OBITUARY

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1791, 2 July 1913, Page 8

OBITUARY

1 . MR. JAS. HORNB. Tho death took place on Monday afternoon, at the residence of his married daughter, Oakland Road, Mount Men, Auckland, of Mr. James Home,'who was. for many years in charge of the l'ttone District High School. Deceased was oorn in Stirlingshire, Scotland, ill .1844, ana was educated at the Glasgow High School. On completing his education, lib entered tho service of a largo mercantile firm m Glasgow, but, disliking tho routine of a counting-house, lie sailed in 1862. for Melbourne in the Maid of the Mist, a ■ fa--mous clipper in those days. He left for. New Zealand in ISGS, and. for some years v;as connected with a station in Canterbury, eventually filling the. position of manager. In 1873 lie came to Wellington and was employed for a year as first assistant in the kite Mr. Holmes's private, school at Te Aro. He then secured tho appointment of master of the Tawa l'lat School, a position which ho retained until 11837, when lio was transferred to l'etone, where ho remained as headmaster until Deoeinber, 1909, when ho retired on sixperannuatibii Later, ho went to live in the Auckland district. Deceased 1 was a member of tho Masonic body, and a lover of outdoor sports. His wife died about twenty years ago, leaving him with a daughter (wife of Mr. W. H. Fee, solicitor, Auckland) and two' sons, one of whom (Mr. James A. Home) is in the Civil Service in Wellington, tho other (Mr. John Home)' being explosives expert in Australasia'for Kynock's, Ltd.,/ Birmingham. Deceased was widely known and respected in Wellington. Yesterday the flag of the Petone High School was flown at half-mast, out of respect for his memory. Tho funeral will take place at the Taita Cemetery to-morrow afternoon.