WILLIAM MULLINS, RICCARTON

New Zealand Tablet, 24 September 1908, Page 17

WILLIAM MULLINS, RICCARTON

With very sincere regret I have to record (writes our Christchurch correspondent) the death on Wednesday, September 2, of Mr. William Mullins, who was for many years the caretaker of the Riccarton racecourse reserve, a position of great trust and very considerable responsibility. So well did he discharge his duties and in such esteem was he held by his employers, the Canterbury Jockey Club, that his funeral was attended by the president,' secretary, and every member of the committee. The

late Mr. Mullins was a most exemplary Catholic, and manifested the greatest interest in the erection of the church at Hornby r with which the family have been closely associated. He leaves a widow, four daughters and seven sons to mourn their loss. The eldest daughter is a religious of the Order of Our Lady of Missions at Napier. The late Mr. Mullins was born in England, and came to the Dominion in 1872. The deceased was, attended in his last illness by the Rev. ' Father Hoare, S.M., and died fortified by all the rites of the Church, of which ho was. so fervent and- faithful an adherent. Requiem Mass was celebrated in the -parish Church of St. Mary, Christchurch North, followed by the interment in Linwood cemetety, the Rev. Father Hoare officiating at_the graveside. R.I. P.