Correspondence.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 206, 16 March 1877, Page 13

Correspondence.

DEATH OF MR. P. H. HACKETT.

(We are not responsible for the opinions of our Correspondents.) To the Editor of the New Zealand Tablet.

Sib, I regret to announce the death of Mr. Philip H. Hackett, for several years proprietor of the Market Hotel, Grey street, which took place at his late residence at half -past two o'clock on the morning of Saturday, the 24th inst. The late Mr. Hackett, in company with some members of his family, left for a trip to the North Shore at 4 p.m. on Friday, the 23rd, and on arriving at that place was seized with a sudden illness, which terminated fatally at the hour above-mentioned. Mr. Hackett was for many years a resident in the southern provinces, particularly on the West Coast, ■where he was known and esteemed. None more possessed that sterling, patriotic zeal for the dear old land which gave him birth, and he was in every sense of the word a true type of a genuine, and high-minded Tipperary man. His death leaves a blank among a wide circle of attached and devoted friends to whom the gentleness of hiß disposition as well as his obliging manner and personal pifts endeared him, and a drearier blank still in the hearts of his •widow, children and relations. His remains were interred on Sunday, the 25th inst., in the Roman Catholic Cemetery, Symonds street, the Rev. Father O'Dwyer officiating at the grave. The Very Rev. Father Walter McDonald was also present at the obsequies. The funeral was the largest attended for some time in this city, there being no fewer than 1,000 in the procession, and on arriving at the burying-ground it was computed that at least. 2,ooo persons were present, to pay the last tribute of respect to one who was widely esteemed. — R.I P. T. J.F.