The Akaroa Mail. TUESDAY, APRIL 2.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 178, 2 April 1878, Page 2

The Akaroa Mail. TUESDAY, APRIL 2.

It is with feelings of unfeigned sorrow and deep regret, that we have to record the demise of our esteemed and well-known fellow-townsman Mr George Thomas Scarbrough, which sad occurrence took place at his late residence, Jollie-street, at 8.30 p.m., on the 31st ult. Mr Scarbrough arrived in Canterbury by the ship Cashmere, at the latter end of October, 1855. For some few months after his arrival he worked in the then Kaiapoi and Rangiora Bush:; subsequently, in the latter part of 1856, or beginning of 1857, removing to German Bay, at which place he resided until his taking the tenancy of Bruce's Hotel, in 1859. Few of our old residents are better known or more generally respected than was Mr Scarbrough ; to be frankly outspoken,and genial to all men, was. his distinguishing characteristic. Under an occasionally bluff exterior, he carried a good and kindly heart; he was punctiliously correct in all liis dealings ; was painstaking in business matters, both public and private ; was always ready to assist, with purse and advice, those among us who met with misfortune, or who were struggling to establish a home for themselves, and in all things, we sincerely believe, tried-to do his duty *to and by his fellow-men. From among his Masonic brethren the deceased gentleman will be especially missed ; mainly to his energy and devotion to the craft is to be attributed the foundation and present success of the Lodge Akaroa. of which lodge, at the time of his death, Mr Scarbrough was master. The Literary Institute will also lose in Mr Scarbrough a painstaking and indefatigable secretary. As the first Mayor of the Borough of Akaroa, the* deceased gentleman, by his untiring attention to the duties of his office, was mainly instrumental in the inauguration of the successful development of our infant municipality, tho improvements effected during bis mayoralty, as well as the thorough business manner in which affairs were conducted, being a lasting testimony to his administrative abilities. For some months Mr Scarbrough had occasionally suffered acutely, from an" internal disorder, but his demise was, to most of his friends, quite unexpected, the news of his death casting quite a gloom over the whole of the community. Mr Scarbrough leaves a widow, with whom we sincerely sympathise in her bereavement.