LATE MR. MATTHEWS.
A TOUCHING TRIBUTE. ADDRESS FROM PRISONERS. LOSS OF "REVERED CHIEF." [bv telegbaph.—own cobbespondent.] WELLINGTON. Sunday. A toaching tribute from a most unexpected quarter has reached Mrs, C. E. Matthews, widow of the late Under-Sec-retary for Justice and Controller-General of Prisons. It is an address of sympathy, signed by 54 inmates of Wi Tako prison, Trentham, and was despatched through the chief warder. The signatories offered their sincere and heartfelt sympathy to Mrs. Matthews for the death of her husband, whom they referred to as "our revered chief." "We have indeed lost a true friend in every sense of the word," the address proceeds. "He had our best interests at heart, and he did and was doing his best to help his weaker fellow-men. We hope, indeed we know, his life's work will, not be lost." .
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19241222.2.126
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18888, 22 December 1924, Page 12
Word Count
138LATE MR. MATTHEWS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18888, 22 December 1924, Page 12
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.