OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16897, 9 July 1918, Page 6

OBITUARY.

■ MR. WILLIAM WEBSTER. ' ' . ' 'J' *• Mr. William Webster J of Auburn Street,'? off Khyber Pass, died yesterday at ' tho ' ago of 73. ," Mr. Webster, who was native of Aberdeen, * came to New Zsaland in 1873, and settled in the Auck- ; > land district. . Shortly after his arrival ho entered the service of the Railway Department, and for thirty years he vas well known as a guard on the : trains .on the Whangaroi and Auckland sections. He retired from the service on superannuation about twelve years ago; ;.H#| had. been.ill for only nine days, having had a paralytic seizure. , Mr. . Webster; 1 leaves a widow and four , sons. . One'ofJ the sons, Sergeant G. F. Webster, of tho j Gordon Highlanders, fought at Mons, and another. Private T. W. Webster, is now at the front as a member of the 5 New Zealand Expeditionary Force. ; The other sons are Messrs. R. S. Webster, second assistant-master at, the. Newton East school, and Mr. A. W. Webster, 'of' Devonport. . .- , AV:iTfl|| CAPTAIN JOHN S. NEALE. v • Captain John S. Neale, formerly h»r* bourmaster at Onehunga. died suddenly - yesterday afternoon at his residence, Norman's Hill, Onehunga. t Captain-: Neale, who was 82 years of age, was chief officer on the ship Lastingham; when . was wrecked at Jackson's Head, off Queen Charlotte Sound. He was well known ; in. tho coastal service of New Zealand. f;H?l | was chief officer on the Government steamer Hinemoa for several years, and, was given command of the vessel when I tho late Captain Fairrhild relinquiehed| the position. Afterwards he was master, of the Tutanakai. Upon leaving the se» Captain Nealo was appointed harbour'! master at Onehunga, holding that position for 11 years, until he retired on superannuation in 1909. He is survived by his wife and three married daughters| and seven grandchildren. MR. DAVID TEED. lllj Mr. David Teed, senr., formerly of New Plymouth, died yesterday morning' at a v private , hospital in Auckland. He came to New Zealand in 18( from England, . and for about 35 years followed his profession as a chemist in New About four months ago he came to live to Auckland. Deceased was the father of Mr. £ David Teed, of Newmarket, an ex-Mayor of that borough.' Mrs. William MacklWil of Auckland, is a daughter of deceased. Tho other members of his_ family are MrSamuel Teed and Mrs. Fred Watson j' both . of New Plymouth. i xijjM 'N . MR. ROBERT MARCHANT. M M [BY TELEGRAPH.—rRESS ASSOCIATION.) M mm DARGAYILLE. MondayThe dentil is announced to-day- of 'M r -. | Robert Marchant, aged 95 years.- s®.s landed in Adelaide 82 yenrs ago, and, with „the exception of the past 12 years, paft" his life in South Australia, where hß*3*J£ engaged in farming and as a licensed tnaller. Mr. Marchant was one of the party which surveyed thi tolegraph from Adelaide to Port Darwin, and wMjl an authority on the life and customs $J| Australian aboriginals.