OBITUARY

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18529, 16 October 1934, Page 7

OBITUARY

EARL BUXTON (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received Oct. 16, 11 a.m.) LONDON, Oct. 15. The death occurred to-day of Earl Buxton; aged 80 years.

The son of a member of the House of Commons, the late Lord Buxton was educated at Clifton and Cambridge. He entered Parliament in 1883, at the age of 30 years, and with the exception of one brief period sat continuously until 1914, when ho was elevated to the peerage. He was Under-Secretary for the Colonies before he was 40 years of age, and subsequently held such important posts as president of the Board of Irade and Postmaster-General, and was the author of much important legislation, lie published a number of books, mainly on political questions. He was twice married and leaves two daughters, but there is no heir to the earldom. REV. J. KIRKPATRICK (Per Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this-day. The death occurred yesterday of the Rev. John Kilpatrick, aged 72 years He was licensed by the Free Church Presbytery of Glasgow in 1893 and arrived in Dunedin towards the end of the same year, and shortly after took charge of the parish of Warepa and Kaibiku, and later accepted a call to Green Island, remaining there until his retirement- in 1927. The deceased was clerk of the Dunedin Presbytery for more than 10 years, ami in 1925 was elected moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly.

The death has occurred in Palmerston North of Mrs. Mary Haskell, at the age of 95 years.

A Dunedin exchange records the death at Inchclutha (South Otago) of Mr. Peter Anderson, one of the best-known men in the cattle business in the Dominion.

Mr. Alexander Robertson, who has died at Invercargill, aged 73, was the son of a noted pioneer couple, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Robertson, one of the first sheep drovers in Otago and late owner of Balmoral Hotel, Robertson’s Crossing Mrs. Davey, widow of the late Mr Samuel- Davey, of Kairanga, lias died, aged 95. Settling first at Palmerston North in 1872, Mr. and Mrs. Davey later moved to a farm at Kairanga, where Mi. Davev was a mail carrier for 31. years. Ho died 12 years ago. Advice has been, received in Auckland of the death of Thomas Riddle, the eldest son of the Rev. T. E. Riddle, o! the New Zealand Presbyterian Mission in the Punjab, India. Mr. Riddle and his family lived at Devonport in 1931 while they were on furlough. The boy, who was 16 years of age, was to have returned to New Zealand at the end of this year to continue high school and university study. The cause of death was diphtheria. An old Government servant, Mr. Patrick Murray, died at Lytteltou on Friday at the age of 89 years. _ Mr. Murray was born in Glenmore, Comity Wicklow, Ireland, and served in the Dublin Police Force. He married in Ireland and arrived in New Zealand with his wife in the ship Hudson in 1875 on what was to be a holiday visit. Landing at Napier, the couple soon resolved to remain in New Zealand, and Mr. Murray found employment in Napier and later in Gisborne and Auckland. About 1887 he entered the service of the Prisons Department as a warder at the Auckland gaol. Later he served on the staffs of the Hokitika, Nelson, and Lyttelton gaols, and was principal warder at Lyttelton when lie retired in 1913. Tt. is understood that he was the oldest member of any Hibernian Lodge in New Zealand.