OBITUARY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume L, Issue 11976, 26 May 1902, Page 2

OBITUARY.

United Press Association.— By Eleo trie Telegrapn. — Copyright. Received May 26, 12.29 a.m. Washington, May 25. — Obituary : Lord Paunceforte, British Ambassador at Washington, as tat 74. [Lord Pauncefote has had a distinguished diplomatic career. He was appointed Attorney-General of Hong Kong in 1865, was Acting Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1869 to 1872, and knighted for his services to the celony. In 1873 he was appointed Chief Justice of the Leeward Islands. In 1874 he was Assistant Under-Secretary for the Colonies and subsequently Assistant Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs ; and in 1882 he was Permanent Foreign Undersecretary. In 1889 he was appointed Envoy Extraordinary to the United States, and 1893 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to that country. In 1894 he was created a Privy Councillor. He represented Great Britain as First Delegate to tke Suez Canal Conference at the Hague in 1899, m here he was made a member of thePeimanent Court of Arbitration for the Settlement of International Disputes.] DEATH OF MR. J. J. RUSSELL. A wide circle of friends will regret to hear of the death of Mr J. J. Russell, which occurred at his la'e residence, Westown, about 11 o'clock on Sunday morning. For some considerable time the deceased had been suffering from an internal complaint, which gradually sapped his vital forces. Last winter he had a very severe attack of illneßS, and it was only after a hard battle, the best of medical skill, and the unremitting attention of Mrs Russell, that he managed to pull through. Since then he had been' about a good deal, being down town only j a few days before his death ; but it was apparent to all who knew him that his days were numbered. Therefore the news of his death on Sunday did not ccme as a surprise to his friends. A few daj s ago he had to take to his bed, from which it was destined he would never arise alive. He gradually sank, and passed quietly and painlessly away en Sunday morning, being, it is understood, unconscious for some time before death. Deceased leaves a widow (nee M'Gnianess) and eight children, the eldest of whom is about 21 years old: The boys' names are Edgar, Albert, Leonard, Arthur, and Charles, rid the girls Vita, Ethel, and Evelyn. The subject of this notice, who was 49 years old, was born in the Auckland district, and returned with his parents from New South Wales (where hia father had been a trooper in the police force) in the "605." They came to Taranaki via Nelson. The father was killed while engaged with the colonial forces in the second Maori rebellion ia the ambuscade at Te-lTgutu-o-te-Manu, near Manaia. The family remained in Taranaki. Mr J. J. Russell in his early youth carried the mails on horseback between here and Opunake, the only land ceromunication with the South. Subsequently he was engaged in the carrying.busiaass, but his prediiiction for blood horses finally led him to adopt horseowning, training and dealing as his only eccupatioa. As a trainer and owner he was most successful, and, moreover, he was alwiys looked on as a " straight " racing tran. Among the numerous horses that came out of his stable may be mentioned Waiuku (N.Z. Cup winner), Uhlan (Auckland Cup), and such jumpers as Billy-go-by'em, Orangeman, (iuyFawkes, Wideawake, Silvio, Takapu, Voltiguer 11., Belle, Bluebell, Lady Onslow, Flukem, and others. In his younger days he did a lot of riding, bis most notable victory being on Silvio in the Great Northern Steeplechase. The last time he sported silk was en WaiuVu ia the Winter Welter at Wellington a few years ago.