OBITUARY.
MISS M. A. SINCLAIR. ! Lovers of poetry will regret to learn I tli.it Miss M. A. Sinclair ("Roslyn"), I pHHScd over Lo the great majority on I ! Monday night last. Miss Sinclair was I I born in Auckland, but in early life re- ' I moved with her parents to Thames, | , «litre she was educated by her mother, ! : herself a lady of considerable attaini Mif-nt in the educational world, and : where the greater part of her life was spent. Contributions from Miss Sinclair's pen under her norn de plume of 'Roslyn' , , have appeared from time to time in these ! columns and other local and Dunedin ; newspapers. Although she never travelled ' outside the Auckland province, she had , an Auvmlasian reputation as a poetess I .of no uTean merit. A volume of her j I poems under the title "The Huia's i : Homeland," was published in London | lin 1597, and "Echoing Oars and Other j Verses" by this office In 1903, while j examples of her work appear in several ! collections of Australasian verse. Miss j Sinclair's generous and kindly nature i ensured for her a large circle of warmly attached friends among those with whom she came into contact i
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 107, 7 May 1924, Page 7
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199OBITUARY. Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 107, 7 May 1924, Page 7
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