Obituary.

Otago Witness, Issue 1505, 18 September 1880, Page 22

Obituary.

REV. J. DEWE.

The Rev. J. Dewe who died at Gladstone on Monday was one of the very early arrivals in Otago, and settled at Tokomairiro, where, previous to joining the ministry, he for some years held tbe position of Resident Magistrate. He was very highly respected, not only in that dia trict, but at the Teviot and DiiDstan, at both of which places he was curate for a time, and also in this city, where his friends and acquaintances were numerous. The Brnce Herald gives the following sketch of Mr Dewe's colonial career : — The subject of our remarks arrived in this Colony from England ia the ship Benicia, some time in the year 1848. He was entitled to and received from the Otago Association, grants of 50 acres and 10 acres respectively, of country lands, and a quarteracre town section. This last he selected at Pelichet Bay, and the 50 acres he selected near Milton, which he named The Grove, where Mr George Jones resides now. Mr Dewe had been trained for the Ministry, but was not then ordained. After Mr Musgrave, the first R.M., left Tokomairiro, Mr Dewe was appointed Resident Magistrate in 1862, and performed the, duties until he finally resigned, when Mr J. P» Maitland was appointed. Mr Dewe used to hold service in tbe church near the cemetery. About the time he resigned his position as Resident Magistrate, he got into some slight difficulties with a farm he had out near the present Church of England Parsonage, and finally he gave up farming. He was duly ordained, and proceeded to the Dunstan about the year 1872} since then be moved tolnvercargill. Mr Dewe was esteemed by everyone who Knew him. He was essentially a good man in every sense of the term, and will be remenbered by many in this district with feelings of loving regret.