THE LATE HENRY COOK

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 120, 17 November 1925, Page 7

THE LATE HENRY COOK

A LIFE OF GOOD SERVICE.

Karori has lost by the death of Mr. Henry Cook, at his residence, Friend street, on Friday, one of her oldest, best-known, and respected residents. "He was known throughout the- Wellington district generally, for for many years of his long life of almost eighty-one years he devoted a great part pf his time to public matters. The late Mr. Cook was born in 1844, in a house which stood on what is now known as Quinton'a corner, and when a young man took up farming in the Makara district, retiring about 28 years ago. His interest in publio matters was particularly keen, and among local bodies on which he' served were the Karori BorouglrCouncil, 1897 to 1907; the Karori and Makara Road Board, 1867 to 1872; the Makara Road Bqai'd, 1880 to 1903; the Wellington Harbour Board, 1898 to 1902; and the Hospital and Charitable Aid' Board, representing the Hutt County Council.

In the .days of .the Volunteers the lato Mr. Cook was captain of the Karori and Makara Rifles, and always he has been an enthusiastic sportsman. He was one of the founders of the Karori Bowling Club in 1902, and was a member up to the time of his death. .

He was also a keen churchman, and in tho early days was a chorister of St. Paul's, which stood near the site of the Parliamentary Buildings at that time, and later was a lay preacher in the old wooden church at Makara. His later years were made pleasant for him by his very many frien"ds, for always with the respect which was tendered him was a genuine friendship for a man who by his life's ac-tions-had made not an enemy. He is survived by Mrs. Cook and by an adopted son and daughter, Mr. W. 11. Wallace and Mrs. L. H. Areus. The funeral took place at St. . Mary's Churchyard, Karori, yesterday, when a large number" of his old friends attended to pay their last respects. Speaking on Sunday morning, the vicar of St. Mark's (Rev. G. T. Woodward) paid a high tribute to the late Mr. Cook: "This parish will never be able to measure what he has done for it. He haa enriched it by his good example, by his generosity, and by his affiectionato nature. Not only Ims this pariah lost a liberal support cv, but many others will feel the loss of a friend who was ■ always ready to help, lie was particularly generous to missions, and never forgot the appeals from Melanesia and the Maoris in his oivn land. His was indeed an affectionate nuturo—a most lovable man, and a man with a big heart."

According to the Mohammedans and the Cabbalistu, or interpreters of Jewish tradition, there are seven heavens, each rising in happiness above the other, the seventh being the abode of God and of the highest angels. To be in the seventh heaven, therefore, is a phrase indicating the greatest possible happiness.