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Wairarapa Times-Age, 3 February 1939, Page 4

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Mr Victor Hugo, paymaster of the Auckland Metropolitan Fire Brigade and formerly of Wellington, and a prominent Auckland sports official, has entered the Auckland Hospital to undergo an operation.

The following have been appointed Justices of the Peace: —Miss J. E. Hibberd (Martinborough), Messrs C. C. Kenward (Featherston), N. C. D. Mason (Martinborough), J. E. Murphy (Pahiatua), H. J. W. Pryde (Nireaha), S. W. C. Raleigh (Tiraumea). Advice has been received of the death in Killinchy, Ireland, of .Mr William Moore, aged 88, twin brother of Mr Samuel Moore. Ashburton, says an Ashburton Press Association message. They were said to be the oldest twins in the British Empire. Dr R. Stuart Jones, a well-known Sydney surgeon, will arrive at Auckland by the Oronsay today. While in New Zealand he intends to interview the Prime Minister, Mr Savage, on aspects of the national health insurance scheme.

The funeral of the late Mrs F. N. Vincent took place yesterday afternoon in the presence of a representative attendance of mourners. The Rev E. J. Rich conducted a service at the residence,- Worksop Road, and also officiated at the cemetery. Many beautiful wreaths were in evidence. The pall-bearers were Messrs G. A. Vincent, C. Judd, F. Dean, F. Brunton, E. Brunton and C. Holmwood, Junr.

The funeral of the late Dr P. R. Cook, which took place yesterday, was a private one, the service at the residence, Lincoln Road, being conducted by the Rev E. J. Rich. The pallbearers at Masterton were fellow members of the medical profession, Drs Archer Hosking, J. C. Forsyth, N.H. Prior, Graham Cowie, Wyvern Cook and H. M. O’Connor. The body of the late Dr Cook was conveyed to the Crematorium, Karori.

The New Zealand Institute of Horticulture at New Plymouth yesterday bestowed on Mr John Scott Thomson, F.L.Si, F.C.S., honorary botanist of Otago museum, the highest honour it is able to grant to New Zealand horticulturists and naturalists, when it elected him an honorary fellow of the institute, the only election for 1939. The conference also elected as an honorary overseas member of the institute, Professor Carl J. F. Skottsberg, director of botanical gardens, Gothenburg, Sweden, and a recent visitor to New Zealand. The Cockayne Gold Medal, offered annually for the best student in the diploma examination of the institute, was awarded to Mr F. J. E. Jollie, New Plymouth. The funeral of the late Mr Harold R. Matthews took place in Masterton yesterday afternoon and was largely attended. A most impressive service was conducted in St Matthew’s Church by the Rev E. J. Rich, the church being well filled with men and women. The casket was covered with the Union Jack, and the large number of wreaths testified to the high esteem in which the late Mr Matthews was held. At the cemetery Mr Rich conducted the ceremony, and the Masonic service was performed by Wor. Bro. Frank Shearer and Bro. H. J. Jones. The pall-bearers were Messrs H. J. Brass, A. E. Prentice (Returned Soldiers’ Association), H. J. Jones, B. Iveson (Masterton Masonic Lodge No. 19), and A. Lawson and T. H. C. Miller (Messrs Borthwick and Sons, Ltd.)