LAKE WANARA.

Otago Witness, Issue 2310, 9 June 1898, Page 25

LAKE WANARA.

Aibeb-TCWN. June .6. — Severe frosts have now

Bet lßj seemii\gly for the winter.

The-day3 are-

bright and sunny, but the frost floes not com- ' jletely go out of the ground throughout the day. Tloughing operations are completely suspended. ■ The sky had.a peculiar pink Trae In the south on ' Saturday evening, which Is am indication of proloftgii frost.

TJnfortunaie--: lnformation has been received J that Mr Caleb jPipsoo, tho.oldeslMakarora settler, '' tas Deal completely burnt out, saving only ajpair i of Details are not yet to hand, but -j ' .much sympathy 'is -expressed for him and the j , "famiiv, especially asit is the middle of winter. '' (Convalescent.— Tt is satisfactory to learn that , , Miss TVtary M'Eee is -progressing satisfactorily J under L>r Ward's care -at ' Pembroke. i

Obituary.— Much regret has been expressed ,! throughout the district at the de^th of two resi- . dents. One of these, Mr £>. H. Turtoa, solicitor, of Cromwell, who died recently at Dunediu, . regularly visited Pembroke. A year hack Mr TuTton became afllicted with some obscure ail- I scent, difficult to diagnose, and eventually his i "brain became affected. The l».te Mr Turton was a most conscientious mat), and oftsn advised his clients to compromise rather than go to court. He was of a sensitive naturej - and was often much disturbed in his mind over , cases In court which required much " battling." ; Be leaves a widow and r fainily, the eldest being a ' j^rlaVoot 15 or 16 years of age.— "Mr Arch. M'Leod, - who lately died at his residence, Sand-y Point, near Tan-as, was an invalid for upwards of two ' ~yenrß. He attained the mature -age of 68, and his ' end was a peaceful and merciful release. He was in the hotel and fanning line, but latterly devoted ' his attention to farming only, and was one of the earliest settlers in the 'Upper Clutha Valley. — The old_ Wanaka settlers who knew the late Mr 3A. Williamson, of Cromwell, "when She "was Miss ' Jeannette Marsh, felt much regret at her death. ' .Deceased, if not born in Cromwell, was at least i one of the first residents "there.— "During a j-ecent i Satu) day, Miss Gough, the postmistress at Pembroke, received a telegram that "her father At , Ashburton was very 111. Mr D. Graham, of Arrow- ) iowa, was telegraphed for to come and take charge of 'the office, and Miss Gough and her sister left J for Queenstown next day by soecial conveyance ' to go home, but f oujid that their father had died four hours before their arrival. Although no one ;

here knew Mr "Gougb, they all felt sorry for the j Masses Goughs' sake, especially after taking .such , ,a long journey, and being in an anxious and , worried state of mind during the journey.