OBITUARY
MR G. RUTHERFORD
[Pee United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, May 8,
The eldest brother of the late Lord Rutherford of Nelson, Mr George Rutherford, died at his home in Mount Eden on Friday; aged 71. Mr Rutherford was for many years a leading figure in the flaxmilling industry in Taranaki, at first in association with his father, Mr James Rutherford, and later at Raglan and Kawhia. He was born at Spring Grove, Nelson, in 1867, four years and a-half earlier than his famous brother, who was the fourth of a family of 12 children. Mr Rutherford had a full share of the energy, force of character and powers of leadership for which his father and Lord Rutherford were noted. He married in 1901 the eldest daughter of Captain W. E. Anderson, of Auckland, and leaves a family of two sons and three daughters, all but one of whom reside in the Auckland Province.
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Evening Star, Issue 22952, 9 May 1938, Page 16
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