OBITUARY

Oamaru Mail, Volume XXVI, Issue 8228, 16 September 1901, Page 2

OBITUARY

MR M. J. SCOHIE MACKKNZ],: ?ltf •(»! *rj| t *rir l Dunedin, .Soptniiln |.- -Mr .M. J. .Scobie Mackenzie i1j,.,! ',i morning, after heing unconscious r,„.'!!; hours. He was born in 1845 Hi"lit to Australia when 16 years and was engaged in pastoral.'puniils j ''f, I '' bade Ibltxjk'K of Victoria and N,-u- s., ,'," tValss. He c.ime to this colony iiMirn and entered Parliament in 1884 ' '

Mr Scobie Mackenzie wa« burn j„ at Tain, Ross-shirc, and his earlv\ ' wero pawed 011 blie estate of (hviel, ■ 'SuHierlandsihire, which had lon,- ' ! tlie possession of the family, and , Va , ' until 1 the present year, whew j|. ikhJ,) ,* purchase ijito t'he hands of 'Mr Carnegie, the famous millionaire. ' father was a planter in Donwram. Guiana-, and 'died when- the subjtvt. 0 r .! notice was five years old. .Havine i educated at the celebrated John Wats,,, i .vtitutiou in Edinburgh, young Mackenzie t'lie age of 16 years emigrated to Aust,-,! with his mother. He spent 10 years in'' ■back country of Victoria and Now s m ,' Wales where he was engaged in pumuts. In 1870 he was Educed't New Zealand and Australian Lam! K,' pany to undertake the management ~f Decpdale Station in, the Macrais diM,.;' He arrived ia New Zealand in May of || year and at once entered upon ' |,i s . 1 duties, performing them with c<mvi,ini' success until, live years later, ,l u > r'si,' the management on purchasing (.in for, with :Mr J. D. Rich, of 3t„s!, v j J . and the late Mr Charles kStewvirl, nnn-, of the Bank of New iSoutli Wales) k" /burn station, which lie .still held u death A few years, later Mr MaelJ. bought out both his partners. Tie lived witii his family from. 1875 t„ i B o at ' "'hich latter date >he entered PnrlhimMid: removed to ihis beautiful h mn / (.»rants Braes, Anderson'* Kay, Dim,.,; where Ins family still reside, 'in 1(576 married the only daughter of tin- h u , 1 ( raneis Dillon Bell. Having served' apprenticeship in the Maniototo Council, of which he was at one t Chairm:in, -Mi' Mackenzie entered ihc tor I'a.rliame.ntary honors at the elcctl-on in 1881, challenging (.lie siti, member, Mr 6?cil de Lautour, for tlie u" Ida, seat, but Mount Ida dtvlii„V? IPB4 g Mv A»\ th , e T C, ' eJinK liftM, Mi de Lautour being out of ||„ c -Mr Mackenzie won the seat, in a conl,M« -Mr Jonn bwing. He wax re-clod rJ-.f generai elections in 1««7 and 1890, bin j„ij an alteration of the boundaries of elect,,., brought about_the memorable duel ( 1 S:r John M'Kenzie and Mr Keohi,.' y kenzie, which resulte<l in the Jailer's ,|,i! Three years later Mr Scobie Mackenzie" returned at the !head of the poll L' City of Dnnedin, but at the siiocee.li,,,,,, ral election lie was rejected, the e„im. ; ; organisation of the Liberal-Labor proving two 'effectivo for even » m ..' | his brilliant talents.

MR A. J. BURNS, C*T TKUOBAPH.) Dune din, September j.'~ r Burns, a. well-known c ; died suddenly this morning. H ( , M ' of (he Rev. Dr Burns, the Aaron Otago setlement, and a descendant.,, ocotfci'&h poet. He wns the promote iMosgiel Factory, which was taken over by a company, of which k been a. director "ever since. Mr Arthur John Bums, J. P. or the Rev. Thomas Burns, D.I), jr.' room nib Monk ton. in .Ayrdvire 'in"] He was a igtiaudson of Gilbert. ] Ibmbher of the Scottish National Bir : ißui-ui, came out bo New Zealand f Philkp Laing, in 1848. Ho yoklwl T £ lau, . a *>d wtts ipractiicaJlv «i f l 'j' "I "losgicl. Hn 'represented T; Mie .Provincial Council as far bad; t and was for some years a iwn-ofliri 1 «or of t.lio Provincial Govermnoir afterwards assumed Me pontfolimirel«rv of Lands and Works. In '""as elected to represent Toko mair General Assembly. In ,1873 liiv mull and plant to if lie Mosyiel'' Companv. retaining <i largo intti self. Rodvn returned ihhn u> ti an 1874, and he was one of tlho c 'opponents of itihe abolition (it fc Government. He resigned .'to n>w inmn.n.genient o'f itihe Westport, tWi 'L v,ll y, and much of the presem-liT sperity of the Company j s ,] ue isigflit land ability. Some years s:i h tirea ana took up his residence jg Our. In 1890 lie Tuieri seat M<r Curncivw, 11? to,n ardent supporter of ; M lO llutin and other associations of a nnitionjlc! 'tier. Always a man of honor and ift lie commanded *a irespeol, a .ml extended considerably 'beyond ilir l> of iHho Province of 'Otago. Mrs ! iinre-deceased her husband by ilira Mr .Burns leaves five sons and fire <!:' ens. 'The eldest son is Burns, wlho has achieved suoli ilisi: in connection -with the Nqir '/;oa! who went to tfli'e Souifah 4iric;m war, daugn.ter is the widow of Dr M'lnlt .Tmiku'u ;'another the wife of .Mr 'H. Hav-aes j while 'bhj-ee (we still ried. 1 ■ '

■SIR J. P. ABBOTT. [Bt Elmthic TSLMBAI'H. (Pbb UyiTJD PJSKBS AfjAocus;J^^H[ Received September 16, at 0.53 'Sydney, Obituary—Sir J. P. Abbott, [Abbott, Hon. Sir Joseph M.L.A., Speaker of the Legislative J bly,- New South Wales, was born wellbrook, N.S.W., on 1842. From his youth Mr been engaged in pastoral pursuit*; j is also a solicitor by profession. M.L.A. for the district of ® 1 1880 to 1885, and has since Wentworth. Mr Abbot, was Mines in 1883, to October 7ili. 'held the post of Secretary the Dibbs Ministry from November " T December 22nd, 1835. Abbot siajt witlh Mr' Dibbs' in t He, however, found occasion to dependent stand, and separated from the maim body of protwti^Wj and was looked upon as leader Third Party in the Assembly— l also known' as the Independent' "Law and Order" Party. H<> w"S ber of (.he New South Wales for ifrhe Melbourne Centennial of 1888: and in October. 1890 elected Speaker of the Legislative ' bly on the retirement of M l ' \"" p^K e ?' was one of the delegates •>( ■•'Jo Wales to th-o Federal inn (Jon vent dn Sydney .in 1891. During t-lic th strike in 1891 he offered his He was re-elected Speaker later in and was gazetted to a knight'l'" lll ' 25th, 1892.] Vu