Where is Maurice Buckley buried? Evening Post, 14 January 1944, Page 4PACIFIC COMMAND AIR COMMODORE BUCKLEY Auckland, This Day A Royal New Zealand Air Force officer who is well known in Auckland, Air Commodore M. W. Buckley, M.B.E., is now Air Officer Commanding the R.N.Z.A.F. in the South Pacific. Air Commodore Buckley's last appointment was the command of the Northern Group, R.N.Z.A.F., with headquarters at Auckland. Air Commodore Buckley was born at Seacliff, Otago, in 1895, and educated at the Timaru Boys' High School. He served in the last war, in the Royal Naval Air Service and later with the Royal Air Force. After his return to New Zealand he was for some time engaged in commercial aviation, but in 1926 he was appointed an instructor to the then New Zealand Permanent Air Force. Since then he has held a number of appointments and in the earlier stages of the present war he commanded the No. 75 (New Zealand) Bomber Squadron and later had command of a station from which two squadrons operated, one of them being the New Zealand squadron. Otago Daily Times , Issue 12926, 19 March 1904, Page 8 ROSEWELL SETTLEMENT. THE LAND BALLOT. TIMARU, March 18. The ballot for sections in Rosewall settlement took place to-day in the Theatre Royal, which was filled with would be settlers and very keen interest was manifested in tho proceedings, The successful applicants, with the number of the sections, were:-- Section 5, Robert Tait, Fairlie; 6, James Turtle, Ngapara; 7, Edward Blanke, West Oxford; 8, William Gordon, Adair; 9, T. V. Barker, Le Bons Bay; 10, R. Price, Fairlie; 11. W. J. Hutt, Waimate [anyone tracing this family, email me] 12, T. P. Drake. High Peak Station; 15, F. Heron, Temuka 16, D. Wilson, Timaru 17 W. K. M'Kay, Timaru 22. J. M'Rae, Fairlie 17, F. H. Buckley, Seacliff; ...142 1896 Frederick Henry BUCKLEY was the head gardener at the Seacliff Asylum Kate Eleanor Wilkinson and Frederick Henry BUCKLEY married in 1893 1893 Buckley Frederick Waldorf (WW1) 1895 Buckley Maurice William (WW1) 1897 Buckley Victor Lancaster (WW1) 1902 Buckley John Renata 1906 Buckley Nance Eileen died in Fairlie in 1925 1908 Buckley Max Tucker 1911 Buckley Henry Benjamin Otago Witness 14 September 1904, Page 16 LUNATIC ASYLUMS. THE ANNUAL REPORT. Wellington, September 8. SEACLIFF ASYLUM The Inspector-general, reporting on the Seacliff Asylum on November 27, 1903, writes: "I have seen all the patients, finding only five males and two females confined to bed. All were being carefully looked after. I saw two dinners distributed and eaten. The food was abundant and well cooked, notwithstanding the imminence difficulties caused by inadequate and worn out cooking apparatus. The ranges have been 20 years in use, and are fairly worn out. It has become a matter of great urgency that new ranges, etc., should be I placed in the kitchen. The cook, Miss M'Murdo deserves the thanks of the whole institution for the way in which she has overcome very great difficulties. The old bakehouse is in process enlargement. As a matter of real urgency the buildings, designed by Dr King for relieving the overcrowding (amounting to 73 over the statutory number) are under consideration by the Minister, as well as the provision for a male convalescent cottage and a male attendants' messroom, all of which are imperatively necessary. The portion of the female wing which was thought no longer safe has aggravated the difficulties in that side of the building, and I am glad, after examination of the work under the charge of Mr Marchant, and carried out by Mr Bailey, that the plan adopted promises success, and the space will soon be ready for occupation. The laundry machinery is entirely worn out and beyond repair. It has been found necessary to send some of the washing to town, and I need not say what an unsatisfactory state of things this fact reveals. Owing to Mr Justice Chapman's elevation to the Supreme Court bench I feel bound to call attention to the invaluable services he has for so many years rendered to Seacliff. In and out of season, his advice and extensive knowledge have been available as deputy inspector. He has indeed deserved well at the hands of the Government. The experiment of a fishing boat, whose headquarters are fixed at Puketiraki, is promising to turn great success. Last month 89601b of first-class fish was taken, of which, after reserving an abundant supply for two days' dinner in a week to the great saving in meat, the surplus was distributed among the following: Christchurch Asylum, 16751b: Burnham Asylum, 1201b; Christchurch Hospital, 801b; Caversham Industrial School 150lb; Dunedin Hospital 100lb; Ashburn Hall 1001b (paid for); Orokonui Home, 60lb Benevolent Institution, Dunedin. 