OBITUARY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21366, 20 June 1931, Page 11

OBITUARY

MRS J. GUMMING

Aged 80, Mrs Gumming, widow of the late John Gumming, died at Khandallah a few days ago (says a Wellington paper). Born in Northumberland, she married Mr John Gumming, of Stranraer, Scotland, and they arrived with their infant daughter at Dunedin in 1875. Her bus band died a few years later, and Mrs Gumming went to Wellington in 1902, being a resident of Brooklyn for 10 years before she moved to Khandallah in 1918. Crippled with rheumatoid arthritis for many years, she was confined to a wheeled chair. The deceased was an ardent church worker. MR FRANK CROTTY (Peb United Press Association.) WANGANUI, June 19. The death occurred this morning after a short illness of Mr Frank Grotty, aged 33. Mr Grotty left with the 19th Reinforcements in 1916 at the age of 17 and served three years with the N.Z.E.F. He was well known in Rugby football and rowing circles and was also one of the most popular comedians in amateur theatricals. SIR GEORGE HADDON SMITH FORMER GOVERNOR OF BAHAMAS. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, June IS. (Received June 19, at 5.5 p.m.) The death is announced of Sir George Haddon Smith, aged 69, a former Governor of the Bahamas and the Windward Islands. He was Acting Governor in Gambia Colony for a short period and was for 11 years Colonial Secretary in Sierra Leone, acting as Governor of the colony on many occasions.