Obituary

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 450, 4 September 1928, Page 13

Obituary

MR. NATHANIEL DICKEY Another of the pioneers of the Auckland Province, Mr. Nathaniel Dickey, died at the Auckland Hospital yesterday, at the age of 78. Born in Ireland, Mr. Dickey came to the Dominion with his parents in 1864, and for some ysars worked on his father’s farm near Auckland. In 1574 he went to the Thames goldfields but later went to Paeroa, where he was one of the first settlers. For many years he was engaged in carrying machinery to mines in the district. Mr. Dickey was keenly interested in racing, and several well-known horses including Recruit. Tetford, Libeller, Try Fluke and Brookby have come from his stables. Throughout the Dominion he was known his thoroughbred stock. At one time be was owner of the Paeroa racecourse and he gave the Paeroa volunteers a rifle range, for which he was made an honorary member.

MR. RICHARD ELLIS Mr. Richard Ellis, of Thames, died yesterday morning at the Thames Hospital. Mr. Ellis was horn in Lincolnshire, England, in 1559, and came to New Zealand when a few months old. In IS6B the family settled in' Thames and opened a grocery business. In 1887, Mr. Ellis took over the management. About ten years ago he closed the business to take up the position of accountant with the Thames Fisheries. He was one of the oldest members of the Corinthian Lodge, of which he was secretary for 26 years. He is survived by his widow, three sons and one daughter. The sons are Messrs. Chas. Ellis, Dunedin; Frederick Ellis. Christchurch; and Arthur Ellis, who is in China. Mr. W. J. Ellis, of Paeroa, is a brother. The funeraj took place yesterday afternoon and was largely attended.

REV. W. GRAY DIXON The death of the Rev. William Gray Dixon, M.A., D.D., at the age of 74, has occurred at Dunedin. He was well known as the author of "The Roance of the Catholic Presbyterian Church” and "The Church of Our Day.” Born in Paisley, Scotland, in 1854, Mr. Dixon was educated in the Xeilson Institution and at the University of Glasgow, where he secured his M.A. degree. In 1876 he was appointed Professor of English at Tokyo, where he was elected a life member of the Asiatic Association of Japan. In 1886 Mr, Dixon was appointed assistant minister at Scots Church, Melbourne, and he was pastor at several Australian churches before coming to St. David's Church, Auckland, in 1900. Ten years later he accepted a call to Roslyn, Dunedin. In 1919 he was appointed Moderator of the General Assembly, retiring two years later. He has since acted as examiner in history and as lecturer at Knox College, Dunedin,