OBITUARY.

Press, Volume LIV, Issue 16265, 16 July 1918, Page 5

OBITUARY.

MR G. H. COOTAM. . , Mr George Henry Cottam, who died at his rA><». » *■"•>£■ «■£> Opawa, last week, at toe age vpnrs wss born in ■ Ixjndon* .w. educated at the London. tJmvereity, and came out to Ndsoii m 1872 _ m th<? barque Chawdiere. After workuig Nelson for some time,, he went to Wei lington .and starts m bmmess as a commission agent. In 1874 v Jul first the railway service, stationmaster appointed at North. He continued 111 the seme© until he retired some He leaves a widow, three aons. an three daughters, to mourn iheir loss. : FATHER PATRICK. DORE.

(press association tklbbbah.) 15. , Father Patrick ins While he wonnded at Gallipoli, in Augt,' a e&uck him in the imralvsis. from the effects of -.whioh he never fully recovered. He was awarded ?£ Military .Cross bravery and potion to dutywtale under fire. ■. . . • •' One. of the most . mSely InvefcargiU's old identities last week in the perron Crown, at /the age of n^yewra. deceased was boipa m Scotland ■ m . ajrivinz at Bluff .liy.the a«> a /pHotograp%r^ v put in> Vears after its inception, H©; pointed Building Society and - 1 This position Mr BroTO filled for S5 years, when lie retired to enjoy ti» rest he had so well'earned. , •