OBITUARY

Southland Times, Issue 23255, 19 July 1937, Page 6

OBITUARY

MR G. N. STURTEVANT (United Press Association) WELLINGTON, July 17. The death has occurred of Mr G. N. Sturtevant, aged 79 years, who retired some years ago as head of the lithographic department of the Government Printing Office. The eldest son of the late Mr George Sturtevant, of Auckland, he came to New Zealand as a child of five years from Nottingham. He joined the Survey Department at Auckland as a draughtsman and in 1889 was transferred to Wellington. From the Government survey office he was appointed to the Government Printing Office, where he became head of the lithographic department. He is survived by a son and a daughter. MR W. A. BAUDINET WELLINGTON, July 17. The death has occurred at the age of 63 years of Mr W. A. Baudinet, who was a prominent member of the Masonic Lodge, having been secretary and later treasurer of the Lodge Leinster, of which he was a past Grand Master. He was also well known in the Caledonian Society, of which he was a life member and a chieftain. He was born in Oamaru and educated at the Waitaki Boys’ High School. He is survived by his widow and a daughter.