LOSS TO SAMOA

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22405, 29 April 1936, Page 14

LOSS TO SAMOA

NATIVE DOCTOR'S DEATH CAPABILITIES IN PROFESSION [FROM OT7R OWN CORRESPONDED] SUVA, April 18 Advice has been received at the Central Medical School, Fiji, of the death in Samoa of lelu Kuresa, a well-known Samoan native medical practitioner. He was considered one of the most able men who ever passed through the school and he had a splendid record of service. He was known among his coworkers as the "old man," and his fatherly and sound advice played a very important part in the promotion of goodwill among the Europeans and natives in the service of the Medical Department of the territory. "lelu was an outstanding scholar and in his student days in Fiji his capabilities in the medical profession were remarkable," states a colleague. "In praotice he surpassed all his colleagues and for his wise consideration in matters where sQund judgment was required he earned the respect of all those who laboured with him. He was trusted beyond words by the sick, and many a man has walked miles and travelled over the sea just to get his Many a life he has saved and many will cherish his memory."