INJURIES PROVE FATAL

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXXII, Issue 12537, 26 April 1935, Page 4

INJURIES PROVE FATAL

death Sf MBS. b. ;»• BARTON

sequel to car accident

GBEAT LOSS TO DISTRICT,

Widespread regret will be edbvthe news that the mjunes tained by Mrs. R- E. Barton, of Ru.kituri, in a service car acculen < Tiniroto on April 12, have P _ fatal. Soon after the accident it was considered that her injuries were no serious, but later her condition caused much' alarm and her death occur*cd bn AVednesday. On April 12 she was travelling from her homo into Gisborne by service car when the vehicle went over a steep bank. Airs. Barton was hi ought into Gisborne by the St. John Ambulance after .a- long and arduous trip. By the passing of Airs. Barton, Poverty Bay, and especially the Ruakituri district, suffers a vc-y great loss and her place will be hard to fill. Born in 1883, she was the eldest daughter of Air. J AY. Nolan, “Otipi,” Sponge Bay. Her earlier education was received in Gisborne and then she went to Airs Bowen’s School, Christchurch. Apart from her absences at school, Mrs. Barton spent all her earlier years at Gisborne. In 1907 sho was -married and her husband acquired a property at Ruakituri, the young couple from thence onward making their home in this district. , . The late Airs. Barton was a lady or sterling character and her quiet gentle nature quickly won her a very wide circle of friends. She had a very wide range of interests and any movement for the benefit of the district had her instant and whole-hearted support. She was a leading member of the Tiniroto Women’s Institute and took a very keen interest in the Institute movement generally. A very charming hostess, her home at Ruakituri was the centre of much social activity. She will be sadly missed by her host of friends in the R-uakituri district, Gisborne and other parts of the Bay.

Airs. Barton is survived by her husband and three sons, Richard Wynne, Patrick Arnold and John Wrey, to whom, together with the relatives in Gisborne and elsewhere, especial sympathy in their sad loss will be extended by a wide circle of sorrowing friends. The interment took place at Taruheru cemetery yesterday afternoon.