OBITUARY.

Auckland Star, Volume XVII, Issue 78, 27 March 1886, Page 4

OBITUARY.

Dk. SEALEYand Mr John Brown, two old settlers of Nelson, died on March 16. Mrs Mclntyre, a respected settler ot Rotorua, died on 26th ult. at the age of /b VAflVfl Mr'E. Price, an old resident of Queenstown, Otago, died of heart disease while tending horses. _ , , .. , Constable Milton, formerly of Auckland, who served in the 65th Regiment, in the Waikato, has died at Wellington. ' Mr John Mangan, an old Thames resident, died suddenly at Te Aroha on March 11. He was subject to paralysis, and was at the baths for his ailment. An olderly man named James Jones, employed as an engine-driver to the Saxon Gold Mining Company, Thames, was found dead at his residence about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He had been affected with heart disease for some years, which was the cause of his death. The death was announced of Mr J. Short, of Te Awamutu, brother of Mr T. Short, draper, Queen-street, on March 9. Ihe deceased waa an early settler, having arrived in the colony by the ship Lady Burleigh in 1856, and since that time he has engaged in farming pursuits, hrst at East Tamaki and latterly at Te Awamutu. He was 78 years of age, and leaves a widow and a number of grown-up sons and daughters. St»« Mr Murdoch McGregor of Millbrook, Waipu, died very suddenly there on the 14th inßt. He was walking across a paddock near his house, when he suddenly waß lost sight of, and on his wife going in search she found him lying dead in the field. The deceased, who was 72 years of age, was a native of Nova Scotia, and was one of the settlers who came here in 1866 His widow, two sons, and two daughters mourn his sudden removal, Mr George Boyd, of the Newton Potteries, died on March 10 at his reaidence, Nixonstreet, Newton, in his 61at year. Mr Boyd waa an industrious, persevering man in his businesa, but of late failing health compelled him to retire from active life, and, by the advice of his medical attendant, he went South in the hope that a change of air and scene, and comparative rest, might restore him to health. The change, however, was not beneficial to him, and he returned to Auckland to close his days. Mr Boyd was a Scot, and much esteemed for his virtues. The little son of the Rev. T. G. Carr, Wealeyan minister of Ponßonby, died very suddenly on March 19. About 7 o'clock in the evening his parents left home to pay a visit to Mr W. Thome, whoße residence is only a short distance away. The little boy was then apparently in perfect health. They had not beet* seated half-anhour when a message arrived from home to the effect that the child had been seized with a violent illnesß. They hurried back at once, but the chiid was dead before hia distressed parents urrived at tho house. Dr, Purchas madeajtiosJ mortem examination to ascertain thecause of death, which he pronounced disease ot the heart. The wife of Mr Thomas Gemmill, blacksmith, of Cambridge, Waikato, was found dead in bed on Wednesday night, March 10. At the inquest next day tho evidence disclosed that deceased told her daughter she was going to lay down, and requested the girl to play on the piano. At twenty minutes to 10 the husband wont to the bedroom and found his wife dead. She bad not complaiaed, nor had quarrelled with anybody. Dr. Cushney was of opinion that death resulted from apoplexy, and a verdict was returned accordingly. Deceased was 40 years old, and had lived in Cambridge for the last 18 years. A most distressing sudden death occurred on Friday, March 12, in Pitt-street. Mrs Morris, wifo of Bandmaster Morris, of the Garrison Band, was suddenly seized with violent pains, accompanied with vomiting. As she was suffering greatly, Dr. Walker was sent for, but was unable to attend. Ultimately Dr. Evans was found, and went to the houso, only to find the nnfortunale woman dead. The matter was reported to the Coroner, who, upon learning the facts of tho case, decided not to hold an inquest at present, but directed that v post mortem examination should be held. It was found that death was tho result of heart disea.e.

The Rev. D. J. Hamer, Congregational minister, of Collins-Btreet Church, Melbourne, died at Rotorua on March 8 from pneumonia. The deceased gentleman, who was about fifty years of age, was in delicate health, and had come to New Zealand to sco if the rest and change would do him good. Ho was accompanied by his wife and child, and about ten days ago went to the Hot Lakes, accompanied by Rev. J. Robertson, of Beresford-streot Congregational Church. It was announced that Mr 11 amor would preach in tho last-named church yesterday, but in the morning a telegram was received stating tha* he was detained at Rotorua by a bad attack of quiusoy, and in the evening a further telegram was received announcing his demise. Tho news will be v severe shock to his congregation, as well ns to many friends in New Zealand. The remains of deceased were buried in Rotorva cemetery on March 8. His widow returns to Melbourne at once.