REV. J.R. BURGIN.

JN AUCKLAND;

FORMERLY VICAR IN ASHBURTON

Pi'ess Association.) ..: AUCKLANI), This Day. The Rev. J. R. Burgin, vicar of St. (Peter's, Onehunga, after attendance at confirmation service .and choir practice last evening, went home apparently m • Jiis usual health. At 1 a.m. a doctor -was summoned, and Mr Burgin died &t 3.30 a.m. He served with tfie 3rd and 4th battalions of the Rifle Brigade in Egypt and France, and was gassed on the Sorame. [The Rev. J. R. Burgin came to Ashburton from Auckland in August, 1912, having been appointed vicar of St. "Stephen's .Ghujrch. He remained ' here until'his resignation in, December, I 1915. ' 'He immediately accepted the :; position of chaplain to the 3rd and 4th l" Battalions of, the New Zealand ' Rifle ' Brigade (the' Earl of.^Liverppol's Own),' "'' arid on his return from France, after a short visit to Ashburton, was' engaged II 'in Auckland as chaplain to returned 1 soldiers, a part "of his duties being to 1 meet all incoming and hos- • piCal ships. Lttier'he was ( appointed • vicar of St. Peter's, Onehunga, in succession to Canon Hasleden, who had ' resigned.] „,-,., I