OBITUARY.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6807, 21 March 1890, Page 3

OBITUARY.

• John Molyneux. At an early hour this morning Ljttelton ' was robbed of one of her best townsmen, ! in the person of Mr John Molyneur. '. About the middle of last week Mr Moly- , neux wa3 'at Pigeon Bay, where he is : just as well and favourably known as at '. Lyttelton, when he met' with an accident, : being, one of . the., occupants of a trap ' which capsized over the side' of the road. ' Mr ; Molyneux got badly knocked about, | and his hip joint was afterwards found to be dislocated. He was brought to Lyt- ' telton and attended by Dr FitzHenry, and ' to all appearances y&B progressing favourably. -Yesterday he expressed surprise at ; feeling himself so well, but early this' \ morning he died suddenly, the strain on his. system beine too much, for him,' and .the, "heart, .stopped beating Without . , a , moment's ..-warning — in- : deed, only . a .■" very few minutes before, hia death he was in conversation with a- friend, who was. Bitting up with him.. .He, was in his sixtieth year, and came to New Zealand from' Melbourne, where, he landed in 1857, and. worked first ' at Pendrith and afterwards on' the- Vic" torian Railways, between Castlemaine and Sandhurst. He arrived in New Zealand in 1864, and, shortly afterwards purchased a vesßel named the Randolph, with' Captain Gray and . W. . Smith, both, deceased, and , traded - for many . years 'to '. the Bays, on. .Banks. Pensjnula. .He then bought, the. ketch Linnet, in which" he ■traded ; to P.igeon, Bay for many years, bringing loads of firewood up and taking stores for the settlers as aback freight. ' In 1880 he retired from business, and, with Mra Molyneux, took a trip to the Old Country, being away fourteen months. Since his return he has not been engaged in active business, his means being such tha,t made It unnecessary to do so. He has lived in Lyttelton for many years, and has always taken an active, interest in connected with the" welfare of the; Port. -He was a member of Court Queen . of. the Isles, A.O.F. One of the most praiseworthy points in his character was his readiness to assist ,the sick and needy. There was' never a. subscription list in aid of any deserving object opened *in Lytteij;on: but what bore 'the name of the' deceased gentleman who passed away bo- suddenly ,this , morning. . He ; was, indeed] a large-hearted, generous 'man, . and, many a deserving family, will, now . know .that through hiß generosity .the wojf has been kept from their'door. ' Many wili.firid out that' " the friend." who took snoh pajns to find out cases where help was needed, and gave it with such a ready hand, was none .other but " old John. Mjolyneux," • as he' was popularly called by'^all who came i in ; - contact with him. A real, honest, • straightforward man of business, with .many friends t and no enemies, wjsre cer-^ itainly 'no 'empty wbrda when apj>JiedM;b' John Molyneur, and sorrow was expressed ' onjßYery Bide when/the newß.§f his |ad end < ; spread through the'town this morning. ,He i leaves, a wife, but no children, to*m'ou'rn j hisloßS. 1 .- |