OBITUARY.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18408, 15 June 1925, Page 10

OBITUARY.

MR G. H. ANDERSON. , .|S An old identity of the Amuri M*w|||§ away at his homo, Waiau, on Tuero||||| morning, in the-person of Mr G«§(||||| HiUory Anderson. The late Mr Asq||||l son was barn at Clatt, Scotland, in 1848, and with his p*remp||| arrived at Lyttelton in 1851 on tm j|w§P Fatinia, the voyage having beerijfgfll and perilous. As a lad ie wortrfraPMS about a year • for.. sho_ Iftte. Mounsey, Rangiora, but tho spirit soon carried him into- the'emwnl'Ti of Major O'Connell, of Mount Qmm Station, near Balcairn. His ncxt'l|ft|ps ployment waa as ferryman Hurunui River, on the \VaiJtari.C^Jl^^^{ , den road, but this kind of life attractions for him;, so striking wards into the Amuri, he reoe»r«dJ»||| appointment witli the late Mr Rutherford, of ''Leslie Hills." tttimmk had a good training is the trade, he soon found scope for the'exH||||| ciso of his constructive abilily in: around the Amuri. He built Presbyterian church and Waiau and'erected the Qlenall|in 7 on the Culvorden-Hanmer took a teen interest in outdoor* MmmßlM and though not a public man, w %fii|lll versed in public affairs. As a tionahst $e was most informative. His memory, 9* n ira|l| events was exceptionally retentifi|jpl||| he could tell with great the "good old days" of the leaves two sisters, Mrs Forbes *l«*§||i | Maygor, ' both of Christchurch, mourn their loss. ' f "^ff|||ljl The funeral took place at Cemetery op Thursday afternoon.' «|HS9| Rev. J. Newlands officiated fck '3jffilli graveside, and the sons of'Mr Forbes acted as pall-bearers*