OBITUARY

Motueka Star, Volume II, Issue 100, 29 July 1902, Page 3

OBITUARY

,r, DANIEL BATE, JET AT 62. After «. Isopiew^iat. ,, anj pain s ful illness?, Mr. Daniel Bate* Af y passed away at, hig. residence , at a|bput eleven o’clopk i About two months ago, whilst: in if el- ! son'f or the purpose of .attending a meeting;of the Waimea Council deceased was taken seriously ill, from an ‘ internal scomplaint. He recovered sufficiently to be able to return home but shortly ' afterwards it was deemed that he should proceed to Nelson in order to undergo an operation, which was performed by Hr Gibbs, at his private hospital. The disease from which lib was suffering was found to be past medical skill, and after a short rest he was broiight overland from Nelson on the 20th instant. Mr Bate gradually failed, passing into the great beyond as above stated. The deceased, who was;a native of Devonshire, Fngland, came to the colony in 1862, and after working on the goldfields of Dunstan and Wakamanna, with more or less success, he decided, in. 1874, to settle down at Riwaka. in which locality he remained up to the time of his death, carrying on operations as a lion-grower and sheep farmer. The late Mr Bate, was a settler who took an intelligent interest in the welfare of the district and was not only a member but also Chairman of the Riwaka Road Board since July 1871 (over 21 years). He also held a seat on the Nelson Land Board, as a Government 1 epresentative, since 1892, and had almost cornpleted a term of three years as a member of the Waimea County Council for the ..Mptueka riding. By virtue of his election as a representative to the Council, the late Mr Bate, sat on the Motueka Wharf Board since its initiation. In addition, he served a number of years as member of Riwajta School Committee, and was a Justice of the Peace. It will thus be stVen that the deceased, during his residence amongst us, filled many important public positions, and that he did so with credit and satisfaction is demonstrated by the confidence reposed in him. In private life the late Mr Bate was highly esteemed ; he was of of a kindly disposition, upright in all his dealings, and his death will be felt by his friends and the public who will sympathise with his widow and family in their hour of mourning for the lost one. The funeral of the late Mr Bate took place on Monday afternoon when there was a representative gathering of settlers from all parts of the district. Past and present members of the Riwaka Road Board (Messrs Charles and James Fry, Alexander Drummond, and John Woolf) paid a last'mark of respect to their late chairman by acting as bearers. The service at the grave was conducted by the Rev. Mr Wilson, Presbvterian Minister of Riwaka.