SIR TRUBY KING

Evening Star, Issue 22882, 14 February 1938, Page 10

SIR TRUBY KING

STATE BURIAL AT WELLINGTON PLUMMET SOCIETY REPRESENTATION The Plunket Society was represented by the following at the funeral of Sir Truby King : —Dominion president, Mrs James Begg; Dominion vice-president, Mrs Joseph M’George; members of the Dominion Council—Mesdames Jowett, Robertson, Haddow, Hood, Gilmour, Bodkin, Greenwood (representing Mirs Cracroft Wilson) . Representatives from .the following . branches: : —Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Auckland, Wanganui, Lyttelton, Masterton, Blenheim, Nelson, New Plymouth, - Patea, Marten, Hastings, Central Otago, Thames, Upper Hutt, Lower Hutt, Martinborough, Coastal towns, Petone, Pahiatua, Wairoa, Gisborne, Napier, and Stratford. Medical adviser to council of society, Dr Martin B. M. Tweed; honorary medical staffs of Karitane Hospitals—Drs Corkhill, Paterson, J. P. Harding, and Montgomery Spenoer; advisory, boards—Messrs L. G. Tuck, C. Weston, K.C.. E. W. Hunt, J. Annand Smith, and W. Gray Young; Plunket nursing staff—Miss Fitzgibbon (nursing adviser to council), Miss Samson, and Miss Hitchman; Karitane hospitals, Miss Templeton; Karitane nurses, Miss Robertshaw; Sir Truby King’s nurses, Miss Finneane. MESSAGE FROM QUEEN ELIZABETH. The following'message was sent by Her Majesty the Queen from Buckingham. Palace to Miss Mary King:— “ I have heard with deep regret of the death of your father, Sir Frederick Truby King, and I send you my heartfelt sympathy. I desire to express my admiration for his unbounded devotion to the world wide cause of infant welfare. (Signed) Elizabeth R.”-