FATALLY INJURED.

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 139, 15 June 1938, Page 13

FATALLY INJURED.

MRS. E. C. RIDDIFORD. ACTIVITIES RECALLED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. Fatal head injuries were received by Mrs. Eleanor Caroline Riddiford, widow of Sir. Edward Joshua Riddiford, in a collision with a motor van while crossing tiie road to her home at Lower Hutt about 5.40 p.m. to-day. Mrs. Riddiford was unconscious when picked up, and died at her home two hours later without regaining consciousness. Mrs. Riddiford, who was a daughter of a Wellington pioneer, the late Mr. Henry Bunny, former deputy-superin-tendent of the Wellington Province, was born in 1861. She married in 1879, and with the exception of a few years in England, lived all her life at Lower Hutt. Deceased was well known for her acts of charity during the war. She did great service at Walton-on-Thames, London. Mrs. Riddiford is survived by Sir. Daniel Riddiford, of Featlierston; Mr. Eric Riddiford. of Orona:o-Oi;ongo; Mrs. Lindsay, of Scotland; Mrs. Liddiard, of England, and Mrs. Dudley Kettle, of Napier. Two sons. Mr. Vivian Riddiford and Mr. Lionel Riddiford, predeceased her.