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DEATH OF CAPTAIN DUNCAN.

We quote the following in reference to the late
Captain Duncan, who died on April 9, from the
Wallaroo ■ Times:—" Captain Duncan, whose
name has been a household word in Wallaroo,

has departed this life, deeply regretted by all
who knew him. He was a native of Anstrather,
Fife, Scotland; a sailor by profession, and came
to Australia as mate of a ship. On his arrival,
he engaged withOsptain.Hughes (his brother

in-law), who was a aheepfarmer at the Ham- -
mocks. After a time he returned to Scotland
for his family, bat his intention of returning to
the colony was not then carried ont, and he
made one or two voyages to India, in commaftd
of a vessel in that trade. Eventually, however,
be came to Australia with his family in 1854,
and Captain Hughes having beoome lessee of
the land about Wallaroo, Ur. Duncan, soon after
his arrival, took charge of and began to
develop what was afterwards known as
the Wallaroo Snn. Settling at Wallaroo

at that time was rough work,; water
was only to befound in the sandhills, and that
of a . very.inferior quality. The blacks were
troublesome and the dogs very 'plentiful,
destructive flreB frequent; and be underwent
great hardships and trials through the loss of
his wife before a medical man could reach the
station. He continued at Wallaroo as a partner
in and in charge of the station until mineral and
agricultural settlement took the best of the
country. He was there when Boor discovered
■copper ore and sent the news to Captain Hughes.
Ibis discovery was afterwards known as the
Wallaroo Mines. For several years he served as
a J.P., but being of a retiring disposition he
generally held aloof from public life, but his
eldest son was the member for the district, and
was twice elected member for Wallaroo. He
was a stanch Presbyterian, and a supporter and
elder of the Wallaroo Church; and it was at bis
bouse- that the - ministers who supplied the
pulpit were entertained before a resident
imstor was appointed, and he was at the
time ' of his death a member of the
Flinders-street Presbyterian Church. Tears
ago he was thrown out of his wagonette, which
missed over his chest, and this accident, he be
lieved, led'to his ill-health, which commenced
about five years since, and increased daring the
last two years. A few years ago he returned
from a trip to his native country and resided
' near Glefi Osmond. No man was better known
in Wallaroo nor more highly respected than
Captain Duncan. He has been greatly missed
since his departure from the town by all classes,
but especially "by the poor, whose wants he was
ever ready to "relieve, and assuredly no man ever
complied more fully with the Scripture in
junction of not letting the'left hand know what
the right hand did. He took a deep interest in
everything which concerned the welfare of the
district, in his own quiet way. He had great
faith in the future prosperity of the place; had 1
seen it rise' and watched its progress with the
deepest , interest. Although he was firmly
attached to the Presbyterian Ohnreb, and gave
liberally to its support, he was ready to lend a
helping hand to any . of the other Ohnrches in
the placev and it will be along time before he is
forgotten in Port Wallaroo. I
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