The Late Peter Laing.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 284, 28 October 1884, Page 2

The Late Peter Laing.

: ' J kr-'-iiaitig, '&s 'aXteaul v u hiehtii)i(ecl, , was a veiy old 'settler^ having 1 ai'KVed v I( in WclKrigim^ bv c iiie l ah'i^'.MarineiVJ Captain Harland; m ;18<i9, A fellow;-,; 'pa^ebpr' ' of ; his ' was ' Mr • JSseph f Burne, hoW'Teiiiding on i^HeWe'liingf \ ton £ errace. The de'ciiased^cdßi^iend-] ed: "mVsiuess' as baker m ''Lambton/ JQw'a^; on tho vlpry spot whifeh ! He had occupied until 1 BViday i: 'ib6mirig, ; :-wi4h- : m a niontli ' sifter 'laiidingi 'so^Kat 1 he ] Wad been a traaeVraari iia o "Wellington tor 'ftiliy , 85 : j years: -Jtbjni't ' 25' or 30 years ago iie-piircihrtsed from -Captain ; Daniels the , propeviy at the Lower v H!n t$ : kh6wn : for a long litnie" past iis '"BloonVfield;" and retained possession of it lintillns demise. ! H?e was exaptlV' 73 ' year? of age, when he di^y the day previous having been his birthday. It is believed IMb -he' id immarrifid. He had noTclatives m the colonies, but possessed several m Great Britain. A brother of his ia

Dv Lfiint;, L.Ij.D., manager of a bank ia Glasgow, and an author of some nnte. A nephew, is a large silk manufacturer near London, who came ont to the colony ■orf'ii visit a short time ago, and there are also several nieces I'esiding m the British metropolis. H> was a native of Fifeshire, Sootland, and m his early days was of «v adventurous spirit, having made : SSXe.ral ..xoyagss w^distantpai*%atobe~v world m different capacities. One of " theseoVoyakesf: was' lo W^ellmgton, he then saw of the tli.sjtricfc . that, )\e v , Aocideti upon settling liere soiiio yeav^ subsrujuently. Oh one occasion, he,., was wrecked , off Sheerness, and sus- ? tamed a fracture o$ the collar-bone. On quitting a seafaring life, he applied himself to learn' ; the business of ba;ker ? and confectipaep m the establishment of a brothei'-in-law m Lcnidqn, who has since v died, and after making liiniself a competent trades- ' men he canie out to \New Zealand and entered into business on his own account. Mr Jiaing>, .was not so successful m cointnercial pursuits as inauy of those witlv whom ne'eajme^put^frbni^ Englana; hts . generosity fr^duenclvleading ' hliii to siicn^ce his ' own in- ; tere'stSj'but He,^neverth^l^s^auc'cee^- |"! Ed ac^uii^hg a coasideVable' ainpiint ' oft property m tlio viistHct/tijqJd Ujtii^' 1 tiWe df his deaih it -is believe^ h£%fts ' woi-ffi some thoviaands' of' 1 pounds'! " JVIr Laiiiy was a, ot nian ! ofthe ' most v genial • teiiiperriieii^ahd although hie never took a j^i'omiuent^are m public ' affairs his familiar face and n g u r*^l be £roatly r im4secl $y a lauge nuniber ' on tTio ciiizeiis for some time ti) coniol Mdssrs. Joseph^ Biirne ahd Jameb 3 WallUce are tuja'lexcoiitdi-s'of the es- ' tate uricler a Will nia^e spnie yeaw ago. Only; a' few^wee^ since Mr' Lftuug in&tru6teU'''hi8 f '" f ß6iicitbm'to' prepare a n^.w^'oulif waandfi" executed at'tfye tinie cif "hi^ deatiu M' "V