DEATH OF MR. TAYLOR PATHETIC FINAL MESSAGES.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24, 28 July 1911, Page 3

DEATH OF MR. TAYLOR PATHETIC FINAL MESSAGES.

WIDESPREAD SYMPATHY, fat tELfiflfiAMl— i>BESS ASSOMATIOM.J CHRISTCHURCH, 27th July. The deep tolling of the Cathedral bell late this afternoon proclaimed to a saddened city that fcb* end had come, and that the Mayor, Mr. T. E. Taylor, M.P., ■had passed away. His immediate illness dated from only a wenk ago, but So serious was the disorder that death cam« with almost tragic stiddenn«sa. At first tto seriouw consequence* were anticipated;, bufc na the days went by thu bulletin* issued became leas aiid less of a reassuring naiure, until finally it was announced that, no hope of /ecovery could be hetdf out Dcppite his bodily disorder, Mr. Taylor'e mind retained an extraordinary alertness, and even up_ to yesterday morning he was dictating to a close 'friend final messages to his constituent* and others. On VVedneeday Mr. Taylor passed a quiefc night, bub as the day advanced he weakened gradually until at midday today he lapsed into unconsciousness, Now and again he brightened up, and he spoke fco his wife at about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, that being his last conscious act. From thenc« forward he eeetned to slumber, and shortly after S o'clock he passed away. NATOSE Of THE ILLNESS. A short history of Mr. Taylor's illne«A was supplied officially to-ttight by the surgeon's in attendance. Mr, Taylor, it was stated, suffered .from chronic indigestion many years. He attended n public meeting on Wednesday evening' of last' week, and during the night wae seized with abdominal pains, ,A consultation v/ua held on Sunday^ and it wae then decided that an operation was mcesmuy. t It was found that thore was ■iohg-staiiding . ulceration of the stomach mid adjoining bowel, with a recent pertforafaoh. of the ulcer in the stomach, fl-rtd local peritonitis. - It waa htfpe'd at 'first that the operation would prove sue«esefttl, but on, Wednesday serious- sym« toms arose, and an examination showed, that nofchirfg further coufd be done, The dottof* aiid nurses in attendance were very much impressed with Mr, Taylor's fortitude, his calmness, and his -thpughtfufnefis for his family and others. ■ Hie funeral will take place on Sunday 'afternoon and will be a civic funeral. The body, which ha« now been taken id Mrs. Taylor's private house on the Cashmere Hills, will be brought to tha City Council Chamber on Sunday morning, and the funeral cortege will start from the Council Chamber.