New Guinea Pioneer
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Passes.
Death of W. R. Louri.
From Our Own Correspondent
Rabaul, July 22.
Walter Reginald Louri, Of Gil
Gil Plantation in New Ireland, passed away peacefully on Sunday morning, July 16th, in the Namanula Hospital.
In the afternoon the funeral took place at Vunapope Cathedral, near Ko kopo. The service was conducted by Rev. Father Bender, while His Lord ship Bishop Vesters was in attendance.
Deceased originally came from New Zealand to this Territory in 1899 and, with his passing, we lose our oldest British resident pioneer.
The late W. R. Louri was the first to instal an ice factory in Rabaul, and for some time he ran the first hotel here. For many years he managed the Hilalon estates, in the Namatanai dis trict.