Obituary

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 788, 8 October 1929, Page 11

Obituary

CAPTAIN G. A. SIMPSON The death has occurred at Nelson of Captain George A. Simpson, a wellknown figure in New Zealand shipping circles. Captain Simpson was particularly well known at Nelson, Westport and Wanganui. MR. JAMES BANKS The death occurred on Sunday of Mr. James Banks, of Puni, Pukekohe. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Banks, of Mount Wellington, and was born in Auckland 36 years ago. Mr. Banks has been farming at Puni for the past ten years, and was a popular settler. He is survived by liis wife and two young children. MRS. M. J. SPURR Mrs. Mary Ja.no Spurr, who died on Saturday at the age of 75, arrived in New Zealand by the ship Miltiades in 3 874 and settled at the Bay of Islands with her first husband, Mr. Joseph Flood, later moving to Helensville. About 36 years ago she married Mr. John Henry Spurr in Hobart, and on returning to New Zealand settled in Rangitaiki, Bay of Plenty, where she lived until about nine years ago, when she came to Auckland. Mr. Spurr predeceased lier. Mrs. Spurr is survived by three sons, Mr. Mark Flood, Mr. Dan Flood and Mr. Henry Spurr, all of Auckland. MR. \V. A. G. HUME Mr. Walter Armstrong Goodfellow Hume, who died at his home in Claudelands on Monday, at the age of 58, was tho youngest son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. Hume, who were members of a pioneer band of settlers who came to New Zealand and settled at Paterangi. For many years Mr. Hume engaged in farming in the Bay of Plenty district. He was a vice-president of the Katikati Agricultural and Pastoral Show and a member of the Waikato Agricultural and Pastoral Association. For the past 10 years he had been living in retirement at Hamilton. Mr. I-lume is survived by his wife and three sons. MR. J. W. DUFF Associated with the early days of Auckland, Hamilton and Morrinsville, Mr. John William Duff died at his home at Winifred's Avenue, Claudelands, on Sunday at the age of 80. Born in Auckland, the late Mr. Duff was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Duff, who arrived at Auckland from England in 1841, and were among the founders of the city. They acquired a large section of land between Queen and Grey Streets on the site of the present Town Hall. As a youth, Mr. Duff joined a surveying expedition led by Captain Morrin, when the foundations of Morrinsville were laid and the town surveyed. Starting business as a carrier in the “fifties,” Mr. Duff later became a warehouseman and commercial traveller. He was living in Victoria at the time of the Melbourne Exhibition, and resided in Napier for 19 years up to 1917, when lie came to. Hamilton and lived in retirement with his wife and children. In 1885 the late Mr. Duff married Miss Annie Nodder, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Nodder, who arrived in Auckland from the Old Country on the ship Assay in 1575. About 40 years ago Mr. Duff was a leading member of the volunteers in the Queen City and was one time champion rifle shot of New Zealand. Of a quiet but genial disposition, he was a typical example of the early pioneers. He is survived by his wife and three children—Mr. Arthur Duff. Miss Eva Duff and Mrs. W. IT. Payne, all of Hamilton. There is one grandchild.