THE LATE MR M. C. STUDHOLME.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8164, 19 April 1895, Page 4

THE LATE MR M. C . STUDHOLME.

The funeral of the late Mr M. C. Studholmo took place on Wednesday, the remains being interred in the family burial ground in the Waimate {}• mctery. The service was conductod by th' Rev. Mr Sotham and the Key. Mr Gt,uld, and the pallbenrers wore Messrs Clissold, Barker, Bradshaw, Doweling, Douglas, and M'Lean. A very la>go number of pprsons attended i ho fuueral, there being more than seventy vohic'es besides a lengthy trim of pedestrians. We (Titnaru Herald) take the following from the W -iiii »to Times : Quite a gloom was cast over the district on Sunday afternoon when ib became known thdb Mr Michael Cuthhuit Studholme had passed over to the great majority. It had been genorally known that he was ill and confined to bed, but, remembering his unusual robustness, no one imagined for a moment that hid end was so near, and the news of his early death came with great suddenness on the community. From information kindly supplied to us by his family, we learn that) the last illness of deceased was contracted about six weeks ago, when ho caught a severe chill while seeping in a hut in the back country. Severe rheumatic pains set in afterwards, and medical aid was summoned. During the next) fortnight considerable improvement took place, but owing to the slownes3 of Mr Studholme's recovery, Dr Barc'ay, with the consent of the family called iv Dr Drew, of Timaru, in consultation, who agreed with Dr Barclay that tho patienb was suffering from a bad attack of low foyer. Aftor a few days, symptoms resembling 'yphoid developed. Ho passed a very bad night on Saturday, and upon tho arrival of (he doctor on Sunday morn ing it was known that severe pleurisy had complicated the illness, and that a few hours must see the end. Dr Barclay was in constant attendance during the day, but about 4 o'clock Mr Studholme passed quietly away having beon unconscious mosb of the day. * The late Mr Michael Cuthborb Stud holme was born on August Bth, 18G t, at Sutton, near Dublin, and came to New Zealand with his parents when two months old. lie received his education at the Rev. Mr Turrel's school ab Riccarton, Christchurch. J fier leaving school he was at Messrs Miles and Co 's office in Timaru for I .iboub a year to acquire a knowledge of business, since which time he has always been occupied on the estate, [n April, 1892, Mr Studholrao took a trip to the Old Country, returning to the colony in December of tho same year. The lato Mr Studholme was from time to time a member of several local societies, in a number of which he was elected by his fellow-members 0 preside over them as chairman. Ihe Acc'imatiaation Society, Racing C üb, Hospital Board of Trustees, and tho Agricultural and Pastoral Association were among tho societies in which he took a more or less active part. I The relatives of the deceased, we feel sure, have tho sympathy of a very wide circle of friends in their bereave* menb.

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