OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18459, 24 July 1923, Page 8

OBITUARY.

-V. -V.'. vV' ... . MRS. I, .WAudHCFBi H' 1 ■ An bid resident, of Auckland, Mrs.', I Wauchob, of Surrey Street, tyii* died yesterday, at the advanced age *{§§ 95. . Mrs. Wauchob had been a Widow'j&fsj the past ;47 years, her husband . having IP' been engaged in farming in ! CountsTyrone, Ireland. She was the only sister i ■' of the late Mr. Robert Entrican, of Auck- ' land. Mrs. Wauchob' came ' t<ir Auckland in the ship Ben Nevis in January, 13130, her nephew, Mr. A. J. | Entrican, being a passenger by the samo . steam©'. She had ■ been a member of St. James' Presbyterian ; f - Church ever since her arrivnl. For "tosny 1 V • years Mrs. .Wauchob resided in Angltjea Street.. . ■ She retained thn use of all f her faculties until recently, 'i.nd like Hires of'/,"C her brothers, was a ; renJarkable example of long healthy lives. Mr. Robert! Entri-v : can, who died six years ago, reached the • ape of 83, and • two Other 'brother?;", who /s,* died in ; Belfast, attained. the agee <of? 86 ll and 73 respectively. 1 .■)%s*

' • . •/<- MR. R. R. BLACK. ' > The late Mr. Robert Rolla&} ISlack, ; i whose death occurred at , Sydfiej; last • week, was-well ( known 1 in New Zedsmfi, wE-p ' prior to his retirement some years, ago. • held the position of. superintendent for . . New. Zealand of the. Eastern:.. Extension i'.. and • China Telegraph . Company, . i't'e was M , well /known throughout the Dominion for ill 1 his expert knowledge of submarine cable . , systems; his .connection with the Eastern v Company - having extended ; over a ptriod ' ;of 40 years. Mr. . Black;'who - was,-.the, fourth son of the late Mr, William Black. ' of Maniototo. Otago, began his at Whakapuaka, Nelson, ' and while §uiv| a young man; discovered ■ and perfected a simple and practical method of cable testing, which has been ; adopted throufjhfcut the 'world.- Mr. ■. Black's widow.am; eon reside •in Adelaide. He .is ■ also by three brothers, all . resident in .Nan.; Zealand. • ,' _. ' J [|lj||| MR. H. E. SHACKLOCK. . 'j£B [BI TELEGRAPH.—rPBESS ASSOCIAr^ON.J^®; '■ , :- ' , . DUNEDIN.^McWaV®" : Mr. H. E. Shacklock, oae of the direo> ■ tors Of the " well-known firm of 'J H. B. . Shacklock and Co., died suddanljr ; this j morning. a result -of heart seizure.. He j is survived by; a wife: and daughter.