Notes and Comments.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 223, 1 July 1902, Page 2

Notes and Comments.

William Garden Oowie, M.A., D.D., Primate of New Zealand, who died at Auckland on * Thursday, was born in England in 1831. His Lordship waf a scholar of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, in 1852, and he took his B.A. degree in 1855 and his M.A. degree in 1865. In 1869 the degree of I).D. yyas conferred upgn anq during ipa visit to the Old Country to attend the Pod; Anglican Conference, held at Lambeth during 1897 (Jubilee year), the Senate of Oxford University paid him tb* honour of making hirq a D.D, Ue was ordained deaooz) in 1854 and prleal in 1855. by Bishop Turtqn, in E}ly Qathedral, He aoted as chaplain to Lord Clyde’s army at the capture ol Lucknow, to Sir Robert Walpole'* column in the pursuit of Nana, and in 1863 to Sir Neville Chamberlain’* column against the Afghans. He ws* also chaplain in 1863 to the camp of the Viceroy of India, domestic and examining chaplain to Bishop Cotton, of Calcutta, in 1864, chaplain of Cash* mere in 1865, and rector of Stafford during 1867-9. Dr Cowie held the Lucknow and Afghan medals with clasps. Iq 1869 the nomination of • SuooeaisQß ? tb thbiafe £jclwlQ'|fj the Bishopric of Auckland was en« trusted to Bishop Selwyn-bimself, and he offered the vacant see to the Re?* - W. Garden Oowie, then rector of Stafford, who was duly consecrated hi : Westminster Abbey by the Archbishop of Canterbury, He YfH a a (Fellow ffl ; the University of New Zealand, and held numerous other pufclid ap'pomf; : meats. The Pfimate w'as thie 'ausof of “ Notes on the Temples of oa*& ; mere,” " A visit to Norfolk island, i and other literary brochures, He J be regorded as the founder of two most important Auckland institution*. | viz., the Sailors’ Home and the Insth | tute for the Blind, both undenomioa- | tionnl establishments doing great and | noble work. Dr Cowie was the fourth | Priimtn of New Zealand, and w*i I deservedly esteemed by other religion* | denominations throughout the colon/* I

Tho London Board of trade has awarded Captain Freeman a of the steamer Rod-lam, a rurXANT piece of plate m recognition siir.oß. of his gallantry in extricating the vcisel du iag the 2u;.;finique eruption?. During the afternoon of May Bth the Bi -unor Roddum. which had lo.t 8,. Lucia late on the night of May 7th for Martinique, came slowly into the Castries Harbour, unrecognisable, grey with ashes, her rigging dismantled and sails and awnings hanging about, torn and charred. The captain reported that having just cast anchor off St. Pierre at eight o’clock in the morning, in fine weather succeeding an awful thunderstorm during the night he was talking to the ship’s agent, Joseph Plissono, who was in a boat alongside, when he saw a tremendous cloud o r smoke and flowing cinde s rushing with terrific rapidity over the town, completel> enveloping the former in « sheet of flame. The’ agent had just time to climb on board when his-boat diaappei-rcd. Several of the crow of the Roddara were quickly scorched to death. By great effort, having steam up the cable was slipped, and the Bl eanier backed away from the shore, and nine hours later managed to reach Castries- Ten of the Roddam’s men were lying dead among the cinders, which covered the ship’s deck to a depth of six inches. Two more of the. cre w have since died. Survivors of the Roddam’s crew were loud in their praises of the conduct of their captain in steering the vessel out of danger while his hands were badly burned by the rain cf fire which kept falling on the ship for miles after she got under way. Just as the Quebec Steamship Company’s Roraima was sinking m the port of St. Pierre Captain Muggab, of the latter, waved bis hand in farewell to the Roddam.