OBITUARY

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25160, 16 April 1947, Page 8

OBITUARY

DR. G. J. BLACKMORE News has been received in Christchurch ot the death of Dr. G. J. Blackmore. who was in charge of the Cashmere Sanatorium from 1910 till his retirement at the end of 1928. He went to England soon after, and has lived at Thame, near Oxford, for many years. Until recently he has been in comparatively good health. News of his death will be received in Christchurch with great regret. When Dr. Blackmore came to New Zealand, the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis was in a very primitive stage. Because of an excellent knowledge of his subject, and good organising ability combined with a fine character, he built up an institution whose fame has gone far beyond the realms of North Canterbury. Hundreds of former patients throughout New Zealand will remember with gratitude his crusade against tuberculosis and the present position is due in no small measure to his efforts in the early days. Miss M. A. Blackmore, Cashmere, is a sister. MR HENRY HAMER From Our Own Reporter GREYMOUTH, April 15. The death occurred at Greymouth to-aay of Mr Henry Hamer, aged 64 years, a former Mayor of Kumara, and at the time of his death a member of the Kumara Borough Council and Deputy-Mayor. Mr Hamer was born at Kumara and had been in business there as a draper for the last 44 years. He was secretary of the school committee for 26 years, secretary of the dental clinic and swimming baths committee, secretary of the Kumara branch of the Returned Services’ Association, a steward of the Kumara Racing Club, treasurer of the Kumara Memorial Hall Fund Committee, treasurer and a past Grand Master of the Oddfellows Lodge, and secretary of the Kumara branch of the New Zealand Labour Party. A keen worker in the Labour cause Mr Hamer had been an organiser for Mr James O’Brien when he was first elected to Parliament. He was also a honorary member of the Kumara Volunteer Fire Brigade, and its auditor for many years. Mr Hamer is survived bv his widow and two daughters. Mesdames H Sinclair and W. Evenden. both of Kumara.