Mr. George Robert Turner, who was the second son of the late Mr. Edward Turner, of Stoke Newington, London, was born on the 12th of September, 1828, and died at Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand, on the 30th of March, 1888, leaving a wife, three daughters, and a numerous circle of friends, to mourn his untimely death. He was educated at Walcot House school, Surrey, England, and entered the service of the London and Westminster Bank (Bloomsbury branch), where he remained until he sailed with a party of friends in the brig “Emily,” for Melbourne, in 1852. Turner resided at Castlemaine Victoria, for a number of years, and in 1863, he revisited London. His stay, however, was very brief, as he sailed for Auckland, New Zealand, in the “Chariot of Fame,” which conveyed troops to New Zealand, to suppress the Maori rebellion, then raging in the province of Auckland. Mr. Turner joined the service of the Bank of New Zealand in 1864, as gold buyer and agent at Wakamarina, Marlborough. He opened the Bank's Balclutha branch in 1869, and was afterwards transferred to Gisborne, and thence to Ngaruawahia, Waikato, Auckland, where he resigned his appointment in consequence of ill-health, which ultimately proved fatal. In 1874, Mr. Turner was married to the third daughter of Mr Archibald Anderson, of the Hermitage, Stirling, Otago, and his widow is now residing at Stirling with her daughters.