MR. M. E. DENNISTON

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 108, 31 January 1935, Page 11

MR. M. E. DENNISTON

Large Funeral Service “GENEROUS MAN” The high esteem in which the late Mr. 11. E. Denniston was held in the community was demonstrated by the large attendance at St. Paul’s ProCathedral, Wellington, at th? funeral service yesterday. Among those present were' representatives of the business community, the medical and dental professions, the Wellington Rotary Club, the New Zealand Tennis Association, and other organisations with which the late Mr. Denniston was connected. The service was conducted by Canon Percival James, who was assisted by the Rt. Rev. Dr. T. 11. Sprott, Bishop of Wellington, and the Rev. 11. E. K. Fry, vicar of Lower Hutt. The chief mourners were Mr. John Denniston (son), Misses Valerie and Esther Denniston (daughters), and Mr. J. G. Denniston (brother). The pallbearers were Sir Alexander Roberts, Messrs. Frank Campbell, D. A. Ewen (Wellington Rotary Club), C. G. Whyte (Lawn Tennis Association), D. Menzies and D. V. Donaldson (Dental Association). Representative Mourners. Those present included Sir Michael Myers (Chief Justice), Mr Justice Blair, Sir Frederick Chapman, Lieut.Colouel J. L. Saunders (Director of Dental Hygiene, Health Department). Colonel Hunter (former Director of Dental Hygiene), Messrs. E S. Innes (representing Marsden School), C. M. Luke, E. Salmond, 11. P. F Blundell, W. S. Bennett, K. C. Morpeth, G. F. Didsbury, 11. Hardcastle, A. Hardcastle, R. IT. Webb, E. R. Dymock, C. W. D. Bell, W. M. Paterson, C. E. W. Levin, G. 11. Savage, S. Ferguson, W. Moore, D. C. Peacock, 11. 11. Sellers, R. E. Tripe, C. A. Richardson, D. O. Whyte, C. D. Morpeth, W. E. Fussell, A. K. Gray, C. F. Worth, J. F. B. Stevenson, A. Longmore, E. Kellow, C. Bell, R. T. M. Edmonds, W. Rainey, H. S. Barron, C. E. Waldie, E. IV. Hunt, N. Bell, W. T. Strand, 11. E. Leighton, E. P. Hay, F. E. Feist, F. C. Spratt, 11. Taylor, D. Jackson. J. Prendeville, P. B. Cooke, F. F. M. Ferguson. Viekerman, I. 'Wilson, J. Courtney, R. Cable, W. 11. Nankervis, E. P. Lambert, J. W. Carr, J. 11. Miles, F. V. W. West, B. D. Viall, A. Geddis, G. Thorne George, D. G. A. Cooper, E. W. Hunt, Gray Young, F. N. 11. Meadows, 11. E. Anderson, 11. hl. Boddington, S. R. Gawith (representing the Wairarapa Lawn Tennis Association). A. G. Henderson, H. I. Graves, J. A. McGill, C. G. Whyte (representing the New Zealand Lawn Tennis Association), C. B. Harris (representing Mr. G. Gore, New Zealand Lawn Tennis management committee), 11. J. Buck, P. M. Muir, E. J. Guinness, E. R. Norman, T. Coltman, R. Hunt, C. Gostelow, S. M. Hobbs, G. E. Wheeler. W. Forsyth, J. B. Brinsden, Drs. It. Campbell Begg, W. J. 11. Hislop, G. W. Harty, T. Duncan, M. Stout, R. Welton-Hogg, F. T. Bowerbank, B. F. Aldred, Professor Rankiue Brown, Professor G. W. von Zedlitz, Colonel G. F. C. Campbell. Love For Fellow-Men. Canon James said that there was grief in many hearts for (he loss of Maurice Denniston. “We have,” lie said, “lost a friend whom we were always glad to meet in tills warmhearted, generous man, who always seemed to be happy, because of his large love for his fellow-men, which won their love in return. He died comparatively young, but life is not to lie measured by length of days but rather by faithfulness to the motives and ideals which have directed and governed life, by duty done, and by work accomplished. “It is no exaggeration to describe Maurice Denniston as a man remarkable for the wide range of bis human sympathies. His sympathy did not evaporate in emotion; he was eager to translate it into action. He threw his whole heart into good causes; lie undertook his full share and more in good work. He never spared himself,but persevered to the end in that to which lie had put his hand.”