OBITUARY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 525, 4 June 1909, Page 3

OBITUARY.

, (bt TiLiOßirn.—sraci*i. correspondent.! '• ■ Napier, June 3. - .Mr.- Henry Williams died hero last night. He was a Napier resident of over 47 years' istiinding, and.his career ..was \ practically, bound up with the progress of the town. Ho was bom at Bath, Somerset, England, in 1838, and in 1862 .'came'.'to New, Zealand 'in' tho; Ship' Arabella, : landing at Wellington, .in which <port' the ship was soon afterwards practically destroyed by'fire.. Mr; Williams arrived iri Napier, when tie town'was in its embryo: commercial stage, and' his business instinct 7 ,stood'.him .in. good- steadi ...From small' beginnings he - built .up'-the.: firm of ? Messrs: ! . Henry ; Williams and Sons, Limited, which comprises tho V.ulcan Foundry, American Coach Factories, and. the,; .well-known hitrdwaro- business. Ho took ,an.'active. ; in- : .tercst in public-life, and 1 was- for some!years a, member ;of the Napier' Borough Council. He :twice, represented, the- ratepayers on the Napier Harbour: Board, and- up t<j tlie' time of l'hi.B death- represented./tbe. Government on that body.-by 'domination.; H e was a -mem-;bervof-,tlie Napiier, Hospital;-,Trustees- ! and ■Charitable Aid Board almost from their in- ' ? n j- ;^^ntly ; resigned his seat on,«'.bofcn bodies. 'His valu© as- a - citizcn- was ■ not-only/.confined' civil -duty,- as be' served with.- the forces ' during the Maori troubles. " .Fhigs were flying- on, public. an'd private buildings to-day out of respect to ; tW memory of deceased. ■