OBITUARY

Dominion, Volume 31, Issue 297, 12 September 1938, Page 10

OBITUARY

Mrs. Maria Goldie The death has occurred of Mrs. Maria Goldie, at her residence, 47 Pitt Street. Auckland, states a •'Dominion” Special Service message from Auckland. Mrs. Goldie, who was 93 years of age, was the widow of Mr. David Goldie, a former mayor of Auckland anti member of the House of Representatives, who died about. 11 years ago. She was the only daughter of the late Mr. Charles Frederick Partington, who built the old mill in Symonds Street, now owned by Mr. Joseph Partington. Mrs. Goldie was married in 1866. her husband having arrived iu Auckland three years earlier from Tasmania. The founder of the present firm of D. Goldie and Sons. Limited, timber merchants, Mr. David Goldie soon became prominent iu the business and public life of Auckland. He was appointed to the Provincial Council of Auckland in 1874, and he won the Auckland West seat in the House of Representatives in 1879. He was also successful in two subsequent elections for Auckland West, but he resigned his seat iu 1892-for business reasons, for he had developed a very large timber business, then owning three mills. He was a member for many years of the Auckland City Council and was elected mayor on three occasions, retiring from municipal politics iu 1900. He also served ou many other public bodies iu Auckland. Mrs. Goldie took no very great part in social life, outside her home, but she was very interested in art, mid at one time painted a good deal. She inherited her talent from her father, many of whose sketches are still preserved. A son, the late Dr. W. H. Goldie, was a very fine painter who exhibited at exhibitions of the Auckland Society of Arts, and another sOn, Mr. C. F. Goldie, is the well-known Auckland artist whose paintings of Maoris and native life have won him fame. Two other sons, who are prominent business men, are Mr. 11. T. Goldie and Mr. Arthur Goldie. Three daughters are Mrs. .1. H. P. Bond and the Misses E.. M. and V. E. Goldie. Mr. G. C. St. George The death has occurred of Mr. George Celestine St. George, of Parnell, at the age of 74, states a Press Association telegram from Auckland. Mr, St. George, who was the youngest son of the late Dr. and Mrs. St. George, New Plymouth, was well known throughout the Dominion and in several of the major islands in the Pacific as an official in the Bank of New Zealand. At various times he was manager of the Bank of'New Zealand branches in Levuka and Fiji and later in New Zealand.