OBITUARY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2565, 13 May 1903, Page 44

OBITUARY.

Xli-e many friends of Mr John Don, of Morningtoii, will revive to hoar of his death, j which took plar-o at an oarly hour on Sunday j morning- after a long and. la f terly, a severe .' il!no«<-. The deceased gentleman came to : Australia in the early fifties, and to New . Zealand with his family in 1860. He wae f mi his seventy-fourth year, and leaves a ' family of five eons and five daughters, I amo:itr f'.o foniiT bcinoj Dr Dcv of Wai- | taki High Sever.!) and tli«; Tlov. A. Don (of . i-'H r'.tv). He was well and favourably known tli:o<!<-hov.t Ota go and the West ! Ooa-i as a miriicjr export. | ilr .Sam I!vfor(J. an old miner. rli-.->d in , i he (.''yd- Hoijii al on Wpdr.p.-.day, 29th ait., aecd 35. 110 ii > a ' '. been an old-age pereioner for >o.TV(! tiiii". and li\> j d in a- hirf on tiie west bank, a Sew mi Ins aljove O'.yde, for nxa.ny I y:irr, iiii t i l (•■wnipf-lJed by illness to take .' ■ refugo in 'rlio hc-pital some rnonthß ago. , Another. old Baltlntha identity in fchn per- : son cf Mrs D. Wilkinson, of Balclutha Xorth, who hw bcon in the colony since , 1861. pa* ; <?d away ou Saturday night; aged : 76 ycar3, 1 •

Mrs Mellor, one of the oldest resident* of Matakanui, died on Friday. April 24, and was buried on the following Sunday in the Drybread Cemetery. She was 60 years of age, and was well known and respected throughout the whole of the" district. j The death is reported of an old Oamaru I identity in the person of Mr W. J. Maddern, on the West Coast. Sir Maddern was manager of the Newton River Hydraulic Sluicing Company, and was at one time well known in cricketing circles. Jerry O'Rouarke, the well-known axeman, who a few years ago put up a brilliant performance in a chopping match in Invercar- ! gill, died recently in Tasmania. j The Mount Benger Mail says that news , has reached this colony from Portugal of j the sudden and unexpected death of Mr i A. T. Brazil, after a seven days' illness. j Mr Brazil lived for a number of years in j Xcw Zealand, and was well known to all I at one time as the proprietor of the Mca Fist Hotel. He was also one of the pioneers of the dredging industry, in which ha did i very well, and he was largely interested in ! dredging here until the time of his death. i He was greatly liked, and much missed i when, some years ago, he went home to j Portugal, where he -was engaged in growing 1 tropical fruit. He leaves a widow and five j young children, the eldest being only 11 I ye,ars of age. Mr O. G. TV. He.U, an old Southland ! identity, died at Invercargill on "Wednesday. Mr Hast was one of the Wakaia pioneera of the 'sixties, when the Switzers diggings j were in full swing. While there ho carried : on a successful 'business. He sat for several : terms as a member of the Southland Counly I Council, and was twice its chairman. Of 3atc years he he.r, been a resident of Invereargil!. He was a Belgian by birth, and was 59 years of age. I Our Roxburgh correspondent telegraphs: — Quits a wave of sorrow passed over the town when the sad news became known of tho sudden death from hoemorrhage of the brain of Mrs Andrew, wife of Mr Thomas Andrew, one of our leading business men, and an ex-mayor. The deceased lady, who was 5-1 years of age, was one of the best-knovrn and most-highly respected women of the district, and was especially noted for her kindly nature, which led her to perform ail manner of benevolent and charitable, acts wherever there was sickness or sorrow. She will be deeply missed by all classes of the community, and much sympathy is felt for the bereaved husband. Mr 3 Alexander Mowat, one of the earliest settlers in tho Awatere district, died on the Bth inst. ; aged 73 yenrs. She arrived at Nelson in the shin Mary Ann. in 1842.