OBITUARY.
We learn with regret of the death ox Trooper Tarrant, son of Mr H. A. Tarrant, J. P., and Inspector for the Waimea County Council. Deceased was taken prisoner by the Boers at the recent ambush at Koorspruit, and yesterday the sad new| came that he had succumbed to typhoid fever at Pretoria. His much esteemed parents have the heartfelt sympathy of theiir fellow colonists in their heavy bereavement. The Coromandel correspondent of the New Zealand "Herald" recently wrote of de- , « Sergeant L. M. Tarrant late of the Coromandel Rifle Corps was born in Nelson. His father and mother live in Motuefea, Nelson, and are settlers of long standing. Sergeant Tarrant came to Coromandel. about three years ago, and was most of his time engaged in mining. He held a tribute for 12 months in the Kapanga Mine, but was unsuccessful in this venture. Meantime he had joined the Coromandel Rifle Corps, where he speedily mastered the drill, and eventually rose to the position of sergeant. He was also one of the cracK shots of his corps, and but for a shght impediment in his speech would have been a first-class instructor. As it was he became a favorite drillmaster with recruits joining the company. His late commanding officer, Captain Kenrick, gives him the highest character as a soldier and a man. Socially Mr Tarrant was held in the highest possible esteem. He was an active member and prominent officer in the Good Templar Lodge. On the departure of Mr Tarrant from here, the vicar, the Rev. 0. F. B. Harrison, recognised that he had lost a diligent and faithful co-worker in the Church of England, for Mr Tarrant waa superintendent of the Driving Creek Sunday School of that denomination, and one of the founders of the Coromandel Band of Hope Committee. He was also a regular visitor to the hospital. He recently wrote to a friend here relating their work in the field of battle, and especially asked that the members of the Christian Endeavor Society hare, with which he was connected, should pray for him, and commending them to read in spirit with him Ephesians vi chapter, 10th to 18th verses— • Finally my brethern be strong in the Lord, 1 etc. Mr Tarrant's most intimate friends desoribe him as a man oi irreproachable character, and certainly he was most highly rejected in Coromandel."
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Colonist, Volume XLIII, Issue 9783, 10 May 1900, Page 2 (Supplement)
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OBITUARY.
Colonist, Volume XLIII, Issue 9783, 10 May 1900, Page 2 (Supplement)
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