RAGLAN. THE LATE MRS CH RLTON.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 656, 3 August 1876, Page 2

RAGLAN. THE LATE MRS CH RLTON.

Mm CkarlLoß, for many }eiM resident in this dial net, breathed her test on Thumday, 27ch in»tAnt, after a pmif-il and lingering illneiJ of ievoral in atlm duration. Her ago waj 65. Mrs Cnnrltui was much rejected by all who kin-w hor, for her many gooii quulitL'S. Her remains were carrii d to their last reeling place on S.»tu day af crnoon, and tho burial terriM was perf jrmei by the Rjt Mr Schnacltonberg, m hu usual imprestivo manner. Notwithataudini} the he^vy ram wbich foil in the e.irlv portion of the dij, all ths principal settler* of the district wero present to pajr the Ust tributo to o'ie ■o deeply reipt cted. Tho chief m-mrneri were Mr John Clmrlton, son of decJts'd, Mrs Swun »nd Mrs Liddell, d»u^htcr» of deceased, Measrs Swan and Lid Jell (2). SoTeml ladies, a!»o, turned out urni followed tho college to the cemetery. I neT»r was »t a funernl here that wot not on a wet day. Mi 3 Chirlton waa for many year* a resident of Kiwhia, wlioro tho late Mr Cbarltou cnriei on an exU-na re trade witli the natirec. Tlie d(.-eoa»ed lady remaine'l atKiwhiu throughout tho whole Of tho Waikato wnr, aud it w,n uot until tho return of the Kaugirin prisoners from the hulk, that the Europeans were ordfcrod awajr from Ka^iu, and sho ha-1 to leare. Sine* that d»e, ihe ha* pw.eJ the most of her day» at Brnpulu. Thus depait3 one detply boloved and rMpecled. by innumerable friends. — R I P.-'J^JC-MUNICATEU. ~