DEATH.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume XII, Issue 536, 23 December 1867, Page 2

DEATH.

WHITE.—At, Xclson, on Uo; 12tli Dc-ce r.bor, In his tilrt year, George White. 11 q. ’i'i;e deceased fiCai a-iii.v.j, educated at litoa, was a con'emporary of many of the statesmen of the last generation, with whom bo af:orwarda niai.itained an intimacy while acting aa Clerk of Committees in ihe House of Commons, au office which he lield from about the year ISIO to 1 So'J. Mr White emigrated to Wellington among the first body ol settlers, and was sent to Kelson in the capacity of Polina Magistrate on the death of H. A. Thompson, Esq., a victim of the Wairau massacre, in Juan, isu. On the arrival of Captain litzroy in New Zealand, Mr Wbife mu dismissed from ofiloe for_tho assigned reason of having Voltaire’s •• Philosophical Diciiotiary ” on his book mil-1 f. vviuue it had been seen by Sir Evcrard Home, commander of H.M.S. North Star. This dismissal was communicated to Mr White by Captain Fitzrr.y immediaiely on the arrival of the latter in Nelson, with the intimation that he was only to hold otfioo till a suitable successor could be found. On hearing this, Mr White desired the Governor to appoint usuccessor at once, refusing to hold tho appointment any longer. Tins did not suit the views of the no.I iy arrived G vvernor, who told Mr White be should cx’icvt him to perform the duties until ho could find a successor for him. This the other would not listen to, and in words which savoured move of strong will than courtesy, told Governor Fitzroy he would not act another day. On tho meeting of the first Provincial Council in Nelson, in November, IS.-3, Mr \Y hitc was appointed clerk, an office which ho hell up to the time of Ids death, and it is only little more than a mouth since, on the clo»e of tho Pile session, that the members presented to him a gold watch and chain. Mr Whito had then been ailing for several days, but with u. hopefulue-s which was so much a part of his uni nre, lie thought a little ra-t — or, as ho styled it, a “run at grass" for the summer would bring him mund, and when the t'lcvcil met again in the imtumii, Inshould be fresh and ready for ids work, this was not to be; onthe Counc 1 breaking up tho old gentleman took almost immediate y to ids bed, and never afterwards left the house iiis death took place a little after eleven o'cl ck cm Thursday night, and he nossessed the f:ul use of his families to the last moment—his s.iirit 1 assod away as gout I y as that of a '-hi hi. From the kindliness of ins nature, and tinbroad spirit of philanthropy which pervaded, all Ids act ions, Mr Whitts was h universal favorite, and while his cheery voice wilt be io-ig missed in many homo circles, all his friends must rejoice that the poor old a-eniieman was pnaved the suffering inherent to a long and todims iUimss. Mr White bequ-. all his p qiers amt bonks to the F.1..0 - - o-.ai and Phrenological .society, Thc-'o c .;a voluminous correspondence, a.id many enrioas and scarce works.—Nelson Examiner, Dee. it