OBITUARY
Another member of the band of pioneers who took an active' part in the 'settlement of Te Awamutu district immediately following the Maori War has passed away in the person of Mr William Thomson, of Kihikihl. Mr Thomson was born in London in 1836. He became one of Major 'Jackson's Forest Rangers, and served during the Waikato War.
Another link with early Auckland has ,been severed by the death, at the age of 70, of Mr Frederick William Marks. Mr Marks, who had resided at Onehunga for the last 30 years, was for man j years clerk of the scales of the Auckland Racing Club, Avondale and Takapuna ■ Jockey Clubs, and the Auckland and Otahuhu Trotting Clubs. »
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXII, Issue 60, 8 May 1924, Page 5
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118OBITUARY Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXXII, Issue 60, 8 May 1924, Page 5
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