OBITUARY

Hutt News, Volume 15, Issue 12, 20 August 1941, Page 5

OBITUARY

DR. A. NORMAN JONES The death occurred somewhat suddenly on Sunday of Dr. A. Norman Jones, who for,' some years practised dentistry in Wellington, retiring through ill-health five years ago to Lower Hutt. He was a son of the late Captain Frederick Jones, Dunedin; who was associated with the late Sif James Mills in the foundation of the Union Steam Ship Company, and ,who, as the company developed, was commissioned to bring" out" several of the steamers built in British', ? nd Scottish shipyards to its ordfer. Later Captain $ones became owner of the steamship Herald and other vessels trad-

ing" on the coast, and was a figure in the maritime history of Dunedin.

Dr. Norman Jones, who was born in Dunedin in 1878, was educated at the Otago Boys' High School, and continued his studies in dentistry at the well-known school of dental surgery attached to Toronto University. There he attained his D.D.S. degree, and was the gold medallist of his year. He afterwards spent two or three years in Canada and the United States gaining experience, and was for some months in the dental school of the Philadelphia Universitiy. On hiß return to New Zealand he practised in Wel-

I lington, but it was his custom to visit America and England every 10 years or so to undergo refresher courses. Dr. Jones was one of the foundation members of the Wellington Savage Club, where his quiet genial disposition made him many friends. He leaves a widow and two daughters.

One daughter is Miss Dorothea Jones, who gained flrst-class tripoß in natural science and her M.D. at Cambridge University, England, and diploma of public health at King's College, London. In 1939 she was to have returned to New Zealand, but the war broke out, making transport difficult. At one stage she was to have gone to Finland under the auspices of the Red Cross Society, but that was changed and she stayed on in London all through the blitz. Miss Gwenda Jones, the other daughter, graduated at Victoria College, and later left for England. Since war broke out she has been employed in transport work for the Red Cross Society, and later still for the R.A.F.

Mr. F. J. Jones (Lower Hutt), the Rev. Percival Jones (England), and Mr. Charles Jones (England), are brothers, and Mesdames J. Donald and W. Jay (both in England), sisters of deceased.