DEATH OF MR. THOMAS COATES.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume XIV, Issue 830, 1 February 1906, Page 24

DEATH OF MR. THOMAS COATES.

The large circle of friends of Mr. Coates rece'ved quite a shock when it was reported last week that his end

had come to him sudden y in the Waitemata Hotel. He had been under treatment at the hospital for heart troub e,'leaving that inst tution about a fortnight ago. When he went to the hotel again he complained of feeling unwed, and stated he did not think he would live much longer. He made up h s books in the evening, and when his work was fin'shed he went out to catch a Newmarket car. He sudden’y fainted and was carried into the bo e by the propr’etor, Mr. Endean, but died shortly af er. An inquest s unnecessary, as the cause of death ha« been certified to by the doctor who attended him. Deceased was book-keeping for Messrs. R. and W. Hel’aby for a number of years, and was a’so employed by various other firms. For the past nineteen years ho had keot the books at the Waitemata Hotel. He was 65 years of age, and leaves a wife and three ch Idren. The fla-T- at the Wa’temata Hotel was ha f masted as a mark of respect to the deceased, who was held in high e teem bv his employer and the general public.