November 1931, Page 6

ABOUT PEOPLE

Mr M. Miller returned to Invercargill by the express yesterday afternoon. Mr L. M. Cheriton, manager of the Milford Track, left Invercargill yesterday for Glade House. The Rev. J. A. Lush returned to Invercargill by the express yesterday after a brief visit to Dunedin. Mr E. Frobarth, Gore, left by yesterday morning’s express to attend the annual session of the Masonic Grand Lodge at Wellington. The Rt. Rev. Dr. Richards, Bishop of Dunedin, arrived in Invercargill by the express yesterday and will spend a few days in the city. Mr Roy G. Nelson, director of exploitation for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Ltd., is at present in Invercargill making arrangements for the production “Trader Horn. The death occurred in Auckland yesterday of Mrs Emily McKenzie, wife of Mr Alex McKenzie, sales manager for New Zealand Perpetual Forests, Ltd. Mr McKenzie Is the second son of Mr A. McKenzie, Mains o’ Blair, Otahuti. Mr John Matheson, chairman of the Southland Hospital Board and of the Waipiata Sanatorium Committee, Mr T. Pryde, secretary of the Southland Hospital Board, and Mr T. Johnstone, chairman of the ■Wallace Hospital Board, returned to Invercargill from Dunedin by yesterday’s express.

The death took place at Manaia recently of Mr Robert Gibson, aged 83, who was known throughout the Dominion as a successful exhibitor of bulbs at the leading horticultural shows. He had resided in South Taranaki for 50 years, first taking up bush land on Mangawhero road, Riverlea. He is survived by a widow, two daughters and two sons. The death occurred at the Whangarei Hospital last week of Mr Richard Cossill, aged 94, one of the pioneers of the north. He was born at Kaikohe in 1837 and was the only son of the late Mr Charles Cossill, formerly of Suffolk, who came to New Zealand in a brig to load spars at Ilokianga and shortly afterwards married a Maori lady. Bishop Williams performed the ceremony. During the days of the Hone Heke trouble deceased and his parents moved to Sydney, returning to Whangarei four years later. As a boy Mr Cossill went to sea and worked his way to his captaincy. He was on the first two boats brought to Whangarei, the schooners Isabella and Ivanhoe, both of which were later wrecked. He was also mate of the old Ruahina and the Clansman. Later Mr Cossill traded around the Sandwich Islands and then to America. After spending nine years on a whaling ship he returned to Whangarei, where he followed numerous occupations, including contracting and hotclkeeping, and was also a launch proprietor. He married Miss Sarah Wells and they finally made their home in Whangarei. Mrs Cossill died some years ago. There are five sons and three daughters.