OBITUARY.

Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 298, 7 June 1898, Page 2

OBITUARY.

MR 11. L. lIOOPER. It is with feelings of the keenest sorrow that we announce the death of Mr H. L. Hooper, which took place at his residence, Hamilton East, on Saturday afternoon, after a short illness extending over some ten days. Mr Hooper joined the staff of the Waikato Times in 1879 and became foreman in 1889, and when circumstances compelled the change of name to The Waikato Argus, he continued to hold the position, and held it at the time of his death. In the person of Mr Hooper, the proprietor of this journal has lost the services of one of the most capable, conscientious and industrious men who ever entered the portais of a printing office. Mr Hooper served his time in the South Canterbury Times office, and short'y after he was out of his apprenticeship came to Auckland, and was for some time on the staff of the New Zealand Herald, which office he left to take a position on the Waikato Times. The appreciation of Mr Hooper's sterling character was not confined to those who were associated with him in his business capacity : he was held in high esteem by all who came in contact with him, and his death has caused the most keen and wide-spread regret. His wife and family have our most sincere sympathy in their loss of a kind husbaud and father. The funeral will leave his late residence this day at 11 o'clock for Hamilton East Cemetery. MR C. N. LE QUESNE. The news of the death of Mr C. N. Le Quesne, second son of Mr P. Le Quesne, of Hamilton, at the early age of 32, on Saturday afternoon, cast quite a gloom over the town. Mr Le Quesne had been ill but a. short time, and as it was only a few days previously that fatal results were expected, his death came aa a surprise to many. " Charlie, " who was well-known, was a general favourite, and he had a large circle of friends, as the gathering at the graveside yesterday afternoon testified, there being representatives from most of the families in the borough and surrounding districts, and also some friends who had come from Auckland. The service at the grave was conducted by the Rev. R. O'C. Bigas, Vicar of St. Peter's, Hamilton, and there were many handsame wreaths sent as tributes of respect to the deceased. To the sorrowing parents and relatives we offer our heart lelt sympathy. MR TVM. PEACOCK. The remains of Mr Win, Peacock were interred in the Hamilton East Cemetery on Sunday afternoon. The cortege, which was a large one, included a number of deceased's old comrades of the 4th Waikatos, a party of whom carried the coffin to the grave, where the funeral service was read by the Rev. Mr Cannell, of Cambridge, in the absence of the Rev. Dr. Hosking. BROTHER ASLEEP IN MEMORIAM C. N. LE aUESNE. To the city all silent and steeped in gloom With the sable hearse and the nodding plume, Let us go with a halting tread And say to the quiet dead "Make room For a loved oue's sleeping head." Dark skies above hold a gray snow cloud That stoops to the bare heads sadly bowed Low o'er the fresh-turned sod, Where a true heart lies iu a snowy shroud, And somewhere up there, is God. "It is vain that he lived " did I hear you say ? The Good and the Right will answer "nay." Or why do his brothers mourn ? And why arc our hearts so sad to-day And why do our eyelids burn ? Eull well we know that his heart was true, Yet the men pass quick in a strange review, And the brave arc the first to die. For somewhere else there is work to do ; Could we do it as well, you or I. Did you know of the love that is all untold, Brother, asleep in the quiet mould, You might speak from your last long rest, And stretch a hand to your friends of old And say, " What has passed is best."

A gray snow cloud in a leaden sky, And men ask themselves why their friend should lie So low neath the cold earth clod ; Yet who among men are afraid to die When somewhere up there... .is God. —D.M.II. A number of fresh entries have been received for Mr Hunter's Hamilton sale. Mr T. W. Maunder, undertaker, Hamilton, has.a business card on our third page. MrW. F. Buckland, solicitor, Cambridge, has a dwelling house of ten rooms and about seven acre 3 of land to let. A proclamation under the Public Works Act, rj taking land for a road in the Raglan County appears on our fourth page. Mr John lern, Ohioewai, intends to apply to the Huutly Koad Board for permission to erect swing cates on the old Matahura Road. Near Boise city, in one of the States of America, there is a subterranean lake of hot water of 170 deg. temperature 400 ft, below the surface. Manning's Eucalyptus Cough Mixture is the best preparation obtainable for the cure of Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis, Influenza, etc. Is 6d and 2s Gd per bottle. Mr W. Hammond intimates that he will commence business on his own account as a baker, etc., on Monday uext, 18th inst., and solicits a share of public patronage. It is notified in this issue that the ratepayers' list for the Ngaroto Drainage District is open for inspection at the residence of Mr W. J. Hunter, OhaupoTe Awamutu road, and that the Stipendiary Magistrate will sit at the Courthouse, Te Awamutu, on Wednesday, 22nd June, to hear objections and finally revise same.