MANY MOURNERS

Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 37, 14 February 1938, Page 6

MANY MOURNERS

- WIDE REPRESENTATION

Practically every organisation in Wellington was represented at the funeral, and the great majority-' of those who attended the service in the Pro-Cathedral followed the casket to Melrose.

Sir Michael Myers, DeputylGover-nbr-General, who represents the Gov-ernor-General (Lord Galway) during his Excellency's absence from N6w Zealand, was represented by .Captain C. G. Byron, 4/7 Dragoon. Guards, Military Secretary to the GovernorGeneral.

The Government was represented by the Hon. P. Fraser, the Hon. W. Nash, the Hon. D. G. Sullivan, the Hon. H. G."'R. Mason, the Hon. H. strong, and the' Hon. F. Jones.

The Leader of the Opposition' was ( represented by the Hon. F. Waite, - D.5.0., M.L.C., the Legislative Council 1 by the Leader (the Hon. Mark Fagan), 1 the Hon. Vincent Ward, the Hon. Sir Charles Statham, and the Hon. T. ( Brindle. Parliament was represented ] by the Speaker of the House of Rcpre- < sentatives (the Hon. W. E. Barnard), ] i Mr. J. A. Lee, Parliamentary : Under- ] Secretary to' the. Minister of Finance, i < Mr. R. A. Wright, Mr. C. H. Chapman, Mr A. G. "Hultquist, Mr. C. A. Barreil, and Mr. R.McKseen. The Parliamentary officers were represented by the Clerk of the House of Representatives (Mr. T. D. H. Hall), and the Secretarial Corps by Messrs. X:, Sleight and J. Waugh. The Defences Forces were represented by the Chief of the General Staff (Major-General J. E. *Duigan, C.8., D.5.0.), the Army Secretary (Mr. H. Turner), the Director oi Military Aviation (Group Captain the Hon. R. A. Cochrane), and the Director of Civil Aviation (Group, Captain' T. M. Wilkes). , '■ Government Departments were represented by Messrs. G. McNamara (Post .and Telegraph), J. H. Jerram (State Fire), C. A. Berendsen f (Prime Minister's), J. Prendeville (Crown Law Office) G. C. Rhodda (Treasury), W. A L. !von Keisehberg (Health),-W..S, Robertson (Lands), W, A. Arnold (Government Life), E. S. Smith (Taxes), D. Cummings (Police), J. H. Fowler (Audit), E. G: Pierce (Stamp Duties), Dr' E Marsden (Scientific Research), Messrs. S. J. Collett (Tourist and Publicity), and F. Johnson (Industries and Commerce). PLUNKET REPRESENTATIVES. The official Plunket representation was as follows:— ..■./'■■ Mrs. James ißegg (Dominion president) Mrs. J. McGeorge (Dominion vice-president), Mrs, J. McGeorgo (Dunedin), Dr. T. F. Corkill (Auckland), Mrs. H. Jowett . (Wellington), Mrs Greenwood (Christchurch). Mrs. H. D. Robertson (Wanganui); Karj•tane Hospital representatives, Mrs. .). McGeorge (Dunedin), Mesdames H. Jowett, J. Tythe Brown, W. A. Parton, T P. Vautier, T. G. Gray, W. Bullock, C E. Richardson, Misses A. Barnett, E. Cameron, and E. Ward (Wellington), Dr. T. F. Corkill (Auckland and Thames). .Mrs. Greenwood (Christchurch), Mrs. H. D. Robertson (Wanganui), Mr. A. Scholefield (Petone). Mrs. Quill Ccoastal towns branch), Mrs. lA. Hood (Blenheim), Mrs. W. Weston

(New Plymouth), Mrs. T. G. Gray (Nelson), Mrs. Quentin Donald (Featherston), Mrs. H. M. B. Trapp (Cartertbn), Mrs. J. Casejberg (Masterton), Mrs. Algar Williams (Maryborough)', Mrs. J W. Andrews (Lower Hutt), Mrs. S. / Blackley (Upper Hutt), Mrs. B. H. Gilmour (Lyttelton), Mrs. R. Haddow (Patea), Miss Lucy Cooke (Marton), Miss Elsie Williams ' (Hastings); Mrs W. A. Bodkin (Central Otago).

