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Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2378, 6 October 1887, Page 2

A HAS who for th" |n<t t'.v i yer' has b-j--a ar. inmate of the Kitham i Kent) W. ,ikh .i;.<e, under thean-'mi. d name ••! “ Wijt-u i. ward.” hi- j-j-t di--1 sudd ; n’.y fj-jr, heart di-ai-'. He iv.is evidently hy birth .];■) education a gentleman, and hi* coiidi.et ••vhiW in til ' V.- ikl-ei,.- had been nn.it 'l\ enn.hry. He Hiada-t.mi,' French ami b?.-in.,n with fluency, ami was m.iiahy well acquainted with Hrevk and Latin Hn oivn account ..f himrnif was that he in- ~f e aid family, and that at on- time he was ni pns.-e-snin of a cm-iderable fortune. For many Years he served in India as : , n ..liie.r in file hj ist India C 'Hi|ianv's service and retired with a ) tension. Liter on in life, having h.-t his fortune through injudicious investment in mine*, he commuted i,i- j*ension, and ivi- .-.jually unfortunate j n -peculating wiih the amount lie reived. At <’ <n-tai!tino;>.i- he ane-ir-d -.villiparalv./s' tviiith mcapaciUtcd him from woik *«id‘ coining h".-!’ ’he si.,;ij, -,J ; ,{ h . s vm; n-. I'l '- 1 • 1 . -e-, Until ile been;!, : d'.-tlluie at Kolk-1"n-‘, lies -n s to bn .• f\ha-;st. d his iriends. and he hid in* o;h--r i"-onrce but to obtain an order for the w r!;h -u-e from the relieving oflicer. At tint time he was elegantly dre-sed His manners and hearing were always g. -irteon-and dignified. He rel'l-ed in eiev gif;, uh- n . d -i,_- • mm, a'lihil greg i/ n-.r of dying a junjar. He carefully e -nceah ■! his name, his leg. ,-n bung, he ,iid. tin: h- evye ted toe,me in; • a s- , ,;1 , and i e -!j 'ni l not like :t to hekn -wn Ifo-t lie ii id been an inn..:!., of a W. iki.ou,?. At his death his line# was I-- aid to he marked with an eavi's Coronet, and }„. j, as left a will, but n-cla« t'j hi; ilkutlly.