OBITUARY.

Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 76, 27 September 1927, Page 13

OBITUARY.

Tlifire died at Napier last week Mrs. Mary Oliver, widow of the late William Oliver, at the age of .92. The, deceased lady had -..resided':-"*- Napier, since 1858. Mis. Oliver was born in Paisley, Scotlaifd, and was a daughter of the late Mr. William Miller, who landed in Wellington on' the ship Blen- ; heim, with-a family of six, in 1840.; The members of this family have.been •identified with the Wellington district: since the foundation, of the city. -Mr. Miller, senior,'was well known as the. owner of the Commercial Hotel, erected on the present site■■■:of the Grand Hotel, Willis street, and was one of'the first members of the Wellington City Council, having been elected in 1870. The only remaining member of this ;f amily wio landed from tie ship Blenheim is Mrs. Allan Cameron, now of Pearce street, Seatoun, who was two months old when she was carried ; ashore at Pipitea Point in December,lß4o.

The opening of the New Thought Centre took place under very happy, conditions at 113, Molesworth street, on Saturday afternoon. Miss Whitell, who was the guest of honour,' in a thoughtful graceful speech, dedicated the rooms to the spirit of service and to the power of thought. ■ The pupils of her psychology ,class entertained her at. afternoon tea. Sir Thomas Mackenzie presented Miss Whitell with a beautiful gift from, her class.

Statistics show that it costs the State in Britain £60 a year to educate a blind child; a physically normal child costs £16 at ah elementary school, £27 at a central school, and £41 at a secondary school. ■