MR. MALCOLM W. HENDRY
Travellers who use the RotoruaGisborne road will learn with deep regret of the death at Gisborne early yesterday morning of Mr. Malcolm William ("Buster") Hendry, one of the best known service car drivers in the Auckland and Hawke's Bay districts. . i J The late Mr. Hendry was the only son of Mr and Mrs T. Hendry of the ] Opotiki Hotel and had been in the employ of the Rotorua Motor Trans port Co. sinee 1923, during whicl time he had conveyed some thousandi of travellers in safety over the notori; ously difficult Motu road. Of a cool ant (Pi resoureeful temperament no eircum stance unnerved or daunted him ani it was his custom to lceep to a promp t'metable in all weathers if the roa1 ' was at all negotiahle. ] Adhering firmly to the helief tha W no driver at any time could affor 116 to take a risk when the lives of pas jj? sengers were entrusted to his car( ^ he acquired a steady and practise caution which made him one of th , e most trusted and popular drivers o Bon the East Coast. The interment will take place f Opotiki this afternoon at 2 o'clo® and as a member of the Whakataaj Masonic Lodge the deceased will m accorded a Masonic funeral. Jt
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/RMPOST19320427.2.21.1
Bibliographic details
Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 208, 27 April 1932, Page 4
Word Count
218MR. MALCOLM W. HENDRY Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 208, 27 April 1932, Page 4
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Rotorua Morning Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in