THE LATE MR JOSEPH ROY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 7500, 1 July 1903, Page 2

THE LATE MR JOSEPH ROY.

The funeral of the late Mr Joseph Roy, who died at the Masterton Hospital, took place yesterday afternoon. The deceased was a recent arrival from Home, and succumbed to a heart ailment, to which ho was prone. It was not known that he had any relatfvos in? tho Colony, and it seemed aa if he would , bo buried as a stranger. Just after his •' death it was discovered, by some papers among his effects, that' he belonged to tho Order of Freemasons, who at ono.o decided that his remains should bo interred with Masonio rites. The result was that the deceased had a spectable funeral, though dying far from kith and kin. The service at the graveside was read by tho Rev. Eobert Wood, Presbyterian Minister, and among the cortege wore the Worshipful Master of the Mastorton Masonic Lodge, together with a number of the brethren. Had the deceased let it be known, during his illness, that he, belonged to tho Freemasons, he would havo received every possible 'attention during his last hours on earth, but tho fact was made known too late for this to be done, However, it will be a source 01 melancholy satisfaction and consolation to his friends at Homo to know thas Mr l}oy had a Masonio funeral, instead of being interred as |'an unknown person who had died in the hospital," without access to friends or relatives, in tho country in which ho hqd resided for sg §hort a period,