OBITUARY.
United Press Association —Cop/right SYDNEY. November 22. Obituary: Mr. Clarke, the father of the New South Wales House, aged 85. Ho' represented Eden for 33 years. Press Association. WHANGAREI, Nov. 23. Simon Fraser, known throughout the North as the father of Scots, died last night, aged 85. He came to the colony from Assynt-, Sutherlandshire, 60 years ago. Ho was first on tho Ballarat golflfields, and afterwards opened up goldfields in Otago. Several times he petitioned for compensation on the latter account.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GIST19071125.2.29
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2046, 25 November 1907, Page 2
Word Count
83OBITUARY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2046, 25 November 1907, Page 2
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Times. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in