MR. JOHN NASH, ETTRICK.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 13, 2 April 1908, Page 19

MR. JOHN NASH, ETTRICK.

On Sunday, March 22," .(writes an 'occasional correspondent) there passed away "at -his. residence, Moa *lat Hotel, Ettrick, Mr. John Nash, after an illness of some -duration. The deceased,- who was in his 42nd year, was the eldest son of Mr. Michael Nash Lawrence, and * was a native of Weatherstones. "He for some time carried on business as a blacksmith in Lawrence, but relinquished this about twelve year's ago and went an for hotel^keep'ing, which he carried on at Tejnuka," Mataura, and Central Otago. " The deceased was of a genial and kandJy disposition, and took a keen interest dn all matters pertaining .to the welfare^of the district he lived in. He w a s a practical Catholic, and died fortified by the rites of the Church. He was attended in his last hours by the Very Rev. Mgr. O'Leary, of Lawrence. , The; remains were interred in the , Lawrence Cemetery on March 24, the funeral cortege being a very representative one. The Very Rev. Mgr. O'Leary officiated afr the graveside. —R.l. P.