THE LATEMR. JOHN DONOVAN

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 210, 8 February 1872, Page 5

THE LATEMR. JOHN DONOVAN

The above-tamed gentleman departed this life on te evening of Wednesday, January 31st. He had for some time past suffered fbm bronchitis, from which, however, althogh it occasionally confined him to bed ion, day or two, no immediately serious isults were apprehended. On Thursday ad Friday, the 25th and 26th ult,,, althagh not quite recovered from the effects >f an attack of the abovenamed complain Mr. Donovan attended the Tuapeka Raes, and on the evening of the latter dayihe complaint returned. The severity of tie disease being intensified by the excitment and exposure he was subjected to m the race course, he grew seriously VI. McJic.il skill, although it alleviated hs sufferings, and retarded in some dogrp> the swift progress of the disease, proi^d unable to avert its iatal termination aud he died shortly after ten o'clock oil the evening mentioned. Mr. Donovm was one of the oldest residents in th? Tuapeka district. For aboqt six years le followed hi 3 trade as a carpenter ant builder, and during that time erected nany of the principal buildings in Liwrejce. Some four years ago he quitted the building trade and erected the Shanrock Hotel, of which he continual kndlord till the time of his dea.th. Mr. Donovan's amiable qualities endeared him o a large circle of friends, by whom his Iss will be greatly deplored. Impulsive o a fault, but withal generous and warn-hearted, he never bore malice toward a fellow-creature, and his charitable disposition manifested itself wheneverihe tidings of distress reached him. The:emains of the deceased gentleman wereconveyed to the Lawrence Cemetery on tiday afternoon. The funeral started from his late residence, and was one of the argost that has taken place in Lawrene.' From all parts of the Tuapeka distric; and from Waipori, Teviot, and Wai'tahina, numbers assembled to pay the last sad.okens of respect mankind, can show U> adeparted brother. The Oddfellows, of \hich body Mr. Donovan was a member, assembled to the number of seventy, and headed the mournful procession. Aftr them came the hearse, which was follwed by a mourning coach containing the relatives of deceased. Then came 26C gentlemen oji foot, the rear being brught up by 70 horsemen — about 400 in .11 being present. Mr. Donovan died at he early age of 37, and left a wife and yoJig child to lament his los 3.