DEATH.
ALLEN. — On the 8th July, Robert Allen, aged 30 years, died suddenly on board s.s. Rotorua. The funeral will leave the Wharf at 10 a.m. on Wednesday. -Auckland Star, 9/7/1878.
One of the saloon passengers for Dunedin by the Rotorua, named Robert Allen, died from inflammation of the bowels, while the steamer was coaling at Russell yesterday. He was formerly a commercial traveller in the employ of Messrs. Sargood, Son, and Ewen, Dunedin, and Jacob, Joseph, & Co., Wellington. -Auckland Star, 9/7/1878.Mr. Robert Allen, who expired on Monday, on board the s.s. Rotorua while she was at the Bay of Islands, was interred on Wednesday afternoon at the Church of England Cemetery. Several commercial gentlemen who were casually acquainted with Mr. Allen, followed his remains to their last resting-place. Mr. Brown, of Messrs. A. Clark and Sons, and Mr. Finlayson, of Messrs. Sargood and Co., with others, generously stepped forward, and saw that the funeral obsequies were befitting to the station in life poor Allen had formerly occupied. -NZ Herald, 12/7/1878.
The friends of the late Mr. Robert Allen, who it will be remembered died at the Bay of Islands on board of the steamer Rotorua daring her last passage from Sydney, are subscribing amongst themselves to erect a tombstone for the deceased. Mr. Allen was formerly a traveller in the employment of Mr. Jacob Joseph of this city. It is principally commercial travellers who are interesting themselves in obtaining subscriptions. Mr. James Wheeler, proprietor of the Princess Hotel, Tory-street, will receive donations. -NZ Times, 27/7/1878.
Symonds Street Cemetery, Auckland.
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