A TRAGIC DEATH
WELL-KNOWN RATIONALIST. COLLAPSES AT PUBLIC DINNER. Prea» Association —By Telegrauh—Copyright. LONDON, May 5. (Received Mav 5, at 7.10 p.m.) Mr George Whole, when presiding at a Rationalist dinner in connection with the Huxley centenary, fell dead after delivering a speech in which he attacked Christianity. Mr Whale’s sallies caused much laughter among the 17 guests, but a few moments after he had finished only hushed whispers were heard, for he collapsed in his chair. Artificial respiration was tried, but it failed to restore him.—A. and N.Z. Cable. Mr Whale was bom in 1849. Ho was a solicitor and retired from practice in 1915 He occupied many prominent public positions, and had been mayor of Woolwich. He was the hon. chairman of the Rationalist Press Association.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19472, 6 May 1925, Page 7
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