Untitled

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8582, 2 June 1891, Page 4

. ==r - , ~ :: Our Mauku correspondent/writes:—"ft ■ is "my sad duty to chronicle the death of two of our settlers during the past* week, the first being Mrs. Clark, the wife of Air, Joseph Clark, of Sea Grove, Wtiiau, who passed away on Thursday, May 27. She was a very old colonist, bavins: arrived at ; Kelson with her husband in 1542, and came to the Auckland province in IS46,"fort for several years resided near: Mount Albert. ,; In the year 1853, Mr. Clark purchased e . ' property on the shores of the JManukiko, \Vaiau',..where they have resided ever siocci arid have had the gratification of seeing ihisi \ family grow up and settle round them. Mrs. Clark leaves her husband (about : 1 own age) to mourn her los«, and she will be missed by him and her family. Had sn« lived till December they would have cele- 5 brated their .'golden wedding. Her remain! were followed to their last resting-place in tho general cemetery, near St. Brides • Church, by a large number of friends a::<* - , neighbour*/ ft. very considerable - number ■ following on. horseback. She was one tint ■ . was very generally respected. The serviced the grave was taken by the Rev. Mr'. Finlay. \ ■ - Mrs. Clark leaves about 40 grandchildren to . replenish,the earth. Her age was 77, *w> • her end was peace and resignation. On j the 28th May a well-known add respected resident in this district for 17 years (Mr. ) James Keith) was removed from us. i/ 3 had only been laid up for about a month, and passed away very happy ; and it! tuny - well bo said of him hid end was peace. Mr. Keith came to New Zealand in IS I '''-."- c has been at. Mauku for 17 yeare. Before coming to :New. Zealapd, ho was connect«with the Primitive Methodist?, but here p . has been doing much work for the We? , < leyans, and ho will be missed on the circuit in the Sunday work, for lie has been takin.,' regular sor vices nt the various places for * considerable time. His lumsiins were rvo moved to the Pukekohe cemetery on >»«»; , , day, May -31st, and the.funeral was ms largest- ever seen in the district. I county 173 on 'horseback and 10 vehicles on tn««T|:: and there were following on foot and a 6" "gi-avoside nearly 100 persons beside, - 1 • Kev. Mr. Can- officiated, and in a few ™'' chosen remarks spoke on fcho life and a»i of his brother. Mr. Keith leaves a \ncw«j and a grown, up family of nine, wIJI grandchildren. 1 He was T2 years of a , -; 1; | and died as ho lived-trusting in the >-«-> Jesus." Last night Run Wild " was again KJ , duced before a numerous audience i" 5 Opera House, by Miss Jennie ee . sl ~i, . piny. The appreciation of the pjW^Jj very marked, and nt tho end of thesecof 1 " ' act the principals I were called beicue •• curtain. " Rim Wild' is to be for the- lasb time tonight,"; ana : Wednesday .and Thursday will te '-, s placed by "The Ticket-of-Leave ■»»,':,. , Miss , Jennie Lee appearing its Sam __ f loughby. It is announced by t!ien:.w- |, me»t v thatjn compliance w'fch *.S on r. a L expressed wish, the well-known g»• " Jo," in the title role of which Wi*> ;... has become celebrated, wil! be.f--. v --" Friday nighb next. ' V . ... ■■■'■■