The Mercury Newspaper:-Thursday 6 June 1940

OBITUARY

Mr. J. T. Langford
The funeral of Mr. John Thomas Langford, of Tasma St., North Hobart,
took place at the Cornelian Bay Cemetery yesterday. Services at the home
and the graveside were conducted by the Rev. H. B. P. Wicks. Chief mourners were Messrs. R. W. Langford and T. P. Langford (sons), H. Langford
(brother), and H. G., and W. Price and G. Behrens (brothers-in-law). The
Police Department was represented by Special-Constable H. E. Smith. Capts.
J. Sward and W. Richardson, masters of coastal craft, were present. The deceased, long associated with the coastal trade but not with the fishing trade, was owner at one time of the ketch Thames.
At the time of his retirement from active seafaring, two years ago, he was
master of the Margaret Twaits. Always a keen supporter of the Royal Hobart
Regatta Association and a participant In the ketch races conducted by it, he
sailed the Diana at the 1939 regatta, and In her was second across the line.
The funernl arrangements were conducted by Clark Bros.