Death Of Mr. Edgar Groom
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From Our Own Correspondent MR. EDGAR GROOM, second son of Mr. Arthur Groom, of Suva, died at the Paton Memorial Hospital, Vila, on January 22.
He was boatswain-carpenter in the Western Pacific High Commission’s ship “Kurimarau,” and only 28. He developed pneumonia during a voyage to Suva from
the Solomons and was landed at Vila.
He is survived by his wife and two young children.
The Rev. J. A. F. Watson, who has been Minister of St. Andrew’s Presby terian Church, Suva, for the past three years, has gone to Western Australia, and will be succeeded in Suva by the Rev. D. M. McDiarmid, who has been Director of Missions in New Zealand.