DR. W. G. SCOTT’S FUNERAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1069, 5 September 1930, Page 14

DR. W. G. SCOTT’S FUNERAL

FINE TRIBUTE TO DEAD SURGEON “UNSELFISH LIFE OF LABOUR” Representatives of the medical profession and the Oneliunga Borough C ouncil paid their last respects to * a former colleague at the funeral of Dr. William George Scott, at the Otahuhu cemetery yesterday. A striking tribute to the dead surgeon Avas paid by the Rev. 11. M. Smyth at a service in St. Peter’s Church, Oneliunga, before the cortege left for Otahuhu. The Minister referred in eulogistic terms to Dr. Scott’s unselfish life of labour for the community oyer 50 years, and described him as a living example of progressiA’e education. "His great experience gavo him a wide and tolerant outlook, and confirmed his faith in the fundamentals of the Christian religion,” said Mr. Smyth. "All his life he Avas a fighter, but he did not fight as one who beats the air. His knowledge and skill stood behind his fight. Although he stroA’o for others, he had no fear of death himself. The successful fighter in life is the man Avho sees clearly the goal he is striA'ing fofr, and in that lay the secret of Dr. Scott’s life.”

The cortege, numbering 25 cars, included Messrs. W. 'Wallace (chairman), E. 11. Potter, J. Rowe, H. A. Sommerville, and Dr. C. E. Maguire, representing the Auckland Hospital Board; Messrs. E. Morton (Mayor), A. C. Tonkin, J. Pilkington, and H. A. Yockney, representing the Oneliunga Borough Council; Dr. Kenneth MacCormick, president of the Auckland branch of the British Medical Association. Other Auckland doctors also attended.