OBITUARY
MR WILLIAM LAWSON SHARP An old resident of Marlborough, Mr William Lawson Sharp, passed away at the Wairau Hospital at the ag e of 84 this week (records the “Express”). The late Mr Sharp was educated at Nelson College—his fattier, Mr John Sharp, owned the site of the present Cawthron Institute there—and afterwards entered a Nelson firm, later managing a hotel for his father at Brightwater. His health broke down and he had to go outside, and for many years was wool-scourer at Hillersden and other stations. He was a great walker and knew practically every track in Marlborough, North Canterbury and the West Coast. For the last 20 years he had lived at Rock Ferry, near the mouth of the Onamalutu, and even quite recently he retained his walking powers, sometimes tramping to Renwick and back. He is survived by his brother, who is a solicitor at Tauranga.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 17 October 1942, Page 2
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150OBITUARY Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 17 October 1942, Page 2
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