Obituary

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 396, 3 July 1928, Page 13

Obituary

MR. R. FRANCIS The death of Mr. R. Francis occurred at his residence at Omokoroa, Tauranga, on Sunday afternoon- He was a pioneer of the Omokoroa district, having taken up a large section of unimproved land in the early days, which to-day is reckoned as one of the best farms In the Bay of Plenty. He was well known and popular throughout the district. He was a member of the eountv council, as representative for the Te Puna ridingMRS. J- PATERSON The death occurred at a private hospital In Hamilton on Monday of Mrs. J Paterson, second daughter of Mrs. and the late Mr. R. Drummond, Fitzroy, New Plymouth, and wife of Mr. J. Paterson, for a number of years in business at Te Awamutu. Mrs. Paterson had been in indifferent health for only a short while. An operation was performed on Sunday, but she did not recover. She leaves a family of three, Mr. R. Paterson, Putaruru, Miss I. Paterson, Hamilton, and K. Paterson. MR. GEORGE W. BULL Mr. George William Bull, who died yesterday, was well known on the Thames goldfields. He went to Thames as a boy to join his father, who, on the opening of the goldfields, had erected a one-stamper battery at the mouth of the Karaka Creek, where the earliest sluicing had been done by prospectors looking for alluvial gold. The death of his father left Mr. Bull, who was only 19 years of age, to manage the battery, which was enlarged, and was employed for many years in crushing for the public. It continued operating during the busy years on the field. Mr. Bull was a shareholder in claims on the Una Hill, including the Adelaide on the Karaka Creek slope, from which £25,000 worth of gold was taken before it was sold to a company. For some years up to the time of his death Mr. Bull had lived in Auckland. From yesterday's T.ato Edition. MRS. W. G. WOHLMANN Widely known in the Auckland province and in Dunedin and Christchurch, Mrs. Jean C. Wohlmann, wife of Mr. W. G. Wohlmann, superintendent of police in this city, died at her Mount Eden residence yesterday. Mrs. Wohlmann was born in Milton, Otago, and was the daughter of Mr. Alexander Aitchison, who was a member of the Otago Constabulary and was engaged on gold escorts in the early Otago gold rushes. The late Mrs. Wohlmann was the sister of the late Mr. A. Aitchison, of Christchurch, and of Miss Louisa M. Aitchison. who up to recently was headmistress of Kensington School, Dunedin. She was actively interested in a number of charitable societies in Auckland and was prominent in church work, being a member of the Mount Eden Presbyterian Church. The late Mrs. Wohlmann was married in 1904 in Dunedin and later lived at Invercargill, Christchurch, Waihi, Hamilton and Auckland. She is survived by her husband, Superintendent Wohlmann, and there is one* daughter, Miss Elizabeth J. Wohlmann. The funeral is to leave her late residence, 20, Grange Road, at -*6.30 o’clock to-morrow afternoon for the Hillsborough fiemetery.