ROTARY GOVERNOR

Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume XXIV, Issue 210, 18 August 1934, Page 6

ROTARY GOVERNOR

MR. T. C. LIST DEAD Fine Service as Leader EXTENDED TV.M OF OFFICE By Telegraph—Press Association “NEW PLYMOUTH, August 17. The death occurred at Wellington at 4.30 o’clock this afternoon of Mr T. 0. List, acting Governor of Rotary in New Zealand, and proprietor of the “Taranaki Daily News.” Mr List was visiting Wellington on business when he became ill. An operation was performed last night for internal trouble and a Wood transfusion was given to-day, but the patient rapidly sank. The funeral will take place at New Plymouth on Monday. There will be a Rotary memorial service at Wellington to-morrow. A DISTINGUISHED LIFE Variety of Interests B.v the death of Mr List the profession of journalism has lost one of its most able and distinguished members, •nd Rotary an earnest and devoted leader who had done much towards giving practical and widespread effect to the Rotary ideal of service above •elf. Immediately before he was stricken with the illness which ended in his death, Mr List had presided over the assembly of Rotary presidents and secretaries in Wellington last Tuesday and Wednesday, and courageously carried out his duties tn spite of the liiness that had assailed him. Before the appointment of Mr J. M. A. Ilott this year, Mr List was New Zealand District Governor of Rotary, and in the absence of Mr Hott in America, had temporarily resumed office. It was only after the conclusion of the conference on Wednesday that he made known his illness, and entered a private hospital in Wellington. Mr List was born at Guidepost, in Northumberland, in 1879, and was brought to New Zealand by his parents, Mr and Mrs W. A. List, when he was three years of age. His earliest years were spent in the Canterbury district, and when he was 14 years old his parents went to live at Petone. There he was apprenticed to the "Petone Chronicle,” then owned by Mr Burns, and later he became a joint proprietor of that paper with Mr George Lundon. He gained further journalistic experience in Melbourne and Sydney, and on his return to New Zealand he became associated again with Mr Lundon in another journalistic enterprise. ' After a period on the staff of the ‘■Pahiatua Herald,” he went to live in the Taranaki district, and became proprietor of the “Waimate Witness. In 1905 he moved to New Plymouth, having become the principal owner of the ‘‘Daily News,” of which he acted •s editor. He raised the paper to a position of Considerable prestige, and his wide experience and enthusiasm were reflected in Eis journalism as well as in his success as a business man. He achieved many distinctions in his profession, and at various times occupied important offices on the United Press Association and the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association. In 1924 and again in 1930 he was a New Zealand delegate to the Press Conference in England. Mr List was prominently identified with the successful reorganisation of the New Plymouth High School and as president and a member of the committee of the Taranaki Chamber ol Commerce did good work, particularly in connection with the public schoolboys’ immigration scheme, which he inaugurated. That was responsible for successfully settling in the Dominion a large number of English public schoolboys. He was chairman of the Egmont National Park Board from 192-5 until his death, and chairman of the | Y.W.C.A. Advisory Board since its inception in 1921. Mr List was one ol the foundation members of the New Plymouth Rotary Club, later becoming president, and subsequently District Governor for New Zealand. He attended the International Convention in America last year. Mr List was a member of the Ngamotu Masonic Lodge, and had been a J.P. since 1907. He was author of the book '‘Briton at Home,” and in the commercial world he played a prominent part. He is survived by a widow, who is a daughter of the late Mr F. A. Bremer, Okaiawa. and two daughters. Misses Rauma and Betty List. His only son died about six years ago. There are also three brothers, Messrs J. W. C., Puriri street (Petone). C. 8. (Inglewood), A. E. List (Tauranga); two •isters, Mesdanies W. Walker, Ngaruawahia, and W. Lee, Hamilton. One brother, the late Mr C. S. List, died at Kaponga. while another, Mr J. G. List, was killed in the war. The funeral will take place at New Plymouth on Monday afternoon.