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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 June 1940, Page 4

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The Hon Adam Hamilton, Leader of the Opposition, left Wellington last night for the South Island. Mr F. Findlay has been re-elected chairman of the Waikato Hospital Board.

Mr H. M. Morton, Lansdowne, has returned to his home after having been for a considerable period a patient in the Masterton Hospital. He is now well on the way to recovery from his illness.

Mr C. V. Smith, president of the Dunedin Manufacturers’ .Association, has been appointed president of the New Zealand Manufacturers’ Federation following the resignation of Mr H. W. Shove (Auckland), who has left for overseas.

The death occurred in Wellington recently of Mr Arthur Guise, aged 84. He was secretary of the Loyal Antipodean Lodge of Odd Fellows for 40 years. The lodge showed remarkable growth during his period of office, and its invested funds increased many times over. He had a family of two sons and three daughters. The death occurred in Milton yesterday of Dr Thomas Fergus, a wellknown Dunedin surgeon, says a Press Association message. Dr Fergus was educated at Otago Boys’ High School, and after going through his course at Otago University gained the degree of F.R.C.S. at the University of Edinburgh. He saw service in the last war both on hospital ships and in England, and it was while he was in England that he began to specialise in amputation and the fitting of artificial limbs. Dr Fergus was till recently in charge of the Army Medical Board in Dunedin. He was predeceased by his wife some years ago.

The death occurred suddenly on Thursday night of Mr Arthur Erasmus Toothill, Hastings. He was born in London in 1879 and came to New Zealand 33 years ago, taking up residence in Hastings. He worked at Hortons and Webb’s nurseries and later was with the Hawke’s Bay Fruitgrowers’ Association. Eventually he joined the staff of de Pelichet, McLeod and Co., Ltd., where he remained for 18 years before entering business on his own account as a traveller in the licensing trade. In his younger days he was a prominent cricketer, and in more recent years he took a keen interest in bowling and was a member of the National Service Bowling Club, of which he was president on one occasion. Following a residence of 70 years on one farm at Woodville, the death has occurred of Mr John Murray, one of the best-known settlers of the district, Born in South Africa, Mr Murray went to Woodville with his parents when he was two years old, his father taking up a bush holding. Among the public bodies that claimed his interest were the Woodville County Council, of which he was chairman for four years: the Woodville Jockey Club, of which he was a steward from 1904 to 1936, when he retired; the Woodville Domain Board, taking an active part in the merger of that body with the Gorge Domain Board; and the United Co-operative Dairy Company, serving as a director for many years.