OBITUARY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 238, 8 October 1928, Page 8

OBITUARY.

FUNERAL OF MR. W. E. RICHARDSON TRIBUTE TO XORTHCOTE EX-MAYOR. The large and representative gathering which attended the funeral of the late Mr. William Ernest Richardson on Saturday afternoon together with the many handsome floral emblems and condolence messages forwarded, provided a high tribute to the esteem in which Northcote's former Mayor was regarded. Four past Mayors—Messrs. Herbert Cadness, George Fraser, John B. Tonar, and C. A. Deuxberry—acted as pall-bearers.

The Mayor, Mr. A. E. Greenslade, (who also represented the Waitemata Power Board), attended with the members of the Northcote Borough Council and Town Clerk, (Mr. H. W. Wilson) and the borough staff.

Several former members of the Borough Council were present, besides representatives of various organisations and churches. The services at the residence, Northcote, and at the Birkenhead Cemetery were conducted by the Rev. T. Hall May, M.A. (Presbyterian).

MB. WILLIAM COOPER.

One of the oldest residents of Poverty Bay district, Mr. William Cooper, died at Reinga, aged 76 years. He was born at Deal Grove, Ireland, and arrived at Auckland by the ship Armstrong in 1864. Shortly afterwards he settled at Gisborne. He was a member of the Armed Constabulary, and took part in the expedition after the Hauhau leader Te Kooti. For 15 years Mr. Cooper was stock buver for Nelson Bros., Ltd.