SUDDEN DEATH AT MASTERTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 48367, 27 September 1894, Page 3

SUDDEN DEATH AT MASTERTON.

Mr Jacob Baumber, j jj We very much regret to havot . fyiphroniclethe sudden death of a we'l- " 7/ known and much respected Master- e ton settler, intheperson of Mr Jacob j 1 ~ Baumber, who was seized with ;in , JL . apopletio stroke is Dixon Street at 6 !' o clook last evening, from which .ho '' never rallied, expiring at his re? >• " donco shortly after ten o'olook, Jlv " Baumber was a nativo of Hull ! England, and before leaving for tluß colony had resided nt * Grimsby, About twenty years njfo v ( he decided to try his fortunes in Nov c ! Zealand, and on reaching the Coloipy 8 s \ at once obtained employment on n Mossrs Beetham Bros properly, " Tho Camp" Featherston, Aftfjr- \ wards he took up land on the TaratnJhi k and more recently at To Ore Ore, but although a thoroughly practical farmer, he ivas not very suocessinl " in bis dealings with tho land, and 6 -<v, giving up fanning, he joined the I w staff of tho Wairarapa Farmers' Go- • , J operative Association (then Messrs ' M, Caselberg and Co,) and for the I last eleven years has continued in ' that position, having Avon tho high- ( est esteem of his omployers. Tho ' late Mr Baumber was a brother-in- ' law to Mr JohnHall,awoll-known ' Pahiatna settler, and also to Mrs ' John Doughty, of this town, lo ' loaves a widow and family, besi ies '• numerous friends to mourn his los i, ' , Deceased was born in Maiih, ; \ 1839, at Hull in Yorkshire, and h is therefore 55 years qf age. He as resided in the Masteiton District or . the last 17 years, during which ti no he has taken an, active interest in ho • local WesleyMOhurch, for the p ist eight yoars ht/lingthe respons'i Jlo office of Superintendent of ho » Sunday School. Since tho ;ge of twenty the late Mr Baum ier has been a local preacl|| •ri lie-will be much missed in ml Suit. Nine years ago he joiifi/t ino Masterton Munioipal Fire IB { gade, and as Lieutenant and lattcls Treasurer, won the highest opinf 3 of his comrades, n The funeral will take place ffc Friday next, at 4 p.m., when ills . speciallyrequestedthattheWeslojia \; Sunday School teacher and scholars,

:.• local preachers, members and ad- ' berents of the Church, will follow » the remains, .immediately aftor the » relatives, "