FORMERLY OF WAIPU

Northern Advocate, 8 January 1936, Page 2

FORMERLY OF WAIPU

WEST AUSTRALIAN MINE | MANAGER. i | A recent number of the "Western j Mail” records the death at Kalgoorlie, j of Mr D. F. McAulay, for many years general manager of the Associated mine on the Golden Mile. Mr McAulay was a son' of the late Mr Alex McAulay, of Waipu. having been born in 1866. In his young days he worked in the kauri bush on the Northern Wairoa and Thames, and at the age of 21 joined the gold rush to Australia. He arrived in Western Australia to join the staff of Bewick, Moreing and Company from 1895 to 1902. later becoming manager of the Peak Hill mine in Western Australia, and of Cobar mine in New South Wales. In 1909 he was appointed superintendent of the Boulder Perseverance mine, at Kalgoorlie, and, in 1911, he assumed the general management of the Associated mine, retaining the position until last year, when the mine was purchased by the Lake View ancl Star, Ltd. During the years that he was in charge of the Associated mine Mr. McAulay was faced with many difficulties, and the manner in which he overcame them earned him the high respect of his fellow mine managers. “Mr McAulay had to contend with many problems and much discouragement during the years that he was on the Associated mine,” a well-known mine manager said, “but he succeeded in creating the finest example we have of successful management under most difficult conditions.”

For many years Mr. McAulay was one of the most active members of the executive of the Chamber of Mines and held the position of vicepresident for a long term. He was a member of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, London, and was a director of Wiluna Gold Mines, Ltd. In addition, he represented up to the time of his death the well-known London firm of Pellew, Harvey and Co., who are consulting engineers to Ora Banda United Mines, Ltd. Only a few weeks ago he was asked to report on a number of leases on the Golden Mile over which the Britannia Trust Ltd., of London, had taken an option. He left a widow and two children. His nearest relatives in New Zealand are Mrs H. McDonald! (Mt. Eden, Auckland); Mrs J. White (Waipu); Mrs L. Culleni (Maungaturoto); Mr J. W. McAulay (Okaihau) and Mr H. McAulay (Waipu).