OBITUARY.
MR JAMES KING, HILLEND.
A gloom was cast over the Hillend and Stoney Creek districts on Sunday over the sad news of quite a young man, in the person of James King, at the early age of 26 years, after a severe attack of influenza. He was the eldest son of Mr and Mrs Adam King, well known and highly respected residents of "Mafeking," Stoney Creek. Jim, as he was best known by, was educated at the Hillend School, his father at that time being head shepherd for the late Mr Robert Paterson, Barnego. A few years later Mr King purchased a farm at Stoney Creek, where he now resides, and Jim, although quite a young chap, soon gained a wonderful knowledge of good stock. He was in every sense of the word a born shepherd, and had he been spared would have been a thorough flockmaster. Another very essential industry on the farm was bee-keeping, and to this Jim put his whole heart and soul. Anyone taking a look at the splendid orchard can see still more of the young man's good and useful work, and his untimely end means a decided loss to the district to which he belonged, and our hearts go out in sympathy to the bereaved ones in this their time of sorrow. There are two brothers and one sister, all younger than deceased. The funeral, which took place on Tuesday at the Balclutha cemetery, was very largely attended, marking the esteem in which the King family are held. — Correspondent. -Clutha Leader, 8/11/1918.
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