MR. MAURICE P. ROCHE, -BLUE SPUR.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 7, 20 February 1908, Page 24

MR. MAURICE P. ROCHE, -BLUE SPUR.

We regret to -record -the death of- r "Maurice-.i^. Roche, third son of • -Mrs. J. Roch?, Blue -"Spiir, ;^who passed away at the Tuapeka Hospital on Febx,uary, 9, in his twenty-fourth. year.-, -In October (says, the- J'lTijapek a Timets ') the deceased suffered from., a^seyere-ajitack of influenza, and ; before -he -had "quite recovered . Jrdm. its effects, he -was called to -Gore -to attend the.funeral of a sister, with the -result : thas^"pleurisy" supervened. After leaving the- Duniedin Hospitalj -he returned' £o Lawrence to recuperate, and waj? making r so^gob^f'-head-way'that he had arranged to .'go lJ to his , "sifter 's\-place at Island Block for a ■ change. A week "before ,|As death meningitis developed, • and he Was'.br-pught' to,, Jjhe Tuapeka Hospital, where, though' "everything- '-possijjje was done'foir him, he passe"d'-a'yay.-.on. Suiwiay evening, February 9. Mrs. Roche and family have the" s-preWd sympathy of the ' -district in ! t?heir sad" ' ment, the "second whidh -has • occurred .'"^i^Jain A a ,'-f eyr months. The funeral,' "which took.'pj'ace on yebru^ify'll, .was very largely attended. ' \The'\Verv ReV. " "^r. O'Leary "officiated •at 'the graveside.— RU'.l?.

In another column Mr. Lorraine -announces that he Will be at the Dresden 'from 'loV3o. ."till 12.3J0 everyday from 'the '3rd to ( the""7H>h b'f Marchi.;. ; "' " - '"