DEVOTED FRIEND OF BLIND
DEATH OF MRS. E. R. HADFIELD.
CULTURE AND GREAT KINDLINESS.
By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rhodes Hadfield, second daughter of the late Rev. H. E. and Mrs. Tuckey, has died. She was a woman of wide culture and never-failing kindliness and a devoted friend of the blind. She was the founder of the Braille Club in Wellington after working among the blind in Sydney. > She was also a zealous church worker, and willingly gave her time and money towards every good cause that came along. In 1895 she married the late Mr. Henry S. Hadfield, eldest son of the late Bishop Hadfield, of Wellington, who then held office as Maori interpreter to the Legislative Council. She is survived by two sons, two daughters, a sister and a brother.
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Taranaki Daily News, 17 September 1934, Page 5
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