THE LATE MR. WILLIAM HOWE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7681, 5 July 1886, Page 5

THE LATE MR. WILLIAM HOWE.

The remains of the late Mr. William Rowe were interred in the Tararu cemetery on Saturday afternoon, and, as might have been anticipated, the funeral was largely attended. The late Mr. Rowe was not only a central figure on the Thames goldfields during the days of its greatest prosperity, but long before the opening of the goldfield, in 1867, he had made his mark in the province of Auckland, and during a long career was ever prominently before the public. He was elected a member of the first Provincial Council of Auckland, the first meeting of which was held on January 6, 1862, when Mr. Rowe took his seat as member for Newton. Of the thirty-five members constituting that Provincial Council there are only fifteen now livingnamely, Messrs. Thomas Ball, Onehunga ; F. M. P. Brook* field, now Judge of the Native Lands Court, and formerly Crown Prosecutor ; Hugh Carleton, now in England; and James Farmer, also in England ; G. S. Graham, formerly manager of the Colonial Insurance Company, and now a member' of the Government Life Assurance Board ; Albin Martin, East Tamaki; Joseph May, Epsom; W. C. Daldy, Auckland; Richard McGee, Otahuhu ; Allan O'Neill, North Shore ; Robert Skeen, Wellington; E. J. Skyme, R. 0. Stewart, Kirikiri, Thames (who attended Mr. Rowe's funeral); and John Wallace, Flat Bush. Mr. G. M. O'Rorke, now Sir Maurice O'Rorke, Speaker of the House of Representatives, was clerk of the Council; and Mr. R. J. O'Sullivan, the present Inspector of Schools, and the late Major Magee Hunter were assistant clerks. Subsequent to the opening of the Thames goldfields Mr. Rowe was elected to represent the district in the General Assembly. For some years past he had taken little part in political affairs, but his opinions as a mining expert were Always looked up to.