OBITUARY

Evening Star, Issue 22698, 12 July 1937, Page 11

OBITUARY

MISS F. M. CARGILL Second daughter of Mr and Mrs E. B. Cargill, and a granddaughter of Captain Cargill, leader of the settlement of Otago and the first- superintendent of the province. Miss Frances Mary Cargill died at her home, “ Wildwood,” Musselburgh Rise, yesterday at the age of 76 years. Miss Cargill was the last of the name in direct line living in New Zealand. Ft is interesting to note, in these days when large families are few and far between, fhat her grandfather had a family of 17. The youngest was nine when Captain and Mrs Cargill sailed' for New Zealand on November 25, 1847, arriving in Otago on March

23, 1848. Incidentally, Mrs Mary Ann Cargill (nee Yates), the wife of Captain Cargill, livqd to the age of 81 years, a worthy record to set for her descendants, most of whom have not been far behind in their span of life, Miss Cargill being an instance, Miss Cargill’s death means the breaking of another link with the early days of Otago. She was horn at Hillside, Dunedin, and Jived in this city all her life, with the exception of those periods during which she was visiting Great Britain For a number of years Miss Cargill was associated with tiie Girl Guide Movement in Dunedin, and, until a few years ago, was an honorary member of the Boy Scouts’ Association. Latterly she devoted her energies to the Victoria League, of which she was president until the time of her death. As a delegate to the conference of the Victoria League, she visited England about nine years ago. She was particularly interested in Horticulture, being a regular exhibitor at the Dunedin Society’s shows. Her displays of pot plants' and cut flowers were always admired by those who visited the society’s fixtures Miss Cargill also became a member of the Otago Early Settlers’ Association in 1900, and some time after that was elected a life member. MAORI WAR VETERAN [Pm Uxitso Puess Association.! WHAKATANE, July 12. One of the few' remaining band of the Maori War veterans, Sergeant S. M‘D. Wilson, formerly of the First Waikato and Armed Constabulary, died at his residence in Whakatane, aged 89 years, last evening. He leaves a widow and a son by an earlier marriage, and a brother, Mr F. H. Wilson, of Birkenhead, Auckland. Deceased served in' the Waikato in 1863, when 15 years of age, at the Gate Pa, Ngatapa, and took part in the two years’ chase of Te Kooti through the XJrewera country, taking his discharge in 1876, 13 years after he commenced soldiering. Ho bore his last illness cheerfully, with the same soldierly philosophy learned before the Maori palisades and in the rain-soaked bush. His death has caused general sorrow in Whakatane.