THE FATHER Of AUCKLAND.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2649, 3 November 1909, Page 4

THE FATHER Of AUCKLAND.

NINETY-TWO YEARS OLD TO-DAY

I Pm I’ansu Association.! AUCKLAND, Nov. 2. To-morrow Sir John Logan Campbell, the patriarch of Auckland, enters upon™ r/f ho rf ] vear Notwithstanding his * great age, he is still hale and active, with full mental capacity . Ihe only serious effect that age has had upon him being W slightly m.pe.r his . eyesight, and somewhat afityt Jl / hf arm & . Re still daily attends his office m the C %ir John Logan Campbell was horn in Edinburgh on -November >. 181 r - He is the grandson of fa:r James rmnipbell He married -n l-y-o, Lmma, daughter of Sir John C. /{/on, r<r r<B I Be was euucated at Ldinhuigli University; M.D., F.R.C.S. A nrinc nol of the firm or Brown and Campbell, Auckland, 18-10; member of the (Provincial Council; Buuerini i ' plected to J~f.ouse or Rc j - Aueldand .VM; Gofer, J , me/ jgSO (without Portfolio) ;«]g raised .Now Zealand Volunteer Rifle corps; served in Maori war -1862; established and maintained Auckland Tree * . chairman oi i.cluc**tiOn Board: 1900,’ Mayor of Auckland lor reception of Duke and Duclk-ss of York; presented Cornw all I of -J)0 acres to the people of New Zealand; knighted 1902.]