CONVICTS’ GRIEF
A TOUCHING LETTER.
LATE CONTROLLER OF PRISONS
HELPED HIS WEAKER, FELLOWS
UIY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION. ' , WELLINGTON, Dec. ' 22. A touching tribute from a mbst unexpected quarter has reached Mrs. C. L* Matthews, widow of the late U mler-Secretary of Justice and Con-troller-General of Prisons* 1 it', is an address of sympathy sighed by 54 inmates* of Waikato prison', and. was sent through the chief warder.; The signatories offer their sincere and heartfelt sympathy, to Mrs. Matthews in the death of her husband, to whom they refer as “our revered - chief.” “We have indeed lost a true friend in every sense of the word.' 5 ‘ The address proceeded : ‘‘He had our ; best interests at heart, and - he did, and was doing, his best .to help, his weaker fellow men. We hope, indeed -ire know, that his life work will not be lost.”
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 December 1924, Page 5
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143CONVICTS’ GRIEF Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 22 December 1924, Page 5
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