Queensland Art Gallery Presscuttings Book 8 : Pressclippings, 1977-1981

The Teleg raph March 7th, 1978 ; SIR LEON TROUT DEAD identit!'.r d~:;ny:;:~~• 0 ; /~ 0 ,t;9H•o~ylic 5itpo,_r 'tonHd w~ll -known . " osp,tal Sir l A'On. who \\,\~ 72. homr 111 whnt ,,nt, l •. suftcrrcl from All 1111\C.'IS bushlnncl !-iCl lill . t ten;\ l!lf>!l --~, I(' tll,tlllllOll r for Ill re tlrnn 1,,0 ~t•nr~ ~ k . J; h is ~r1,11-c•s trl the {'nm - before l1i clcn1h. : . r 11 !<,l ucl Ill 01 rcincl 11111 n t t y •' ,. er He 1s M1rv1, rl b,· his 1 1, ,l t1 !<! po rt flnrl 1rnl r1c ~eor~." w i d o "' Lnch- Pt'"b! ' ptoblerns. hl' ,,ns n f r- T l'out.. ' w ,.. • mer IWC~idf"nt Of Ihf' Rnynl A111 0111ot11le Chib of Qurrnslnnd nncf feder– al l)rf'sicfrn t of 1h,., Au. _ trnllnn Au1omobllc Atl.'-O– cint Ion. Fro111 105:t • !l:i. he \\ R~ ~ 1 t;\~t J.ihernl Pnn y Jll't•s- AI the lime or his denth, he w:is n sC'n lor pn_rt,ncr with T rout. n cr– nnys nnd 1~nctc. the .so– llc1tors' rlrrn he founded, He wns knight,,d In Sir Leon Trout dies at 72 SIR LEON TROUT, a Queensland leader in paliti~•• art and commerce, will be cremated 1n Brisbane today, A crcnrnllon ~r n·1cr WIii be held RL the ,\ lba – ny Crrrk C1·cmn lor1um nL ~.:10 p.m. S11· Lroi,. whn \r arr ~ a widow. l,ndy l'c~i;,·. rl lrrt 111 n Rrlsbane liospitnl n11 Monctny, Born tn Bri!-ibnnf' i::! ~·, 1us RF:tt, he hecn mr n lenrllng n rishane ~ollr– ttor. A 11unl1!1r d nccoun– l Rnt. RIH1 a hi ,c:-i~ leader who wa, knlAn tert in 1059 In reco~ni11on of his 51tr\'ICC~ to lht' r.om – nrnntty orcr mnn~ 1 ycHrs The Act I nA Prenu rr ,Mr. Knox I ln~l mcht extendNt the sy111pntll\' or Quecn, innders tn s,r Leon's rnm lty. T h e l,1bernl PRl'I\' , mulr1 nh o ~really miss R. ma.n n 1 ho hlld SCl'\'{"c\ ns "n o f f I o e r , cxccu l\'C mcmb(lr anrl Stu.tc prc!il· ctronl. R1r Leon. i,e ,nlrt. hurt mart" n crr1n cont1·1bu– llnn tn hi'- prnf(l!'i!-iion. lltc nrt'- nnc1 r ulLnrr . 1 r Lrnn wns Llbt'rR I Par y Quernslnnrt cllvl• . Inn prcslctcni trnm tn.u to l '.l51. He \\'ll~ n r1m11rler or lhe Quern....Janrl Nn tlorHtl An G Aiier,· S01·1eu- nnrl wa..c. president rroni 1951 to 1951. I n ~tnrrh l"lli-:, hr ,,:1r, r hrt~Pn AS onr nf IhP :-1x 1ruMrr nr thr L:nllerv n11rt becttmc their chn1f'-' JtHI I\, .\ hccn qucl nt of rnRrl t l'R n s p o n nn<I trnille prol)lrnt5 Hir IRnn ,, A~ ~ !nrmcr prc,,iricnt, r Urn R.ornt .~utomoh1ie Club SIR LEON TROUT or Qucen6land an<! the :\ u~lrnlrnn Automobile -~" oclatlon. His Int erest In com- 11u,1 er l,,ok h11n to the Pr r :-. 1 d c n c y of the t1rcn~lnnrt. Chembcr of ("nmmr rrr , :rnd to thti prr.aidency or 11,c As~ocl – n t 1 d Chnmbcrs 01 Com – merce or Au. trnlln the !1n~1 QllCC:i, In ctr r. for :.? )'rR rs to hold the post. an ,1 nly the 6Ccond In 66 ycurs.