Death Of T. W. Brighouse
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Prom Our Own Correspondent APIA, July 4.
THE European community of W. Samoa suffered a sad loss recently in the death of Mr. Thomas Wilkinson Brighouse, one of the few remaining pioneer planters. He had been ill for some time, and was 65 at his death.
Mr. Brighouse was born in England, and came from a prominent North Eng land family. He arrived in Samoa in 1908, and was employed as an overseer on coconut and cacao plantations and, after the end of the First World War on the New Zealand Reparations Estates. In 1924 he leased Nffu Plantation from the Reparations Estates. This he developed successfully.
He was well known to residents and many visitors from overseas for his great hospitality. *He left a wife and a large family.
One of his sons. Private Rex Brighouse, was killed in action recently while serv ing with the New Zealand Forces in Italy.
Mr. L.*V. Waterhouse, technical direc tor of Bulolo Gold Dredging, Ltd., of New Guinea, is now making satisfactory pro gress towards recovery. He suffered severe cerebral injury from a fall on a ship, when returning to Sydney from America early this year.