OBITUARY

Hokitika Guardian, 20 September 1933, Page 4

OBITUARY

The death occurred at Invercargill yesterday oi Mr Thomas Anson Buckingham, at the age of 73 years, removed one of the most prominent men in tne public life of the western districts.

Mr 0. B. McAloon, aged 35, who was about to take his appointment as accountant at the Head Office of the Telegraph Department, suffered a sudden illness after his arrival in Wellington from Dunedin, yesterday morning, and he died within a few hours.

Captain J. Green, a former master in tile service of the Union Steam Ship Company, died yesterday at WelJngton. lie joined the Union Company in 1910, and was appointed a master in 1923, his first command being the Rakanoa, and he subsequently held command of other vessels. He resigned from the service on October 5, 1927.

The death occurred yesterday at his home at Arthur’s Point, near Queenstown, of John Cockburn, one of the oldest lesidents of the district, and a man who took a wide interest 'in public affairs. For many years he was chairman of tile Frankton Hospital Trust until the administration of the Frankton Hospital was taken over in 1910 by the Southland Hospital Board, of which body he first became a member in November 1924.

The death occurred at Christchurch yesterday morning, after a short illness of Miss Sarah Margaret McDonnell, of Tctara Flat. A native of Totara Flat the late Miss McDonnell has been Postmistress there for nearly twenty years, and her many kindnesses to residents will long be remembered. Besides her father, she is survived by two sisters >and four brothers, one of whom, Allan, is a member of the Grey County Council.