OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20637, 8 August 1930, Page 16

OBITUARY.

MR. EVAN BOND. EARLY AUCKLAND SETTLER. The death of Mr. Evan Bond has occurred at his residence, 16, Pnget Street, Ponsonby. Mr. Bond, who was 76 years of age, was the third son of the late Mr. Enoch Bond, of the Wade, who <' arrived at Auckland with his nine young children in the sailing ship Liverpool in 1866. The family settled at the Wade bat Mr. Evan Bond came to Auckland as a boy. He Was one of the earliest supporters of the Beresford Street Congregational Church, his association with the church, in which he took an active interest, oxtending ovor more than 60 years. As a young man Mr. Bond was a farmer, but he later became interested in mining, and for many years was a prominent member of the Auckland Stock Exchango, from which be retired about 20 years ago. For some timo past he had been living in retirement. Mr. Bond is survived by two brothers, Messrs. Enos Bond and Elon Bond, and three sisters, Mrs. E. Bell, Mrs. E. Hopkins and Mrs. M. Woodward, all of Auckland. THE REV. A. Mcl. BRADBURY. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW PLYMOUTH, Thursday. The death has occurred at New Ply- - mouth of the Rev. Augustus Mclnnes Bradbury, aged 65. He was drawing mastor at the New Plymouth High Schools for 14 years and will be remembered by hundreds of pupils with whom he came into contact during his long association with the schools. Mr. Bradbury retired last year and had since suffered from a severe illness. He was a man of very wide reading and wat a talented artist. MR. W. GRAVESON. [BY TTSLEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] MATAMATA, Thursday. One of the early pioneers of the Okauia settloment, Matamata, Mr. William Gravoson, passed away after a short illness. Mr. Graveson, who had farmed at Okauia for 23 years, was born at Arkholme, Scotland, in 1864._ He came to New Zealand by the ship Pleiades in 1884. After some years in Blenheim, Mr. Graveson settled at Cheviot, North Canterbury, where he remained for 15 years. In 1907 he took up a block of 400 acres at Okauia, where he had since resided. For nearly 40 years Mr. Graveson was associated with Freemasonry, and waa a member of the Tirau Lodge at the time of his death. He leaves a widow, two sons and one daughter. MR. ALEXANDER McPHEE. [J3Y TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WHANGAREI, Thursday. The death has occurred of Mr. Alexander McPhee, ono of the oldest settlers of this district. He was 74 years of age. He spent practically the whole of his life in this district. When he was a small child his parents brought him with them from Nova Scotia. His father took up land which he farmed for many years. Mr. McPhee later combined farming and bridge building. He was a contractor for a large number of years, and built most of the bridges in this district, including those required when the railway was built between Whangarei and Opua. About eight years ago Mr. McPhee retired. He was an old and enthusiastic Freemason. He was a P.M. of the Star of the North Lodge, No. 1647 E.C., a foundation member of Lodge Parahaki, and a P.G. of the Whangarei Royal Arch Chapter No. 27. He was one of the founders of the Whangarei Agricultural and Pastoral Association, of which he was some time ago made a life member. HT was an elder of Whangarei Presbyterian Church., Mr. McPhee is survived by his widow and two daughters, Miss Anne McPhee, of Whangarei, and Miss Margaret McPhee, of Whakatane. MR. C. T. RUNDLE. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] NEW PLYMOUTH, Thursday. The death occurred to-day of Mr. Charles Thomas llundle, aged 82, a member of one of the most prominent pioneer families of North Taranaki. His parents cnmc to Taranaki in the ship Amelia Thompson in September, 1841, and Mr. Rundle was born at Barrett's farm, Moturoa, where his fathor, Mr. Richard Bundle, was carrying on a whaling establishment with Mr. Richard Barrett, a famous whaler, who helped the Taranaki Maoris to repulse the Waikato Maoris. Air. Rundle's family moved to Bell Block in the early fifties. Ho was on a farm there until the outbreak of the Maori War in 1860 and tho rest of his life was spent in New Plymouth. In his youth Mr. Rundle was one of tho leading athletes in North Taranaki. His father built and opened the first flour mill in tho district. Mr. Rundle is survived by Messrs. C. F. Rundle, Johannesburg, and T. V. Rundle, Sydney; Mesdarnes Christenson. Kimbolton; T. B. Kay, Auckland; and M. Strom bom, New Plymonth, and Miss E. 11. Rundle, New Plymouth. MRS. MARY S. ADAMS. Tho death has occurred of Mrs. Mary S. Adams, of 26, Bracken Avenue, Epsom, aged 70 years. The late Mrs. Adams was born in Wellington, her father being the late Major H. F. Turner, of tho 65th Regiment, who came to New Zealand during the Maori War and fought in a number of engagements in the Waikato and Taranaki. Ho died in 1902. Jn 1878 Mrs. Adams was married to Mr. 11. E. Adams, solicitor, of Patea, where she lived until the death of her husband in 1914. After her husband's death Mrs. Adams removed to Auckland, where sho resided until tho timo of her death. She took a. keen interest in church work and was also prominent in charitable activities. Mrs. Adams is survived by ono daughter, Mrs. T. C. Hall, of Auckland, two grand-daughters and one great grand-daughter.