OBITUARY

Hokitika Guardian, 26 May 1930, Page 5

OBITUARY

ARCHBISHOP LORD DAVIDSON

(United Press Association.—ByElectrn Telegraph. —CopyrigL i.)

•:t h' LONDON, May 25. The condition of the Archbishop, Lord; Davidson, who passed, a very restless night I ,' to-day ' gave cause for anxiety; He- : is eighty, years old. Archbishop ; Lord Randall Davidson, former Arcliibishdp of Canterbury is dead.. Though old and frail, Lady

Davidson wathced unhceasingly at the ' bedside of 1 fieri Kri^band. Before his death, he raised his hand ns though to salute her. ' A faint smile played about'jiiis lips, but for the most part, he' lay f quietly with his eyes half open. He died peacefully in his sleep. A little crowd. Of people waited all *day outside his house the doors of which remained closed.

PRIME MINISTER’S TRIBUTE.

~ in LONDON, May 25,

The Prime Minister* in a tribute to ' said Wisely and continuously, yet with liberal breadth and depth of thought and sympathy he guided the Church and won influence in the fetate. Many of us will miss a friend whom we reverenced and from whom"'we received a stimulating inspiration.’’.;

GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S

SYMPATHY.

AUCKLAND EAST, May 26

Lord BLedisloe sent the following message to\Lady Davidson: —“Accept sincerest sympathy on the death of my old friend and spiritual chief. Many thousands of all creeds in New Zealand will, mourn, the loss of a great Christian leader.”