AUCKLAND'S GREATEST BENEFACTOR PASSES PEACEFULLY AWAY IN HIS 96th YEAR.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVII, Issue 26, 26 June 1912, Page 18

AUCKLAND'S GREATEST BENEFACTOR PASSES PEACEFULLY AWAY IN HIS 96th YEAR.

See Special Account, page 7.

At five o’clock on Saturday morning Sir John Logan Campbell, the Father of Auckland, died peacefully in his sleep. He had celebrated his ninety-fifth birthday on November 3, 1911. Sir John had never been really ill in his life before he had to take to his bed a few days before his death. He hhul a splendid constitution, and, in spite of the strenuous life he led in the old pioneering days, he was an absolute stranger to the hundred and one infirmities which are usually accepted as the inevitable’accompaniment of advancing years. Whenever he appeared in public his venerable face and form have never failed to arouse a keen appreciation of the personal dignity, the strength of character, and the many-sided ability that made him so long one of the leaders of our people and one of the most generous and far-sighted public benefactors that this coun try has yet known.