MR. E. F. TOLE, AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 36, 3 September 1903, Page 15

MR. E. F. TOLE, AUCKLAND.

(From our own correspondent.) I regret to announce the death, on August 22 of Mr Rdward Fianas Tole, fourth son of the late Mr. John lole Ihe deceased, who at an early age, exhibited remarkable talent and ability, determined, after some >cais of arduous study, to adopt the profession of his late lather, that of a land surveyor He soon became a prominent member of the Government Survey staff and was placed m charge of some of the principal su'r\eys i.ndeiiaken in those days. He was of Irish birth, an cUiemely well-read man, and made the history of his tountiy, in which he was always deeply niteies'ted one ol his most de\otcd studies. A good Catholic he' was c\ci mindful of the welfare of his Church and its many charitable institutions. A compq^nt Maori scholar he readily achieved the notice of the principal northern chiefs, and retained their respect and affection to the last He was brother of the late Commissioner of Lrown Lands, lWr Daniel Austin Tole, and of the Hon J A. Tole, the present Crown Prosecutor in Auckland —