OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11716, 26 July 1901, Page 2 (Supplement)

OBITUARY.

DEATH OF TE POKIHA. Rotortta, July 12. : Te Pokiha Tarastxi, better known to Europeans as Major Fox, the head chief, of the Ngatipikiao, a hapu of the Arawa tribe, died at his residence at Maketu on Thursday, aged about 70 years. He was a man of great influence with his people, a - rii ° xl the breaking out of hostilities in 1863-' took the field against the East Coast tribes, who tried to push through to join the belligerents in the Waikato, and defeated them at Waihi and Te , Kaokaoroa. He assisted at the capture of the pa at wTe Teko, where >' the murderers of Falloon f and Volkner were taken. - When the punitive expedition was sent to '; Opo- j tiki to ; avenge the murder of Volkner | he pushed through the enemy's country and joined the expeditionary force, and assisted at the capture of the most formidable ■ pas. On the revival of hostilities at Tauranga by I Te Pirirakau; under their chief Penetaka, he rendered r invaluable services, and was thanked by the Defence Minister of the day, the Hon. Colonel Haultain. On the escape ■of Te Kooti from the Chatham Islands he again took the field, and, was always found where fighting was to be done. On the termination of the war he and Majors Keepa, of Wangamii," and Ropata, were presented with swords of honour, sent by Her late ■ Majesty. :: '-- ' ■■ ■' " Te Pokiha was present at Rotoraa on the occasion of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall. He afterwards came to Auckland, but it was found that he had not long to live. His desire, like that of all other Maoris,'was to die at his own place, and therefore he was sent back to Maketu. Te Pokiha.has lived chiefly at the tribal settlement at Maketu, and also at Te Moura, Lake Rotoiti. ■••"''" ;''] The Rev. Father MeCarrick died on July.7 at the Mater Misericordioa Nursing Home, Mount Eden. He had been ill with fever for about sis weeks. The deceased Father was a native of Lancashire, and was aged 51. He had not been long in Auckland, and was attached to St. Benedict's. At St. Benedict's on July 7 a large congregations attended at the High Mass and vespers, when feeling reference was made to the death of Father McCarrick, who, during his short stay in the parish, had endeared himself to : all by his - gracious manner. The Bishop gave the Beneditcion after Mass, and the Bishop and the fathers then walked in . procession to the hearse, and from thence went . from : St. Benedict's to the Devonport ferry steamer, and were conveyed to the ; Birkenhead Roman Catholic Cemetery, where the deceased was buried. Bishop Lenihan conducted the burial service at the grave. ; Thomas : Scott, a resident, aged 26 years,, died suddenly in the Nelson Cathedral on the 7th of July. He had taken his seat in the pew about a quarter jof an hour before the commencement of the service and was observed with his head thrown backwards, and apparently in a faint. He was removed to the vestry, and a doctor was sent for, but he died without speaking before the arrival of : the doctor. The, body was removed ;to his residence. The congregation was deeply affected, and was dismissed without the service being held. Deceased was nearly 85 years of age. He was a native of Ireland, and was formerly a school teacher in England. He was a prominent Mason,; Orangeman, and Good Templar. He assisted Joseph Malins to start the first Templar Lodge in England at Birmingham 50 years ago, and enjoyed the distinction of being the first Templar initiated in the British ■ Empire. He was also secretary of the first Grand Templar Lodge in England. Mr.; Scott was secretary, of the Nelson Orange Lodge and* en- : joyed good health to the last. Death was due to heart disease. He leaves a widow and several children. ,;' -V .-.•'/ Mr. William Rogers, who died at Taranaki recently, at the age of .74, arrived' in the colony on January 28, > 1842, in the barque: Essex. Throughout ! the : war he served : in; the militia. .Amongst numerous engagements' he . was present '' and - took an . active part in the battle.of Mahoetahi, one of the most serious engagements of the war, Rogers has never left the Taranaki district. Captain Henry Dalton, who; : for a great many years was. engaged ■: in : i the Thames River trade, as captain of the steamers Ruby. Vivid, Pearl, and; others, died» at Shortland on July 4,"; from a complication '■ of diseases. Deceased was 1: closely > associated with the early history of the Thames district, 5 and - his courtesy I and r pleasant '; disposition won for him many friends.

