Sad Double Bereavement.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 286, 23 November 1906, Page 2

Sad Double Bereavement.

DEATH OF MOTHER AND SON. Last week we reported a severe outbreak of influenza at Harihart, and it is with feelings of deepest regret that we have this issue to chronicle tbe death of two highly esteemed residents of that ioca’ity through illness brought on by that complaint. Some two week* ago Mr Robert Bell caught influenza and laid up for a time, but returning to work too soon got a relapse, and pneumonia supervening, despite most careful attention, the patient succumbed to the attack on Tuesday afternoon. The deceased was a member ot the firm of Messrs Bell Bros, and Ross, and was a universal favourite with all who knew him. In the sporting arena the late Mr Bell was prominent, being captain of the Ma-okopa Football Club and one of the best rifle shots in the district. Quiet and reserved he was, but genuine and true, and the sudden cutting off of one so robust and who had led such a clean life, at the early age of 28, came as a sudden blow. Mrs Bell was by this time so dan gerously ill that Ibe sad news was kept from her, and her position becoming worse Dr Sanders, of Raglan, was sent for to consult with Dr Jenkins, but before he could arrive the patient had passed away, on Wednesday afternoon. The deceased lady bad only re moved tu this district a few mjuths ago, coining from tbe Waiarapa, where she was esteemed by a very large circle of friends. The late Mrs Bell was 62 years of age at the time of her demise.

Lt was impossible to bring the remains to tbe Kawhia cemetery, conse quently the burials took place at a private cemetery on tbe homeatead. In the absence ot a clergyman, the eer vices at tbe graveside were conducted by Mr Bell (father and husband).

The nows ot tbe deaths came as a surprise to residents of the whole dis trict, and the relatives have the heartfelt sympathy of tbe whole of the inhabitant?.