MISS MACQUAID.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1197, 8 February 1895, Page 14

MISS MACQUAID.

1 A beautiful album, now exhibited in Auckland, is to be presented on behalf of the subscribers to Mr and Mrs Macquaid, Dunedin, whose daughter, the heroic stewardess of the Wairarapa, so nobly sacrificed her own life on the night of the wreck. The album is covered in red morocco leather, and massively ornamented with silver, which, appropriately enough, has been obtained from the Great Barrier silver lodes. The chief feature of the ornaments is a massive lifebuoy, with the words, “ Wairarapa, Dunedin,” on it in imitation of the ship’s lifebuoy. Inside this is a shield bearing the inscription, “In loving memory of Annie Macquaid, aetat 29.” Above the buoy is a plate bearing the word “ Honour,” and below it another bearing the words “the brave,” making the complete sentence “ Honour the brave,” while another plate at the bottom is inscribed, “ Auckland New Zealand, 29th October, 1894.” The contents of the album are equally appropriate with the handsome exterior. The first page has engrossed on it the memorial lines written by Major Steward. On the next page is a splendid photo of the heroine, appropriately surrounded with a picture of the vessel, an anchor, and other naval symbols, the whole page being richly illuminated. Then follows the address from the citizens of Auckland to Mr and Mrs Macquaid, together with the list of subscribers (the subscriptions being limited to Is each). Between the rows of names on the pages each page has a separate design of illumination. At the end of the volume is an extract from the New Zealand Herald, November 5, “ A heroine indeed” ; another extract from the New Zealand Times ; another from the Christchurch Star, and another from the Auckland Observer.