SUDDEN DEATHS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8610, 4 July 1891, Page 5

SUDDEN DEATHS.

Nkws by cable from Australia waa received on Thursday evening anr ouncing fcbe sudden death of Mr. Alexander Suundere, who for nearly a quarter of a century has held a prominent position as one of the leading stock and sharebrokers at Auckland and the Thames. The cause of death is stated to bo aneurism of the heart. The message was received by Mr. James Coates from Mr. David Mills, of Melbourne, and the news was received with sincere regreb by the numerous friends Mr. Saunders had made during his long and irreproachable business career in Auckland. Air. Saunders waa 57 years of age, and for many years had held "the postmen of vicepresident of the Auckland Stock Exchange. About three years ago Mr. Saunders decided to embark in business in Melbourne, leaving Mr. Men'/ies in charge of his Auckland offices. His career on the Melbourne Stock Exchange was a marked success, and at the time of hie death ha was doing a very extensive business. Long before he left Auckland it was known to his friends that Mr. Saunders was in a precarious state of health, and even during business hours he was frequently subject to fainting fits and palpitation of the heart. It was only recently that his wife and family left Auckland to join Mr. Saunders in Melbourne. The deceased gentleman leaves a wife and three children to mourn their loss. Mrs. Saunders, ntt Miss Merriman, is a sister of Mrs. Rusk and Mr. Qrieraon, of the Union Bank. The family consists of three children, two boys and a girl, the eldest of whom is only about eleven years of age, and the youngest, the girl, about three years. The residents of Parnell and the numerous friends of Captain M'. T. Clayton in the ciry were shocked yesterday to learn that his youngest daughter, Mise Agnes Clayton, had died suddenly at nine o'clock in tho morning at hor parents' residence, St. George's Bay Road, Parnell, at the early age of 18 years. The young lady waa never of a robust constitution, and during the last week she has been ailing, and under the medical care of Dr. Roberton. She appeared to ba recovering, but a change for the worse set in yesterday morning, bo which she succumbed. The cause of death was an affection of the heart. As Miss Clayton was under medical treatment at the time of her death there will be no necessity for an inquest.