DEATH OF AN OLD COLONIST.

Evening Post, Volume XIX, Issue 61, 16 March 1880, Page 2

DEATH OF AN OLD COLONIST.

Another of the veteran founders of the colony has passed from our midst. We refer to Mr. John Wallace, father of Mr. J. H» Wallace, the auctioneer, who died today, in his ninety-second year, at his residence, Boulcott-street. Mr. Wallace, who was an old personal friend of the late Dr. Featherston, arrived in the colony in the Amelia Thompson, Capt. Dawson, in 1841. He resided for some time in New Plymouth and Nelson, finally settling in Wellington, where hia family were located. When a Constitutional Government was granted to New Zealand, Mr. Wallace was elected one of the city members in the first Provincial Council. For several years he had charge of the Provincial Treasury, and was voted by the Council a retiring pension. Mr. Wallace's habits were unassuming and studious, and he was well known among our leading citizens in the early days of the settlement. At home he was known as a frequent contributor to the scientific journals of his day, especially for some valuable papers upon optics. He also evinced considerable devotion to art studies, and his paintings were very much admired. He was a Fellow of the local Society of Arts at Birmingham, and was in the habit of contributing art critiques to the journals of that town. Mr.Wallacewasbornonthe 14th December, 1783, and passed away peacefully in a fine old age, to which it is permitted to a very rare few to attain.