The death is announced of Mr. F. Alonzo Camngton, aged 93. He arrived at New Plymouth in 1841 to survey the settlement. He fixed the site of ! New Plymouth, and returned to England, but came back in 1857,. and became engineering surveyor for Taranaki in 1862, and was superintendent of the province from 1869 'to' 1876, and sat in the House of . Representatives. Latterly bis great age told on him, and he passed away in his sleep. :>'. Another of our oldest settlers passed away at an early hour on the 12th of July, in the person of Mr. Samuel Prince, father of Mr. James Prince, the well-known jeweller, of Queen-street. - ■ Mr. • Prince,' who -spent-his early life very successfully ;in business in the Old Country,. arrived here a few years after his son, about the • year 1867.. While the strictness of his religious views led him to a particularly unobtrusive;: and simple habit of life, ;he carried out the precepts of his faith in being strictly upright and ' sensitively conscientious in all his business transactions. ' He was '. of a robust constitution ; and succumbed only '■■ to claims of advanced age, passing away peacefully in his 89th year.. „ . The death is announced of Mrs. Bayntun, wife of Dr.■'■'.■ ;F.' : .:•'. T. ;>Bayntun, of Wellington -street, •■ Auckland. l The deceased lady was the daughter of Mr. Low, of the old Auckland firm of Low and Motion, who had the Western Springs flourniill many years ago. '" ■ ' • ' "''•■ ■' • ;' Another old resident of Auckland passed over to the :" great majority" early on July 19, in the person of Mr. Joseph Scott, of O'Neill-street, Ponsonby, where he has resided for. the past 40 years. V The deceased, who was 75 years of age at the time of his death, was a- well-known figure :in the Ponsonby district, with which he has been closely connected; almost all his life. He was a prominent officer of the Loyal, Orange Institution, in which he took a keen interest. : The funeral took V place on the 21st -July. There was a very large following, the Protestant Alliance, 'the Orange Order, and the National Order of 'Oddfellows, attending in force. Deceased leaves a wife, three sons, and four daughters, arid. 14 grandchildren. 7 He is survived by his brother, Mr. Robert Scott, who is 80, five years older than deceased, their father dying in Ponsonby a few years ago at 101, in the possession of all his faculties, and '■ who attended meetings of the Orange Order to the last. S ' The remains of the late Gunner Arthur William Kendall, of the Fifth Contingent. No. ._ 1 New. Zealand Battery (formerly of Hokianga), who died on board the troopship Tagus, off Otago Heads, were brought up from the South by. the s.s.Te Anau on July 19, and taken charge of by Mr. Little, undertaker. On the next day the body was taken from Mr. Little's premises, in Hob-son-street, and conveyed to Onehunga and shipped on the s.s. Glenelg for Hokianga, where the deceased soldier will he buried, and accorded v military honours. The returned troopers of the Fourth and Fifth Contingents to the number of 40, escorted the remains to the railway station, marching on either side of the hearse, the Auckland section being under Sergeant-Major Bezar. Captain Reid, D.A., was also present, on behalf of the Defence Office. A large num- i ber o the boys ■~ of St. .Stephen's Maori School, Parnell, paraded under the master of the school, Mr. Smith,-himself an army veteran. Deceased Gunner Kendall was a half-caste, and the parade of the native boys was a fitting mark of respect. Several other natives were present, and some returned troopers in plain clothes attended, and joined the. cortege. A number of beautiful wreaths were placed on the coffin. Mr." Kendall, the deceased's father, and his mother and several other relatives who had come to town, left in the Glenelg for Hokianga. ■■.■-■ ,: '. Charles Roe, sen., and old colonist died at his residence, Feilding, on July 21. Deceased :. arrived in Wellington by' the ship Adelaide in 1840. He was one of Wellington s earliest -journalists, having > been part proprietor of the defunct Advertiser Tor;a time. He came to Feilding in 1874. and has resided here since, ~ ■■•

Mr. Alfred Jackson, at one time manas*. of the Union Bank. Wellington, and m»[ recently managing : director f or New &T land, but long. retted on a pension, die* > on July 22. On June ,27 Major James To-?m«r * Edwards/ an old Imperial officer, was fZJJdead in his bed at the accommodation-h™** at Awatere, Marlborough. . ™