OBITUARY.
GSNtt&Ab SIR J. COWAN'S,
(By Aesociatjon-rCopyriKM.) (AiutnlUu *Bd Vi.'i>. Cable AfsocUfioa.) IX)NDON, April 18. The dbatfti is announced of General Sir John Cowans, chief of tho Commissariat throughout the war. . „ r, [General ,Sir Jolrn Steren Cowans, G.C.8.. G.fc.M.G., was bom m 1862-, and joined the Bifle Brigade in 1881. He was.appointed captain 1890, major in 1898, c<oonel in 1903; brigadier-gpii-ernl in 19C8. nnd general in 1919./ Ho held » number of important positions in India. In 1919 he became DirectorGeneral of tho Territorial .Forces, ■ n post which ho rwlinqui»hed in 1912, when he bedtime Quartermaster-General of- the Forces.]
(PRESS AMOMATIQH TKJBGIWX.) AUCKLAND, April 18. The de&tih is announced of Mr Henry Atkinson, Who gave Atkinson I'ark, Titirungi, to tho citusens or Auckland. , *io weis 84 years of age.
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Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17123, 19 April 1921, Page 9
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128OBITUARY. Press, Volume LVII, Issue 17123, 19 April 1921, Page 9
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