OBITUARY.

Otago Witness, Volume 23, Issue 2684, 23 August 1905, Page 33

OBITUARY.

A Sydney cablegram announces the death of Mr Pete Hughes, tho well-known theatrical agent, who has frequently visited New Zealand as Mr J. C. Williamson's representative. Mr Samuel Moore, one of Merton's ok 1 settleis, passed away at his daughter's residence. Uaclaggowi street, on the 17th inst. Deceased, who was 74 years of age. leaves a •widow and a grown-up family of five sons and two daughters. A Chri&tchurch telegram leports the death of Mr Charles French Pemberton, civil engineer, who arrived in Wellington by the ship Gleaner iv 1857. He joined the Government seivice, and was appointed district surveyor in the Ashley district. He surveyed a number of towns in North Canterbury.

ivlessrs Ealgety and Co. (Limited) report having received a cable advising the death of Mr James Aitken, for many years a partner m the original firm of Dalgety and Co. He has been managing ■director in Melbourne since the business was turned into a joint stock company, 20 years ago.

A Gisborne message states that Mrs E. P. Harris, who arrived in the colony in 1848 and in Gisborne in 1857, died on Friday.

Mr James Shand, whose death notice appears in this issue, was the only son of Mr and Mrs William Shand. o>f Keith Hall, East Taieri. Although deceased a few months ago suffered from a somewhat ©evere illness, he had to all appearance fully recovered, and was apparently in his usual health. He again, however, took a very sudden reverse on Thursday evening last, from which 1 c never recovered, dying afler & short illnes 1 ? lasting only 45 hours. Mr Bhand's death lias cast quite a gloom over the whole district, as he was a young man w!t> was held in high .esteem by all who came in contact ■ftith him, possessing, as he did. a kindly, quiet, loving 1 , and co\irteous disposition. He had been for some time- a willing worker as a member of the committee of the Taieri Agricultural and Pastoral Society, and for seven Of eight yoars was a member of tbe Otajfo Husscrs, in which corps he held the position of sergeant. Mr took more than a pas-ing interest in military matters, and tho writer (who Las known him all bis iife) is convinced that It was only Ips strong love and sense of duty to his parents that prevented him hova. going to South

Africa during her troublous times. Tha people of -the who'-e district extend flieir heartfelt, sympathy to Mr, Mrs, and Miss Shand in "ihSir f-udde.i and sad bereavement, of which very 1 indly notice was taken in tbe Mosgiel Presbyfceriar Church on Sabbath last by the Rev. A. W. Kiumont.

The Milton Mirror reports the death of Mr Wm. Tv.-eethe, sen., one of the pioneer settlers in the Tokomairiro district, who passed away en Sunday, 13th., at the age of 88. An attack of bronchitis two months ago gave him some trouble, and he was never able to shake off its. effects, and he gradually weakened. The immediate, cause of death. was dropsy. Mr Tweeche was born in Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1817. He followed the occupation of a ploughman, but worked for about 10 years in the iron stone pits, before leaving in 1859 in the ship Alpine for New Zealand. For two yeaa-s after arrival in this colony he worked with Mr Hugh Calder, at Caversham, and then wenb 1o ToJsc-niairiro, where he took up "Longridge ' Farm at South Tokomairiro. Ho has lesided there ever since. Mr TVeedie, whose wife died 44 years ago, is survived by four sons, one daughter (Mrs Andrew Lindsay, Mapla Hill, North-East Valley), 23 grand children, and 30 great-grand children. Mr Thos. Cabot, a very old ; resident of Timsru, died on Sunday, 13th, at the advanced age of 91 years. He hid' not suffered from any illness, and was driving in town not many days before, apparently in excellent health for a ma a of his age, and at last "fell asleep" as calmly as his well-spent life deserved. Th& deceased was born in Jersey in 1814, and had reasonable pride in being a descendant of John. Cabot, a historical navigator, who was knighted by Henry VIII. As a. boy and youth he was welll educated, and became a professor of languages at rhe great French university the Sorbonne. He aftenrvvards spent three year 3 in Hanover, studying the German language. Ho then, sold his property m Jersey and emigrated to New South Wales, where he held for some time a- post on the staff of the King's School, Parramatta. He. afterwards c»ine> to New Zealand, and settled temporarily as a private school teacher in Tiniaru in 1859. He then went to North Canterbury, and followed farming pursuits there for some years. Returning to Timaru in 1865. he purchased a farm in Otipua Valley, and made there the home in which he and his family have since resided. During the land boom in the seventies he sold part of his farm at the current extravagant prices, obtaining £125 an acre for it. Mr Cabot married in 1865 a daughter of the late Colonel John. Kunkel, of Prussia, a soldier who saw much, active service in the historical campaigns of Napoleon — Jena. Austerlitz, and Leipsic being among the conflicts in which he took part. Mrs Cabot, three sons, and four daughters survive the deceased gentleman. Mr Cabot retained all his faculties to the last, sava for a partial loss of hearing, and at the last was saved the pain of lingering illness. Mosft of his family were with him when the end came, one of his sons, who served with the First and. Sixth New Zealand Contingents, having returned from South Africa a little over v week before his father's decease.

A Napier telegram states that Mr George Faulknor, one of Napier's early settlers, who had been in business there as a eoachbuilde Ifor nearly 40 years, died on Wednesday. Deceased was for many years a member of the Borough Council and of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards, of which bodies he was for some years treasurer. He was also one of the founders and a trustee of the Napier Working Men's Club. In private as well as in, public life he was generally respected, and had many friends in all parts of the colony. The Borough Council adjourned its meeting out of respect to the memory of the deceased.