ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO SATURDAY MARCH 10, 1917

Sudden death of Edward Mitchell

WE REGRET to record the death of Mr Edward Mitchell, gardener, which took place on Sunday last under tragic circumstances.

Mr Mitchell was at work on Saturday forenoon in the garden at Drumore House (Dr T Harvey Thomson’s), when he suddenly took ill and collapsed.

He was found lying in the grounds by the maid, and was immediately taken indoors and had every attention at the hands of Dr Thomson.

His condition, however, did not improve, and he was conveyed to his home in Dalaruan, where he died the following day.

Death, it is understood, was due to heart trouble. Mr Mitchell was a capable gardener, and was held in high esteem in the circles in which he moved, and his sudden demise is deeply deplored. He is survived by a widow and two daughters – one of the daughters being married – for whom sincere sympathy will be felt in their sore bereavement. The deceased was in his 64th year.

Boys’ reprehensible conduct

AT THE Sheriff Court on Wednesday – before Sheriff Macmaster Campbell – six boys again appeared to answer a charge of having entered the building in Glebe Street belonging to the Board of Trade and occupied by the rocket life-saving apparatus.

They maintained their pleas of not guilty, but all were found guilty on the evidence, and practically on their own ultimate admissions.

A feature which came out in the case was the fact a number of truants used the building to hide their books. The Sheriff warned the boys of the reprehensible nature of their misdeeds.