DEATH OF PIONEER.
MR. T. S. WILLIAMS. HELPER OF MAORIS. (By Telegraph—Press Association.)'. GISBORNE, Friday. The death is announced of Mr Thomas Sydney Williams, a pioneer settler of the East coast, who was born at Bay of Islands in 1847, the son of Mr Edward Williams. He went to Waipu district in 1894 to assume the management of the family estate and settled at Kaharau, near Ruatoria. Mr Williams was identified with the development and settlement of the East Coast, being especially helpful to the Maoris, whom he encouraged to farm their lands. As the eldest surviving grandson of Archdeacon Henry Williams, he laid the foundation stone of the Memorial Church at Pahia a few years ago. A
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Waikato Times, Volume 103, Issue 17411, 25 May 1928, Page 6
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