Otago Daily Times

Prominent Southlande­r dies

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A death that will be widely regretted, especially among the sports sections of the Southland community, occurred on Friday, when Mr Joseph Bray died at the advanced age of 83 years. He was born in Cornwall and went to sea when barely eight years of age with a friend of his father’s. The year 1864 saw Mr Bray in Auckland, and the lure of gold drew him to the West Coast, but a brief spell with little luck was sufficient, and a few months later he arrived in Southland, engaging in wagoning and road and agricultur­al contracts. Some little time later he took over the managershi­p of the Invercargi­ll tramways, which were then, of course, drawn by horses, and he occupied this position for 20 years. Always an expert shot, Mr Bray took a keen interest in this sport, and he was the founder of the Invercargi­ll Gun Club. He took a considerab­le interest in public affairs and served for nine years on the Gladstone Borough Council. He was married in 1874 to a daughter of the late Mr John Fairweathe­r of Myross Bush, and is survived by a widow and a daughter. — ODT, 22.2.1921.

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