Wm C. Barry,M.R.C.V.S.

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The death occurred in Wellington on August 19, 1971, of William C. Barry, a respected member of the veterinary profession. Mr Barry, who was in his 87th year, was born in County Cork and graduated from the Dublin Veterinary College in 1907 with distinction in a number of subjects. He became a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons from that date, his membership thus encompassing a period of 64 years.     

R. E. Alexander,M.R.C.V.S.

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The death occurred at Gisborne on September 3, 1964, of Ronald Elward Alexander at the age of 68 years.     

Thomas Henry Hankin,B.V.Sc., M.R.C.V.S.

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Tommy Hankin was born in 1888. He graduated from the Melbourne Veterinary School in 1914. He soon joined the A.I.F. and served in the war as Veterinary Officer in Egypt and in France. After the war he went to Edinburgh and obtained his M.R.C.V.S. and then returned to New Zealand and set up practice in Pukekohe. In 1927 he joined the Department of Agriculture as a Veterinarian and was stationed successively in Wanganui, Masterton and Whangarei before his appointment as Livestock Superintendent, Auckland, where he stayed until his retirement in 1953. After he retired he moved to Pukekohe and was kept busy with land and livestock until his sudden death on November 1, 1971.     

Thomas Arnold Blake,T.D., M.R.C.V.S.

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It is with regret that we learned that Thomas Arnold Blake passed away at his home in Hamilton on September 16, 1966, in his 85th year.     

A. Leslie,F.R.C.V.S.

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In the passing of Allan Leslie, New Zealand veterinarians have lost one of their most capable protagonists and friends.