Obituary

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 303, 14 March 1928, Page 13

Obituary

MRS. C. W. EYRE Press Association. TAURANGA, Tuesday. Tlie death has occurred of Mrs. Eyre, the wife of Mr. Charles William Eyre, a veteran of the Crimean and Indian Mutiny wars. Mrs. Eyre was born in Doncaster, England, and accompanied her husband to New Zealand in 1883. Shortly afterwards they settled in this district, and had since lived here. She is survived by her husband, who is 90 years old. MR. GEORGE DUNNET Mr. George Dunnet. who was for many years prominent in commercial circles in Auckland, has died in Melbourne, according to cabled advice received yesterdaj\ Born at sea during a voyage of the barque Vesta from Glasgow to Australia, in 1849, Mr. Dunnet was educated in Melbourne and arrived in Auckland in 1866. He later became a partner in the firm of Henderson and Macfarlane, Island traders, and in 1875 made a trip to the South Seas. He was appointed at Samoa as agent for a London company, and during his stay in Samoa he was chairman of the council appointed by the three Powers under the Berlin Treaty of 1889. Four years later he rejoined the firm of Henderson and Macfarlane. Mr. Dunnet was a life member of the Auckland Racing Club and was a follower of the Pakuranga Hunt. He. was captain of the Auckland Rugby team which toured New Zealand in 1875 and in 1900 he was vice-president of the Auckland Amateur Athletic Association. Mr. Dunnet went to live in Melbourne about 18 years ago. MR. DANIEL McNAIR One of the most successful sheep- j farmers in the Poverty Bay district., where he was well known for over 30 years, Mr. Daniel McNair, died yesterday morning at his home. Church Street, Ho wick, at the age of 90. Born in the Kyles of Bute. Scotland, Mr. McNair came to New Zealand as a young man and shortly after his arrival joined in the gold rush in the Dunstan district. He spent about 11 years in the gold district, and after the- : discovery of gold at Gippsland he went to Australia. He did not meet with success and decided to return to Scotland. After a few months in business in Glasgow he left for Auckland and landed here in 1874. He went to Poverty Bay and bought bush land, which he cleared, and stocked with sheep, ultimately becoming a very successful sheep farmer. After selling out he lived for five years at Takapuna and four years at Tauranga before he removed to Howick, where he had lived for the past 16 years. Mr. McNair was actively interested in local affairs, and at one time was a member of the Howick Road Board. He was also for many years a deacon and manager of the Presbyterian Church, and eight years ago he placed £1,090 on trust for the church, the interest to be devoted to aid the provision of a minister for the Howick parish. He made a further contribution of £SOO for the purchase of a manse, and his interest in church work in all the districts in which he lived was of great value.

Mrs. McNair predeceased her husband seven years. There were no children, the only relative in New Zealand being a niece, who at Howick.