The Wairarapa Daily Times, 15 August 1907
(New Zealand)

PERSONAL MATTERS
Mr Chas. Bray, Engineer for the Oroua County Council, who died a few days ago, was born in Cornwall sixty-seven years ago, and came to New Zealand when a young man. He landed at Nelson, and resided in that district for a number of years, following up goldmining, and undertaking road and bridge building contracts. He also contracted the railway line from Picton to Blenheim. Coming to Feilding when the block was taken up by the Colonists’ Land and Loan Corporation, Mr Bray undertook the duties of Road Engineer for the Corporation, and it was he who laid out the streets of Feilding and practically the whole of the roads in this, the Kiwitea, Kimbolton, and the Ashurst districts.

Contributed by Bob Bolitho