I Plunket medical representation, Dr. M. B. M. Tweed (medical adviser), Dr. T. F Corkill (Auckland Karitane Hospital), Dr. Montgomery Spencer, Dr, W. G. Patterson, Dr. J. T. Harding (Wellington ■ karitane Hospital) Australian Mothercraft Medical Board, Dr. M. '-.B. M.. Tweed Canadian Mothercraft Society, Mrs J. McGeorge Advisory Boards, Mr L. G Tuck (New Zealand Society). Messrs.'" C. Westou. [J...Annand-Smith, E. W, Hunt, and W. Gray Young. Nursing, Miss Fitzgibbon, ' nursing adviser, Plunket nursing staffs, Miss Samson, Miss M. G. Hitchman. Karitane Hospitals Miss Templetoh. Karitane nurses. Miss Robertshaw. Sir Truby King's nurses, Miss Finnane and Miss Townsend. Karitane products, Sir Alexander Roberts, Sir William Hunt, Mr. Justice Blair, Dr. J. M. Twhigg, arid- Mri P: E. Pattrick, directors.

The .New Zealand branch of the B.M.A. was represented by Dr. T. D. M. Stout (president), Sir Donald McGavin, Dr. P. P. Lynch, Dr. Alister Young, Dr. Sydney D Rhind, Dr. T F. Corkill (Obstetrical and ' Gynaecological Societies), Dr. Montgomery Spencer, Dr.'W. H. Simpson, Dr. D. M. Paterson, Dr. C. G. F. Morice, Dr.. J. T.. Harding, and Dr. G.,F. V. Anson. Miss Lambie represented the nursing division of the Department of Health.

The; City Council was represented by the Mayor (Mr. T. C. A. Hislop) and Councillor M. F. Luckie and the Town Clerk (Mr. E. P. Norman).

Banking, institutions were represented, by Messrs. L. Sinclair Thompson (National) and D. McLean Ross (New South Wales).

Churches were, represented by the Rev. P. J. Wainwright, Moderator, and the Rev. J. R. Blanchard (Presbyterian), Colonel S. A. Church (Salvation Army), the' Rev. Percy Paris (Methodist), the Rev. L. J. Boulton Smith (Baptist), and the Rev. S Kantor and Mr. David Markham (Hebrew,)1.

The Hutt County Council was re r presented by -Mr. F. Bickerman, the Wellington Chamber of Commerce by Messrs. A. J. Curtis (president) and J T Mitchell, the Associated Chambers of Commerce by Messrs. R. H. Nimmo and -A. O. Heany (secretary), the Wellington Navy League by Mr. R. Darroch, the Alexandra Home by Mrs. Corkill, the Bethany Hospital by Adjutant Jean Bennett, the New Zealanders' Association by Mr. F. H. C. Smith, the Lower Hutt Borough Council, by' Mr.'J. W. Andrews (Mayor), Petone by Mr. A. Scholefield (Mayor), Eastbourne by Mr. E. W. Wise (Mayor), and Upper. Hutt by Mr. A. J. McCurdy (Mayor). '

The New Zealand Red Cross Society was represented by Dr. A. Gillies, the Order of St. John and the Red Cross Society, by Captain M. S. Galloway, M.C., the Wellington branch of the Red Cross Society by Mr. F. S. Pope, and the Great War Funds Committee by Messrs., L. O. H, Trippand E. C. Hale.

The New Zealand Manufacturers' Federation and the Wellington Manufacturers' Association were represented by Messrs., J. G. Marshall, W. A. Fisher. W. Stevens, and J. H. Whittaker. The Wellington Harbour Board by Messrs. A. Fletcher, C.H. Chapman, A. Barnett (General Manager and Secretary), and E. D. Cachmaille. (Engineer). ,The Wellington Hospital Board by Messrs. J. Glover (chairman) and R. Holland, Mesdames A. McVicar and S. E. Snow, Dr. A.1 R. Thorne (superintendent), Mr. J. J3. I. Cook (secretary), and Miss B. Clarke (acting matron).' The Order of St. John of-Jerusalem, by Mr. James W. Jack, representing ' the order, Dr. Gordon Kemp, association, Mrs. C. B. Gaby and Miss H. McKnight, the brigade, and Mr. C. Meachen (secretary). • The Rotary Club by Messrs. F. Campbell Spratt, W. G. Rees-Jones, and A. J. Hum. The Wellington Aero Club by Mr. J. Stellin and Mr. E. W. Annan (secretary).

The Registered Nurses' Association was represented by Misses Willis (president), Bicknell, Chalmers, Hancock, and Hopper, and the Wellington Free Kindergarten by Mrs. J.A. Doctor.

The New Zealand branch of the British Empire Cancer Campaign was represented by Mr. R. Darroch.