Obituary

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 994, 10 June 1930, Page 10

Obituary

MR. GEORGE DE CASTRO One of the oldest residents of Paeroa. Mr. George P. de Castro, died on Sunday. Born in Wellington 62 years ago. Mr. de Castro was the sixth son of the Rev. Charles de Castro. After qualifying as a dentist at Dunedin he practised :n Sydney, in C.reymonth and eventually in Paeroa. During his 35 years’ residence in Paeroa. Mr. de Castro took an active part in community interests. Ho was at one time on the Borough Council, and for two years was president of the Bowling Club. He was also connected with Paeroa cricket and golf and was a keen Freemason. Mr. de Castro is survived by his wife, three daughters. Mrs. R. I. Hunter, Mis,* June de Castro and Miss Ray© de Castro, and one son, Dr. L. R. de Castro, of Te Kuiti. THE REV. THOMAS FARLEY Born in County Cavan. Irela.nd. thRev. Thomas Farley. who died at Thornton on Saturday, cam© to Nev. Zealand in 1875 at the age of 21. Deciding to study for the Anglican ministry he entered St. John’s College. Auckland, was ordained deacon in 188 l and priest in 1882. After having charge at Katikati, Ho wick. New Plvmout'n and Epiphany, Auckland. Mr. Parle'’ spent some time in the South Island, later going to Australia, where ho lived for seven years. When he returned to New Zealand in 1915. he had retired from the ministry. He settled on the land, finally taking up a farm at Thornton on the Rangitaiki Plains, where he was living at the time of his death. MRS. MARTHA A. WRIGHT Mrs. Martha A. Wright, who diet at her home in Whangarei on Monda>. was 64 years of age. She was born at Devonport, and married Mr. A. E. Wright in 1891, living for some time ai Leigh. She took up residence at Whangarei in 1900, and. except for or* break of two years in Auckland, spent the rest of her life there. She is survived by one son and two daughters. MRS. M. BUSBY Mrs. Martha Busby, who has died a the age of 81, spent her whole life in Auckland. She was a daughter of th*late Mr. Charles Brinley and married Mr. A. N. Busby in 1870. She is survived by three sons, Messrs. E. S. ar<l G. H. Busby, of Otahuhu, Staff Ser-geant-Major X. C. Busby, of Paeroa, and two daughters, Mrs. G. Hicks, of Takapuna. and Mrs. J. T. Werry, of Wanganui. MRS. AGNES PATTON A daughter of one of New 2#e;iland’s pioneer journalists, Mrs. Agne* Patton, died on Saturday at her borne in Birdwood Crescent, aged 90 year . She was born at Hobart and when only a few months old came to New Zealand with her parents, Mr. an * Mrs. William Corbett. The famil" took up residence at Three Kings. Mi - Corbett became editor of the first newspaper published in Auckland, th “New Zealand Herald and Aucklax Gazette,” and he was forced to train • through rough bush tracks to tin; waste which was the City of Aucklar in the making. The family later live I in lower Parnell. In the ’sixties Miss Corbett married Major Aubrey Patton, of h- 6 Majesty’s 14th Foot ar left for England. She returned t" Auckland in 1881 with her only child, a son who now lives in Australi . Throughout her life she took a keen interest in St. Mary’s Cathedral. Sh was one of its oldest members and an enthusiastic Church worker. Testeday a service was held in the cathedMR. T. H. PARKINSON The death of Mr. Thomas Henry Parkinson, of Waioeka, Opotiki, has occurred. He was one of the goldmining pioneers. Mr. Parkinson was born in Bristol in 1845 and went to Victoria with his parents when si< 2 r ears old. With his father he worked at gold-mining in the Ballarat district until the Gabriel’s Gully ru?l» brought the family to New Zealand Later, he carried on sluicing for go] . at Red jacks, finally going to Opotiki in 1886. where he had resided ever since. He was in the Nelson district at the time the famous outlaws, Burgess and Sullivan, carried out the ~ shocking crimes, and was always rC the opinion that he was fortunate jn not being killed by the outlaws, as on one occasion he met Burgess and Su - livan just after they committed o’• I cf their murders. Mr. Parkinson ma’ - ried twice. Both wives predecease! him. He is survived by four sons, tv •» daughter?, and a largo c grandchildren and children.