DEATH OF CAPTAIN ANGUS CAMERON.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 480, 13 April 1909, Page 5

DEATH OF CAPTAIN ANGUS CAMERON.

A Press Association message from Dun odm announces tlie death of Captain Aneii' Cameron, a director of the Union Stean; Ship Company. The deceased, who waabout 80 years of age, was born at Oban Argyleslure, Scotland, and went to sea aftei leaving school. Ho rose rapidly in his-pro-fession, receiving his first command ivher only a young man. Ho was one of the smart est masters in tho Ben lino of sailing vessels and as captain - of' tho Eon Ledi, he made several voyages' to tho colonies. In 18(6, a year after the formation of tho Union Company, Captain Cameron was , associated with Mr. James Mills (now Sir James Mills), Mr. John Darling, and others in tho building of the steamer Wakatipu, and he was in command of her in tho intercolonial trade until she was purchased by the Union Com?u"i y- • ' lcn t!l< ? oonl P«ny acquired the Wakatipu, Captain Cameron came ashore and became marine superintendent of the company, a position which he continued to hold for a number of years. He then went Homo to superintend the building of some ot the company's vessels, and while ho was in the Old Country tho Moeraki, the Ma-nuka,-the Mokoia, and some other fine steamers were constructed according to his dosigns and under his supervision. I" response to an inquiry for some details of tho lire and character of the late Captain Angus Cameron, Mr. T. W. Whitson, the secretary of the Union Steam Ship Company, ™> isi at present in Wellington, has supplied tho following appreciation :— • "Captain Cameron possessed a personality winch impressed and influenced all those who were brought in contact with him, cither in justness or social life, and those who knew him intimately recognised and appreciated tho qualities of his heart and mind, which won for him their highest respect and esteem. Ho was a true Highlander, proud of his clan, and m his own life ho curried on the best traditions ,of his race. In his youth ho did not possess the material advantages which are enjoyed by those born in alHuent circumstances, but he started life endowed with characteristics which make for success in the struggle for exist-once. Sturdy independence, honesty of purpose, capacity for work, belief in himself, and a determination ■ to succeeel were his stock in trade, and equipped with .heso ho made such use of them ns to win an iononrable place in his own lino of work, and ho respect and affection of his fellow-men, iinci-heartotl in disposition, he never spared himself when ho could bo of assistance to his friends, and tho warm grasp of his hand was an action to remember, carrying as it did an assurance of his truo interest in your concerns. . , "Captain Cameron was associated with the Union Company almost from its inception, and bore no small share in building it up to its present great position. He was proud of its progress, loyal to its interests, and gratified in the extreme when he was invited to take a seat on its board, and a slinro in its councils. He has left the impress of his work on its splendid fleet which now serves as a monument to his capacity. "In private life Capt. Cameron was generous, hospitable, and-sympathetic. He loved his native Gnelie, and it influenced his spoech to tho end of his life. Reverencing Burns as tho greatest of all poets, he hod a remarkablo acquaintance with his works, and waa never happier than when repeating his lines to n sympathetic companion," Contain Cnmcron was twico married. One of the sons by tho first marriage is Captain Alex. Cameron, who was for some years in the TJnii-.ii Company's service, brother son is a civil servant in New South Wales, and n tliitd is si surveyor in New Zealand. About years sgo tho deceased married Mrs Cimeron, nf Kaiwarra, Wellington, ami tboir Dr. Porcv Cameron, was ex' nectnd to return from Edinburgh in a month or two. As n nwk of respect thp fiVs nWo f|i<> shipping offices nnd on vessels in Wellington were flown nt hnlf-mnst yesterday.