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OBITUARY. 
THE LATE HON. W. H. GROOM, MP. 
By the lamented death of the Hon. W. H. Groom, so long a member 
in the State Legislative Assembly for Toowoomba, and, since the 
establishment of the Commonwealth, a Queensland representative in the 
Federal House of Representatives, that body has lost a most valuable, 
clear-sighted, and well-informed colleague, andjthe agriculturists of the 
State a staunch advocate. To him, it may truly be said to be owing 
that the Darling Downs has reached a position of agricultural stability, 
wealth, and population which places that favoured district in the fore- 
front of all the agricultural communities of the State. In common 
with all who knew him or knew his life’s work, we tender our sincere 
sympathy to Mrs. Groom and her bereaved family, who have at least, 
in their great sorrow, the consolation of knowing that the memory of 
the husband and father will for ever be cherished in the land of his 
adoption, which he served so faithfully and so well. 
