Before returning to camp last Private Henry Bowie was presented by the Lawrence Patriotic Committee with a pocket diary as a slight token of appreciation from the citizens of Lawrence. -Tuapeka Times, 8/9/1917.
ROLL OF HONOUR.
PRIVATE HENRY BOWIE.
On Monday morning Mrs Bowie, Hill street, received the sad tidings that her oldest son Private Henry Bowie, who left with the 30th Reinforcements, had been killed in action in France on the 29th September. The deceased who was 21 years of age, was born in Cromwell, and with his parents came to Lawrence some years ago when his father took over the business previously conducted by Mr A. S. Askin. He attended the Lawrence District High School where he finished by passing the Public Service Entrance examination, subsequently accepting a position in the Education Department, Wellington. He was a fine manly youth with a pleasant and likeable disposition, and during his residence in Lawrence popular with all who knew him. In their sad bereavement Mr and Mrs Bowie and family have the sincere sympathy of this community and of Otago Central where the family have been so long resident and are so highly esteemed. -Tuapeka Times, 16/10/1918.
BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING.
The ordinary meeting of the Lawrence Borough Council was held on Monday night. Present — The Mayor (Mr Winn), Crs. Loary, Christie, Thompson Munro, Arthur, and Edie. Apologia were received for the absence of Crs Simpson, Finlayson and McKinlay.
SYMPATHY AND CONDOLENCE.
On the motion of the Mayor, it was resolved to record on the minutes the Council's sympathy with Mr and Mrs Bowie on the loss they had sustained through the loss of their son Private Henry Bowie, news of whose death on the battlefield had just been received. -Tuapeka Times, 16/10/1918.
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