CAPTAIN WILLIAM JONES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16921, 6 August 1918, Page 6

CAPTAIN WILLIAM JONES.

Captain William Jones, one of the oldes. ! master mariners in the Auckland district, j died yesterday morning at the ape of 88. ! Captain Jones, who was born at blandly, i alee, "tilt to sea at the ago of 18. He ! arrived in Auckland ;n 1856, and sailed ! out of this put until his retirement 12 I years He was close!;, connected with I the early pioeress of Auckland and the cutlving districts, being engaged in con- ' vpying stores to lliames and bringing back I timber from the fchortk.nd mill, which ceased business 30 years ago. During the troublesome times of the Maori War, Captain Jones was employed in carrying troops up the \\a:kato River, and for this I was granted the Maori War pension. He 1 was an expert sailing master, and won I many regatta events with his vessels, one (of which was the ketch Adah. His I last vessel before his retirement was the | ketch Eizzette, owned by Messrs. J. J. i Craig, Ltd. Captain Jones never had a j! day's illness, death being due to senile I decay. His wife died 17 years ago. | MR. FREDERICK G. HARBLEY. ; [BY TELEGRAPH. —PRESS ASSOCIATION'.] , STRATFORD, Monday, II Mr. Frederick George Harblev, manager of , the Stratford branch of the National , Hank, died yesterday, aged 84 years, after a sudden heart seizure. Ho 'was well ; known throughout the Dominion.