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OBITUARY.

G. A. ELLIS.

The death of Mr. George Albert Ellis at his home at Mole-ton early on Saturday morning, severed one of the few remaining links with the early history of the Eastern Dorrigo-Kangaroo Creek-Nymboida River district, particu-larly in the gold mining sphere.

Mr. Ellis recently underwent an operation in Sydney, and after convalescence at the home of his niece. Mrs. Cohen, for several months, returned to Moleton three weeks ago. Catching a chill only five days before his death, he developed pneumonia. He was born at Araluen, South Coast, 72 years ago, his parents being the late Jack Thompson Ellis and Caroline Ellis. In 1893 he arrived on the Clar-ence and obtained employment on Shea's station, at Kangaroo Creek, at present owned by Mr. John Shea. He often spoke of driving cattle through to Kemp-sey from Kangaroo Creek. For several years he worked with Mr. Loxton, surveyor for the Lands Department. In 1908 he selected at Moleton and divided his time to prospect-ing and improving his property. His first rich "strike" was "Clay Gully", an alluvial claim from which he took £1800 worth of gold. Amongst the best known mines and found and worked by him and a partner, the late James Moore, were the "Advance" and the "Lady Mary." From the former in one crushing of 15 cwt. of ore he got 119 ounces of gold, and a second crushing of 18. cwt. of ore yielded 112 ounces. In 1920 he married Miss Elisa Manewell, of the Clarence, who died in 1927. While working the "Lady Mary" mine he had a most remarkable escape from death, through a scaffolding over a shaft collapsing and precipitating him to the bottom which had several feet of water in it. He sustained a broken leg and shoulder but despite this man aged to claw his way up the shaft to a tunnel at a higher level and so reach the open. From here he crawled home. Mr. Ellis installed several crushing plants in the district, of which two are still in existence. To these batteries ore was trans-ported by bullock team. During the last 10 years Mr. A. Robb, of Moleton, has been associated with the late Mr. Ellis in his mining ventures. Brothers off the deceased are William Charles Ellis (Sydney) Jack Thompson Ellis (West Australia. A sister living is Mary Ann (Mrs. Lee, Sydney). The funeral took place to the South Grafton cemetery.