OBITUARY.

Taranaki Daily News, 13 September 1919, Page 4

OBITUARY.

REV. HENRY TUCKEY. , The death ocourred in Wellington on Thursday of the Rev. Henry Edward Tuckey, who for many years waa closely associated with the Anglican Church in that district, and also with educational matters, '-with which he never quite lost touch, The late Mr. Tuckey, who was 90 vears of age, wag born in Compton Beauchamp, near Shrivenham, Berkshire, England, and was educated at St: Johns College, Cambridge,' and took his B.A. degree in 1852. In the same year be rowed in the Cambridge eight-oar '■crew against Oxford In 1859 he married Miss' Fanny Isabel Bryant, daughter of Mr. James Bryant, of Bath, and coming to New Zealand, 1 took to pastoral and farming pursuits in the Nelson district,' with the late Mr. P. Blnndell. In 1887 he" went to Wellington and conducted a school with Mr. VV. S. Hamilton. That school was the nucleus of what is ho* the Wellington College, of which he waa for years classical master. Afterwards he was engaged in teaching in various positions in Wellington, Feathdrston, and Rangiora, later for about two years, taking..up Archdeacon Stock's-duties at St. Peter's Church, Wellington. Then he became supernumerary master for the Wellington Education Board, and held that position until it was abolished in 1803. Since then he had been engaged in educational work and assisting in various parishes untii advancing years necessitated his retirement from active service. His wife died some years ago, and he leaves the following family:—Mr. ?. H. Tuckey, Treasury Department; Mr. A. Tuckey, Ohingaiti; Mr. E. V. Ttiokev, England; Major H. P. Tuckey, Sydnev-on-Vaal,' South Africa; another son, Staff-Serg.-Major R. S. Tuckey, was killed .in France last, year. There are «wo daughters, Mrs. Chatfleld and Mrs. ,H. S. Hadfield, of Lindale, Paraparawv, MR. JOHN DRISCOLI.

The death occurred in Wellington on Wednesday of Mr. John Driscoll, a resident of New- Zealand for the past fifty years. Educated at Greenwich College, lie was originally intended for the British Navy. After a visit to Australia lie decided to give the Victorian goldfields a trial. . He was present at the riots of Eureka Stockade, and related many interesting events that occurred during.that troublesome time. Arriving in New Zealand in 1&!9 he joined the Provincial Government, and was in chjarge of numerous public works in Westland. From the Public Works branch at Hokitika he was transferred to New Plymouth. Among his ex-, periences as a surveyor in Tar'anaki was his detention for three days by Maoris at Te Roti during the Native rising forty years ago. Later he was appointed engineer to the New Plymouth breakwater construction, railway construction, nnd other public works. His family were the first passengers to leave the breakwater. On his transfer to Wellington he joined the Treasury start, where he was engaged in compiling an outward and inward telegraphic code between the Dominion and Britain. Up to the time of his retirement, in 1901, lie was in charge of the local settlers' loans branch of the Treasury. The deceased was seized with a paralytic stroke on Monday week. He leaves a family consisting of three sons—Messrs. Denis, James, and' Joseph Driscoll, and four daughters. His wife predeceased him by six years.