Death of W. A. Wignall
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Mr William Alfred Wignall Died
at Waverley, Sydney, on May 26.
He was born in England in 1859 and came to Australia in 1883. In 1884 he joined the then infant Colonial Sugar Refining Company, being Second Engineer in charge at the erection of the Rarawai mill.
In 1910, he left the Colonial Sugar Re fining Company to grow cane at the Touvila-Villa Plantation, Lautoko, until 1922, and then spent his retirement at 13 Gibson Street, Waverley.
The deceased is survived by his widow (the twin daughter of the late John and Mary Pfluger, who were amongst the earliest pioneers of Fiji), and five chil dren, Viria (Mrs. Johnson, West Aus tralia), Trevor (Gold Coast, Africa), George (Tavua, Fiji), Rose (Mrs. Webb, Newcastle), Robert (Randwick); and eleven grandchildren.