2001b; Salvation Army Refuge, 101b; Old Mens Home, Ashburton. 1001b; Samaritan Home, Christchurch, 1001b.'s. DR TRUBT KING'S REPORT. "It will be noted that the number of admissions during the year-- viz. 135-- shows an increase of nine over the previous year, but there is no special significance in this. It is unfortunate that a widespread opinion prevails among the public that insanity is increasing in the colony in spite of repeated assurances that such is not the case. This mistake arises from a confusion as to the meaning and significance of a mere accumulation of chronic patients, due to longevity, as compared with the graver question of cases arising de novo during the year. It was to be hoped that Professor Seager's remarks in his paper; published in the Transactions of the New Zealand, Institute for 1901, and copied into some of the newspapers of the colony would have finally cleared up the misconception, but this has not been the case. Professor Seager said after showing that our statistics proved an undoubted falling off __iniability to insanity in the colony, but the concern about the increase of insanity which inspires so many articles is founded on the figures as roughly put in statistical works, and I have shown that these figures, properly interpreted, afford no justification whatever for the inference usually deducted from them, but rather indicate a strong tendency in the direction of growing sanity, if the reasons usually assigned to explain the commonly supposed increase in the tendency to insanity have really any force. If many are classed as insane that would not have been so classed some years ago, and if many are now placed in institutions for the care of the insane that some time since would not have been so provided for, then there must indeed have been in recent years a very real and very marked diminution of the liability of the New Zealander to insanity, in spite of modern competition and the disadvantages of city life. In fact, explanations are now wanted to account, for statistics indicating a falling off and not a growth in the tendency of the race to insanity.' Structural changes on the female side, rendered necessary by the slipping of the ground, have greatly .handicapped us. To minimise the evil effects of the temporarily increased overcrowding some 30 women 'had to sleep in the recreation hall for a considerable period. Added to this there was a prolonged epidemic of scarlet fever during the winter among both patients and staff. So many of the nurses were attacked that it necessitated the employment of two additional nurses for a whole year to overtake the work and provide for the usual holidays. Lately we have installed a nurse in the male division of the asylum to take care of the sick patients. The change is greatly appreciated, and is working well. Dr King reports favourably on the establishment of the fishing station. The farm and garden also come in for commendation. The value of the eggs and poultry alone delivered for the year amounted to £650. There are several notable changes to record in connection with the male staff. Mr: John Pullar, our last remaining pioneer of the days, when the site for the asylum had to be cut out of the standing bush, retired on account, of failing eyesight, with in allowance. It is impossible to speak of Mr Pullar's 21 years of capable, energetic, and faithful work without admiration, and such a life is the best answer to the common assumption that prolonged Government service, necessarily stops energy and enthusiasm. The same reflection applies to Mr T. H. Buckley, who is retiring from the management of the farm in order to take up a valuable holding on the Levels Estate. Apart from the energetic carrying out of his assigned work, Mr Buckley has throughout 15 busy years taken the most prominent part in all the social amenities of the Institution. Mr Andrew Sutherland, who has been in the service for 11 years replaces Mr Buckley in the farm management.