OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20451, 31 December 1929, Page 12

OBITUARY.

ARCHDEACON C. L. TUKE.

WIDE SPHERE OF ACTIVITY.

The death occurred yesterday of Archdeacon CI L. Tuke, of 22, Omahu Road, Remuera, at the age of 71 years. Ho was at one time archdeacon of Tauranga and canon of Waiapu.

Archdeacon Tuko was horn in England and came to Now Zealand as a youth. After taking a course of training at St. John's College,. Auckland, ho was ordained a deacon in 1881 and a jiriesfc in 1882. His first appointment was to St. John's, Napier, where ho was curato from 1881 to 1883, and from there he went to All Saints' Church, Taradalo, being vicar there until 1833. Subsequent appointments were to St. Mary's Church, Waipukurau, 4 and to St. Augustine's, Napier, of which he had charge from 1908 to 1916. it was in 1916 that Archdeacon Tuko was made archdeacon and vicar of lauranga, where he worked until he became vicar at Elierslie in 1921. His retirement followed two years later, but he continued to assist at St. Mark's, Remuera. Mr. Tuke was a keen cricketer and represented Hawke's Bay in interprovincial fixtures.. Latterly he had been a member of the Remuera Bowling Club. Ho is survived by his wife and a, grown-up family. One of the sons was killed in the Creat War.

MR. W. W. ROBINSON. Many old-time sportsmen in Auckland will learn with regret of the death of Mr. William Wills Robinson, who died at Wellingborough, England, on September 14. Over 30 years ago Mr. Robinson left Auckland after having been in business hero for some years and having established for himself a reputation as an ali-round sportsman and athlete. He was prominent in cricket, football and walking, when the last-named was enjoying its most flourishing days. He played no small part in establishing the Rugby game in tho Dominion.

MISS AGNES BURNS.

[by TELEGRAPH. —OWN COUIISSrONDEN'T.] DUNEDIN, Monday.

A link with the early history of Otago was severed to-day by the death of Miss Agnes Burns, the last surviving member of one of the best-known pioneer families of the province. She was a daughter of the Rev. Thomas Burns, the first, minister of the Presbyterian Church of Otago, who arrived hero in the ship Philip Laing in 1848, and who, after a long ministry, died in 1871. Six daughters and one son came to New Zealand with Dr. Burns and Mrs. Burns. Miss Agnes Burns was just over a year old when her family reached Otago. She shared with her family the hardships of the early days and showed the courage, unselfishness and thoughtfulness that characterised the pioneers of the settlement. She had always lived in Dunedin, and was the only unmarried member of the family. When the ship Philip Laing. reached Dunedin on April 15, 1848, the passengers were landed on the beach and were installed temporarily in shelters or barracks built of native grass, rushes, flax and small timber on the foreshore from High Street to Dowling Street. Those shelters were the foundation of the Otago settlement, from which Dunedin grew in 20 years to the proud position of the leading commercial town of 'the colony. Miss Burns saw the varying changes f in the' transformation from a wilderness to a thriving town. Until recent years she was a constant, worshipper at First Cburch.