OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 9, 4 March 1909, Page 348

OBITUARY

MR. OWEN McGTJIGAN, HOKITIKA/

It is with sincere regret that we record the death of Mr. Owen McGnigan, which took place at his residence, Kanieri, on the afternoon of January 15, at the age of 64 years 1 . Mr. McGuigan was an old and respected resident of the West Coast, having resided there for nearly forty years. He was bom in County Cavan, arrived in Victoria in 1864, and came to New Zealand in 1871. He was proprietor of the Hokitika-Kanieri tramway for a number of" years. A. widow and family of three sons and two daughters are left to mourn their loss. The sons are Messrs T. J. McGtfigan, J.P., and" member of the Westland County Council; John McGuigan, of the Grey Valley, and Owen McGuigan, of the Defence Department, Dunedin. The late Mr. McGuigan was a devoted and practical Catholic, and was attended in his illness by the Rev. Father Ainsworth. The funeral took place on Sunday, January 17, at Hokitika, and was attended by a very large number of friends. Rev. Father O'Reilly, of St. Patrick's College,Wellington, officiated at the Church of Stl Mary and st the graveside. — R.I.P.

The New York correspondent of the London Daily Express reports that Mark Twain has incorporated himself at Albany, the capital of the State of New York, under the name of the Mark Twain Company, with a capital of £1000. The company will take over all the rights to the name Mark Twain, in order to ensure future benefits for Mark Twain's family.