MINISTERIAL SYMPATHY
the Postmaster-General yesterday wrote to Mrs. James Comeskey as follows :—"Dear Madam, — On behalf of myself and the officers of the Post and Telegraph Department, I desire to convey to you our profound sympathy in the deop affliction which has befallen you and your family in the awful disaster at Upper Hutt, whereby your husband so suddenly met his death. "In the demise of the late Mr. Comeskey, the Public Service of the Dominion has lost a laithfnl and efficient servant, and his fellow-officers a friend whom they held in the highest esteem.— Yours faithfully, R. Heatori Rhodes, Postmas-ter-GeneraL" 0 Mr. T. M. Wilford, M.P., has received the following telegram from the Right Hon. W. F. Massey in i-eply to the one- sent by him on the subject of the fatality at Upper flutt :— "Telegram received. Immediately on hearing the news of the deplorable fatality which occurred at the Upper 1 Hutt on Sunday morning 1 telegraphed to the chairman, of the Town Board requesting him to convey my sincere sympathy to the bereaved relatives. The question of making provision for the familks who havesuffered will be dealt with by Cabinet after my Teturn to Wellington. W. F. Massey."
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 77, 1 April 1914, Page 8
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201MINISTERIAL SYMPATHY Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 77, 1 April 1914, Page 8
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