Obituary.

:.i33 liAliLiS. T«e rflptdly-dinimielsing ranks of .'hose W!"(> M'liwti ill Cnol'-r>uty hy th>> ft.-sfc .fo^r i-hira htvtb-.r r>if,nr.-! y<:at idiy by 'lift ti>at'n of. th.-- svid w .'.f tb< li.- De E*/in, vj'uv, wibb, iier husband, amrni in the colon? in the ship Randolph in 1850. Tbo doctor commenced jnact'ce in Lythelton i'umwiiritely on his arrival, nod Mra S^rie was o? grwfc vss'ecc^ to him, acid did muiih go-r-d wo k • mongsfc the pilgrims. After r- iaoia : r!£>' in the Beaport town for a fe* yen's, t.-ie family went to Opawa and built V'-.e Grange, where Mra E irie resided, unli! about ten years os;~>, »."hen sbo tz moved to Christchurch, »»ncl nf '.erw&rds toPoadalt'in. Mrs Earle had always been an enthusiastic worker, espaoially in matters aff ,cting the Anglican Church." Her memory will be long cherished by a lar^s circU of frienda, for she did a large amount of good in a quiet, unoatentatioua way. wbiob en Spared her to all who knew her. Iler husband died in 1878, and of late years she resided at Fendaltm. She was io fsirly good health up to about ten days ago, when she had a severe attack of influenza, which terminated fatally yesterday morning. In Epite of her advanced age, her intellect v as unimpaired till within a few hours of hor death. She leaves three sons, all of whom are in ' the North Island. Her funeral will take place on Sunday afternoon, at the Woolaton cemetery, where her husband is buried.