Obituary.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 42, 6 September 1900, Page 3

Obituary.

Yesterday there passed away one d Kv.mate's oldeofc settlers, and one who was universally esLeemc-d Iw hit, sfeiling qualities, in the p2i^on of ;!r William McLeod, the iw!ii:.,y/n butcher of this town. As a toKff n of respect to the deceased theji<\«-3 m lowa wore flown halfmaat hi^h. The late Mr McLeod stnert.fl a long illness, and his deatts did noi come as a surprise, all m town, to whom deceased tal ionj been a familiar figure, genuine sorrow at his demise. I The late Mr McLeod landed in I p ort Chalmers in 1862 in the ship jfolib. He came on to Station : &ak as shepherd, and after being there a year, he, in company with Mr Rupert Cameron, went to Otago. after another year, he entered the employ of the late Mr Michael Bfcudholnie as shepherd, a position he held f oy a number of years tttaming the position of head shep- *®&, which he ably occupied until *& left to enter on his own account, business he held till his death, w baying or selling stock, his could scarcely be exin New Zealand. Deceased took no prominent part in public but was ever ready to a3Bist deserving oause. Deceased never married. He had no demies, and his many friends throughout the Waimate district WI H deplore his loss.