NEW ZEALAND NURSES RETURNED FROM SAMOA

Free Lance, Volume XV, Issue 769, 27 March 1915, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND NURSES RETURNED FROM SAMOA

Wellington loaes an old and wellknown identity in Mr. Allan Maguirc, who passed away on Wednesday after a protracted and painful illness, a-etat 72. Mr. Maguire was also one of the, Empire City's solidest citizens. -Irish by birth, he inherited the warm-hearted nature of his country in en. He cam© to this land of promise for the good of his health, and he has grown with the progress of the colony and prospered—incidentally also finding the health he was in search of. He landed in Auckland in- the sixties with his brother Elliot. Thoy set to with a will at their trade—stonemasonry. Then the Thames goldfields lured them to try their luck. Next came a similar call from the West Coast. Afterwards, the late Mr. Magtiire returned to Auckland and started off as a building contractor, later settling in Wellington. In Auckland he has left some prominent monuments to . his name, such as The Three Lamps, Ponsonby s well-known landmark, the Victoria Arcade, and the Opera House, and in Wellington, King's _ Chambers, one of the city's tallest buildings, the Grand Hotel, Victoria University, etc. His biggest achievement as a building contractor, however, was the Belgrove Tunnel, Nelson. Always enterprising, he was interested in many big eoncerns, suoh as the development of the Taranaki ironsand deposits and oil wells, H© Was also a director of Staples' Brewery and many other businesses. Though of a retiring nature, he made many friends, He was a citizen of sterling qualities, and will be missed by all who knew him. He leaves a. widow and two sons (Mr. C. C. Maguire, of Wellington, and Mr. J. E. C. Maguire, of Bartholomew's Hospital Staff, London), and a daughter (Mrs. Len. McKenzie). There are very many people throughout New Zealand who knew and loved Mr. Tom G. Brown, of the Aucldand firm of Brown and Stewart, paper mer- , chants. To newspaper men ho was parv'culaiiy well' known, and held in tb© high esteem of good comradeship. To all these folk it came as. a great shock on Monday last to hear that Tom Brown was dead. Three weeks ago b© was in Wellington in the course of his mercantile travels, looking fair, round, and rosy, a glad smile on his pleasant features, and apparently as fit as the proverbial fiddler. »• * 4 /#,. But the premature end was near. On Tuesday week at Auckland he was stricken down sudd eerily. A _ Blood vessel burst on the brain- lie _ lingered on till Sunday morning. His sister from Wellington (wife of Mr. J. Knox, manager of the Te Aro branch of* the National Bank), was enabled to se© hrnn before he passed away. Another Wellington resident, the wife of Mr, W. W. BrUce, of Karori, was a consin, Tho deceased gentleman is survived by his wife and three children and his brother, all living in Auckland.

"Tom Brown came to New Zealand with his parents in 1883 from the ancient Scottish town of Stonehaven —its townies love to call it "Stanehive" —

•where the herring fishing thrives and where the bridge over the Carron con- : nects "the auld toon" with the new one. Aberdeen is only 16 miles a-way-—by rail. 3?or some years after he grew up he was traveller in the paper, line for the British firm of Collins. Then he joined his brother-in-law. R, G. Stewart, in establishing the firm of Brown and Stewart, and has pushed its interests ever since from end to end of this Dominion. Every one who knew him liked Tom Brown. He was a man of broad mind, even disposition, and sterling character. He had a healthy love of athletic sports.'.In his younger days he wielded the willow very neatly, and figured in manv a' cricket match. As he cot well into mid- , die age he took on bowls, and on every "

bowling green he was a welcome visitor. And now he has gone all too soon at the age of 48. May the earth' lie lightly uoon him.