CHRONICLES OF STRATH TAIERI
[Special to the 'Star.'] MIDDLEMARCH, July 19.
The cutting off of another bright life in the very flower of its youth has evoked much sympathy and caused something of a gloom in the Strath. A few days ago Miss Catherine Paterson, daughter of Mr Charles Paterson, Gladsmuir, was seized with illness, and, on the advice of Dr Irwin, was immediately sent to Dunedin, where an operation was found to be necessary. The operation was performed, but fatal results ensued, and the young lady died on Monday. She was in her twentieth year, and was a great favorite with all, who give their most sincere sympathy to the bereaved family.
The gross abuse of a privilege which has long been enjoyed by the public has led to its curtailment and limitation. Hitherto the large and convenient stables, erected by the Presbyterian Church for the use and convenience of its members, have been open and available for the free use of anyone, night or day. A fortnight or so ago, however, when a public gathering was in progress in the adjacent public hall, the Rev. Mr Standring and an office-bearer of the church happening to go into the church grounds, came upon a party there, whose conduct Mr Standring described on Sunday evening to his congregation as a desecration of the precincts of the house of God. As a result of this conduct the gates of the church grounds are now to be locked, except during the hours of service and when any public meetings are being held in the neighboring hall. There is no desire to curtail the privilege hitherto enjoyed so freely, and the object of the new arrangement — which, indeed, should have been in force all along — is to safeguard against abuse by roystering God's acre, which a decent sense of propriety would always respect. -Evening Star, 20/7/1917.
CHRONICLES OF STRATH TAIERI
[Special to the 'Star.'] MIDDLEMARCH, July 27.
On Sunday evening last, at the service in the Presbyterian Church, the Rev. Mr Standring made sympathetic reference to the death of Miss Catherine Paterson, daughter of Mr Charles Paterson, Gladsmuir, and at the conclusion of the service a vote of sympathy with the relatives of the deceased young lady was passed, the congregation standing, while the 'Dead March' was played by the organist, Mrs Tyndall. -Evening Star, 28/7/1917.
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