OBITUARY

Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23413, 21 August 1941, Page 6

OBITUARY

MR H. A. BAMFORD

There died recently in Richmond (Nelson) a very old Canterbury identity, Mr-Henry Augustus Bamford, m his hundredth year. He came to New Zealand in 1851, in the Steadfast, with his father, Mr John Dean Bamford, and two brothers. John and Edwin. The family lived in Lyttelton for a short while and later settled in their home at Woolston. This was the first plastered house built in Canterbury and it has just recently been demolished. Mr Bamford was called to the Bar about 1872, and after practising as a barrister and solicitor for some years in Christchurch he moved to Dannevirke, where he resided until about 10 years ago. In 1880 ne.married Miss Susan Davis, who died in 1932. He is survived by his sister, Mrs Florance, of “Malmesbury," Christchurch.

DR. A. NORMAN JONES

Dr. Alfred Norman Jones, whose death has occurred at his home at Lower Hutt, was a well-known dental surgeon in Wellington. He was compelled by ill-health to retire in 1934. He was the son of Captain Frederick Jones, of Dunedin, and was educated at the Otago Boys’ High School and Toronto University, Canada. Dr^Jones was a foundation member of the Wellington Savage Club and a vice-presi-dent of the Hutt Valley, Kennel Club. He is survived by his wife and two daughters, who have both had distinguished university careers. Dr. Dorothy Norman Jones, M.A., M.Sc., M.B. (Cantab), and D.P.H. (London), has been working in various London hospitals during the war, and last week Miss Gwenda Norman Jones, 8.A., Dip.S.Sc., joined her sister to take up transport duties in the Royal .Air Force. ...