SUDDEN DEPARTURE.

Auckland Star, Volume II, Issue 455, 26 June 1871, Page 2

SUDDEN DEPARTURE.

Much regret has been felt by many at the unexpectedly sudden emigration of Mr. Lawrence, late shipping clerk to Mefsrfv Owsn and Graham. The deMrffjjiA** genjfeman' left by the Mice oj(#eron yesterday without saying good•jlmyfi^^Jarge number of his former 'Mends Mid acquaintances, who are left lamentin^lHis landlady, Mrs. Cowan, of Parnell, regretted his contemplated departure muchly—in fact, to the extent of a large amount for services rendered in form of board and lodging. But luckily for her, siie had preserved a memento in the form of a large box which the departed gentleman had deposited next door, and into which he had been transferring various articles of his personal attire and adornment for some days as occasion served, in anticipation of his removal to other shares. On Saturday Jie sent a man up for this box, but Mrs. 0. didn't seem to see it, and only surrendered possession on payment of" her just demands. There are sundry others who have not been so lucky as his landlady and hare-preserved no such mementoes* at least of any exchangeable value, and as :the Alice Cameron has been beating about the mouth of the harbour during the day, we understand that" the little Fairy was being chartered by a number ofthose who wished for one long last look at the departed. The wind was loud, and the waves were high, and the Fairy went not. But long, and loud, and vehement, have been the prayers uttered for the future history of our late fellow townsman,