DEATH OF MR. ROBERT FARQUHAR.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11642, 2 May 1901, Page 5

DEATH OF MR. ROBERT FARQUHAR.

[BY TELEGRAPH OWN' CORRESFOJTDEKT.I Wellington, Wednesday. Robert Farqtjhar, third son of Captain A. Farquhar (of the p.s. Wakatere), of Auckland, died in the Wellington Hospital to-night, after an illness of a few weeks. | Deceased, who was 30 years of age, arrived from London six weeks ago, after an absence from the colony of li years. He served in Brabant's Horse during' the early part of the war in South Africa. His lather, who is in Wellington, had completed arrangements to take him to Auckland to- I morrow, but death occurred to-r.ight. The body is to be taken to Onehunga by the j Rotoiti. At Auckland and at the Thames—in both of which communities Captain Farpihar is universally known and universally respected—the news of the death of Robert Farquhar will be heard with deep regret. Captain Farquhar and Mrs. Farquhar will have the sympathy of all who ! know them in their great affliction. SCHOOL FOR MAORI GIRLS AT AUCKLAND, —« DUCHESS OF YORK WILL LAY THE FOUNDATION STONE. [BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION'.] Wellington, Wednesday. It is announced that the Duchess of York will lay the foundation stone of the Victoria School for Maori Girls at Auckland. The funds for the building have now reached £900. The proposal to found a school for Maori girls at Auckland was made at the time of i the late Queen's Diamond Jubilee. A start was then made, but comparatively little was done, and the public did not hear much more of the matter until the meeting of the General Synod at Napier in February last. The late Archdeacon Dudley, who had taken great interest in the proposal, placed The matter before the Synod, making a very earnest appeal for support. He showed the great necessity that existed at the present time to train the Maori girls, and a school erected for this purpose in the Auckland district would be a fitting memorial to the Queen and of the close of hostilities in South Africa. He paid a tribute to the excellent work that was being done for Maori boys at Te Auto school, and for Maori girls at Hukarere. They all appreciated the <■:- forts that the friends of the Maori race in Hawke's Bay were making for their evangelisation and education. This was really a national movement which would have Government sympathy, and he appealed earnestly for the sympathy of the Synod in ibis movement. After some discussion a motion in favour of the establishment of the school, was carried. After "the Synod had concluded its business, a circular was issued, which stated: — " Attention is called to the following scheme, which is felt to be most appropriate, and one which from its very nature should com- j mend itself to the sympathy of everyone throughout the colony. It is proposed That a school for Maori girls be established similar to the one doing such excellent work at Hukarere, Napier, which, however, is altogether inadequate for the requirements of both islands, it being always full, and constantly obliged to refuse applicants. A start was made to found such a school in Auckland a few years ago, in commemoration of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee, and known as the Queen Victoria School for Maori Girls. Since, however, the whole community owes a debt to the Maori race, it- is now proposed to take up this as a. colonial rather than a local scheme, and place it upon a' satisfactory basis bv endeavouring to raise a sum of, say, £10,000."