OBITUARY

Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 63, 12 September 1938, Page 14

OBITUARY

MRS. MARIA GOLDIE

The death occurred on Friday evening of Mrs. Maria Goldie, at her residence, 47 Pitt Street, Auckland. Mrs. Goldie, who was 93 years of age, was the widow of Mr. David Goldie, a former Mayor of Auckland and 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 in Auckland three years earlier from Tasmania. The founder ,of the present firm of D. Goldie and Sons, Ltd., timber merchants, Mr. David Goldie soon became prominent in 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 in 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 in 1900. He also served on many other public bodies in Auckland". Mrs. Goldie took no very great part in social life outside her home, but she was very interested in art, and 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. Hi 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. H» T. Goldie and Mr. Arthur Goldie. Three daughters are Mrs. J. H. P.Bond and the Misses E. M. and V. E. Goldie.