OBITUARY

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 105, 28 January 1931, Page 11

OBITUARY

Mrs. A. A. Thomson The death occurred at her residence, 12 Tinakori Road, yesterday; of Mrs. Amelia Ann Thomson, widow of the late Mr. A. B. Thomson, for many years a well-known member of the staff of the General Assembly Library. Mrs. Thomson, who had been ill for only a short time, was 83 years of age. .She was born in London, and she came out to Victoria with her parents in 1875. She was married in Australia, and afterwards left for New Zealand. Mr. and Mrs. Thomson lived in Greymouth at first, but later they removed to Napier, where for many years Mr. Thomson was headmaster of the Napier public school. Mr. Thomson subsequently joined the staff of the General Assembly Library. He predeceased his wife in 1921. The late Mrs. Thomson was of a quiet, philanthropic disposition, and in an unostentatious wav she performed many acts of kindness and thoughtfulness. Her three surviving sons are Mr. F. D. Thomson, C.M.G., Permanent Head of the Prime Minister’s Department, Mr. H. D. Thomson, Under-Secretary of the Immigration Department, and Mr. A. M. Thomson, manager of the North End branch of the Bank of New Zealand, Wellington. Mr. F. D. Thomson only recently returned with the Prime Minister from the Imperial Conference. The funeral of the late Mrs. Thomson will leave her late residence at 10.30 a.m. to-day for Karori Cemetery.