OBITUARY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 24837, 10 February 1942, Page 4

OBITUARY

DR MAHLON LOGKE LONDON, Feb. 7. The death is reported at Williamsburg. Ontario. Canada, of Dr Mahlon Locke, at the age of 61. He was famed throughout the world for his original , treatment, of arthritis through the manipulation of the bones and muscles of the feet. Although distrusted' by fellow physicians, Dr Locke 1 established an enormous following through his reputation for curing 90 per cent, of his patients. He charged a fee of one dollar. Williamsburg became the Mecca of arthritis victims and tripled-its population and expanded its hotels, banks, and restaurants to accommodate 2000, persons dally. The Government built a concrete highway from Morrisburg to Williamsburg to accommodate the traffic. Dr'Locke's patients included such celebrities as , the Prime Minister of Canada, Mr Mackenzie' King, and the' late United States Secretary to the Treasury, Mr Andrew- Mellon, each of whom paid the standard dollar fee.

MR F. I. JONES

(P.A.) WELLINGTON, Feb. 9. The death has occurred in Wanganui at the age of 85, of Mr Frederick Ireson Jones, a well-known .dealer in books relating to New Zealand. Born in Wanganui, he was living there during Titokowaru’s war, when the women and children went to a blockhouse for safety at night. Few people were better known to those interested in New Zealand literature than Mr Jones, who travelled the country in search of old books, especially rare ones. He was apprenticed to a large firm in the book trade in Melbourne In 1873, but for the last 10 years had devoted his energies chiefly to old . New Zealand books, for which there is a demand in Australia and Britain. The New Zealand books that he had handled in his lifetime would have made a unique collection, but. he was more dealer than collector, and many" of his sales were made to persons overseas.