THE LATE JAMES HOSKING.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 215, 12 September 1888, Page 2

THE LATE JAMES HOSKING.

(To the Editor.)

§!ij»,—The paragraph published in the Stab of thp £>|ih jns|., lelfttipg to the deatji pf my brother, James Hosking, who died ab Kjimarst on 24th dpeg |ip.t convey to the minds of bib friends and relatives the exact position respecting him and all the places he labouredin/ Being sent out as % mjjssjia,flsry to Ajiftrajiaby^ the"British Wqsleyaii fJbnfereijpe,, v'he.rQ- lie/ tebovred fpr a short time, he was sent to New Zea^ land, where he arrived in 1857.' H^ was then appointed to & mission station to study the' Maori language as a preparation for the Mftfiri work, but feeling no mr cljnation. for the Maori work^ and the Fithers ofv ttje Qhurch tipfc seeing fit to ap.ppiiift him tp English work, he resigned his position as a Wesleyan minister, and went back to hit) trade as a cqmpositor, which trade he learnt when a yputh. lie was connected with several of the Auckland and the Coromandel jpurnajs. I believe thelpt newspaper he wprked on in Auckland was the '* Evening Newsj" which subsequently became incorporated with the S?4B. While in connection with this paper he composed an addres* which was pret emoted to the Buke of Edinburgh when he y isited Auckland in 1869. It if us, cmBidere4 by competent judges to be a credit4bleproduction. Afterhiacorinection with tl|e , f Evening lifeivs" he. y ,wont to New Plymouth. I think lie worked on a news* 'paper:|hei'e* for aorne time.1 The liev. F. W. Isitt, now of Invercar ( iill, was afc that time stationed there, He very kindly invited hjm to enter on the Home Mission work, which he consented to, and the Church having accepted him, he was appointed to Inglewood, where he, laboured wjith acceptance for some time. He was tqen reinoviß^'tp Mptuek(i;'wh*ere hjs ministrations were crowned with considerable success. At the end of three years, he was appointed to Bluniara, where, fpr neftply Bix yews, he devote^ his energies in 4°in £ his Master'B work, until sickness intervened, which laid him aside. .Medical a,td failed to restore him to health again, He lingered until August 24th, when be ceased li>Tiye on earth,, J§f is ago was 57. !Hb has loft a widpw, three daughters, and one son, wjio is a promising boy of 16. He gained at the Nelßon College two scholarships and a pme for Fi-gnch, afc the age pj 13. Friendfi fr^m Auckland havo wfirrnly spokon of the Kgspitalifcy and kindness of my late ani rejßpepted'brp|he]F ftnd, hjg gppd. wif^ jyhen they had the privilege of being at their nouses when traveling on the West Coast, --I am, etc., JohnHosking. ' Edeh-streeb, Mount Eden.

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