OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18458, 23 July 1923, Page 8

OBITUARY.

I CAPTAIN JAMES SMITH/' I I WELL-KNOWN MASTER MAIJM'S. : | 5 A well-known master mariner, Cspim' I 1 James Smith, died at his TsSsm,■'■:* ?• Franklin ; Road, Pomsonby, on"Sjftirdij^;| . aged 76. ; Captaic Smith was atoUtsafjl I dent of Auckland, and had been ,i wll- I i known figure on the waterfront toi' maiiy l \ years. In. the early days,.:when- only,' I ', sailing ; ships traded-in the- Pacific,: ha I 1 was v;engaged in the Island trade, 'and' B i later owned failing vessels \ running ' be-1 • tween i coastal sports/ principally carrying I » coal. Captain Smith became'interested;! » in; both goW and coal mining, and weal .'; : one ;of the founders ;.- of -v, the '* Hikurangi j ;' Coal Company, which commenced fcptot-1 ;■ tions 28 years ; ago, '■• and he was- a <Ki;e<itb>| >of the companyat: his death:/!For;filmy' I I years ; ho bad Been in partner»&ip with g ■ Captain ;G. McKsnzie, ■.'• in the firs 'Soff Smith arid -; McKenzie, shipowners.; : v .•; Bel was also a.director of the TakapUGa Tranii and Feriry:..Company;;. -H Captain Smith wasH one of the senior:'.trustees ! of the Aiick*fi land ißaptist Tabernacle, ■ and he aiid Mrg.l Smith, had.;been members of *i the 'church! for ovsrr4o years. v; He is survived by. fcisl wife. > The interment took place •'■»'■'atl Point Cemetery yesterday after-! noon," the ; funeral being very) largely at-jj tended. ';![; Among thosepreaant > were th«| trustees, elders, and deacons ;of : the Bap* tist Tabernacle. : \-;-yA i: : short "service: at.the* residence /was conducted '.by the ;; Bev.i Joseph'; Kemp, minister ~, of '•■ the baptist! Tabernacle, '.'. and \ Commissioner E. Hcg-f gard,: of the ; Salvation Army. :'.;.": The • scr-I vice 'at: the graveside : was conducted/ b*| Mr. Kemp and Major H. P.: Sharp, of'tfaiH Salvation Army. ';•' : ■ •, ' . S MR. WARRINaTON LAING. J [BX i TELEGRAPH.—-OWN .• GOEBEBPOK»ENT ; WELLINGTON. Saturday. ; 1 ;: The New • Zealand' Loan and Mercantile! Agency Company, Limited, has . received a cablegram from ?.ts head office in'Lon-g i ; don announcing, the 'death, on .July 19,1 o:f Mr., Wtimugtoh Laing, who h3is*oceu-fi pied l -the.v position of , chairiuari.l of • iWm London directorate during the past ; eleven years. v. The late Mr. Waningfcos L-aingH visited New. Zealand in 1920. • - '.| MR. BLAND RAYNER. i [Ul '} TELEGRAM.- -OWN .;:; CORRESPONDENT.];* ■".,."- ''.:'- /MASTERTONi ' Saturday. 4 ! ] The death occurred suddenly : 'tHs:mor*iß! .11 tg at Masterton ; of-Mr. Bland R&vner,ffi 4;well-known Lincoln and Romriey' shsep- ! 1 breeder, ■ and a;: prominent exhibitor ttt'.g Dominion shows. : ■ ••'.■:.''\-r-; ■