The Hutt News Wednesday, August 5, 1942. DEATH OF BISHOP
The nWs of Ute passing of tinrRight Hot. Thomas Henry Spvntr, IMshop of Wellington for nearly 'J"> y«ars, at his residence. Washington Avenue, Brooklyn. on Saturday llioniiiig. July 2r>. \v;is received with sorrow in the Diocese aij <i indeed throughout the province. The Bishop. who was in his Xtfth year, had been in declining health for Koine time and Ihe cold July weather proved 100 much lor his frail physi(| tit'. TJie litneral service iit i lie C:\theChiircb of Ht, I'aul, look place on Tuesday. July 2Sti(. iilid the burial at Karon Cemetery. Hie Primate and Archbishop. Dr. WestW'tilHon, .journeyed from Christchurch to conduct the service m association with tlie Lord Bishop of tliUi Diix-niiej tihtl the Vicat' of the l'arish. Canon Davies. Other llisllops of the Province and many clergy of the Diocese were present in the Church, which was filled with an assembly representative of sister Churches and of the community generally.
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Hutt News, Volume 16, Issue 10, 5 August 1942, Page 4
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