TUB LATE MR. SAMUEL BROWN.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 587, 16 August 1909, Page 7

TUB LATE MR. SAMUEL BROWN.

::, ' ''. THE FENE3WL. ■'■.' : .. r . ; ; ■ The death of Mr. Samuel Brown, of the Arbitration' ■ Court, '. announced .in these no!um.ns on Saturday,, camera a; »hock ovqr. to , :th.nsQ: most intimate with. him. ' .Until Friday evening, it was no\ suspected , that his condition was critical, and : it was then thought that his splendid constitution would pull him through the crisis, Rut it was not to be, Th : e end camo suddenly,. . "■ The. lato- >lr, Brown's career - w»s briefly mentioned in Saturday's issuo, He was for many yo,irs a contractor in ; a big way in Wellington,' and there , are many works in different parts of-the country which stand as. a monument'to Ms industry.'. Uaideitract he constructed the central '-section' of the ■VVellington-MDiiawatu railway, from Paeka'kariki..onwards, and laid'down the first line, of.tramways (steam) in this city, much of which was only removed a few years on the installation ;of the heavier electric tramway system. He,;;built the first destruotor, only recently displaced, by.the no»v oiie, and carri«l out a good deal of-contract work,on tho Midland and AVcstland railways, He.hiiilt the first portion ;of the Gas .Company's works, Hie drillshed in 'Alnjjinnity Street/ and also erected the first lighthouse at: Cape J?arewe)i. ■ ; ' ,■" ,' Ever siheo he settled, in Wellington he took a.;keeii interest in ..the affairs, of tho city, and , was at different times Mayors of tho city, a City- Councillor, \ a member of the Harbour Board and:tho College Govern-

ors, Prosident of the Industrial Association, ono of the oldest members 'of'the Wellington Bowljrig Clnb, and wa3 prominent. in ireemasoiiry: He leaves a • widow and a family,'., consisting of Messrs. Stanley 'S. Brown, W. Rv' Brown, A. E.. Brown, and 3. ! A.. S.' Brown, and one ; daughter, ■ ■O'Shea, wife of; Mr. J. O'Shna, City Solicitor. . The esteem in which deceased;was hold was shown 'ut- the ;funeral yesterday. afternoon.' The, cortege consisted'of over 30 v.ehicles, besides which .some hundreds' of people as'sembled in the Sydney Street. cemetery to ■ y/ithess the final. rites.'. Among, those present: wore Judgo Rim (of the Arbitration Court), his. Worship the. Mayor (Dr, Newman), and nearly every' member bf tho City Council, with many ex-councillors, .the Hon, IT :W. Hislop,(ex-Mayor) Hons; C.' M.. Luke, and J.'E. Jenkiuson','', M,L!C!'s, anij representatives of tho Wellinjr'ton 'Employers , ' Association, tlie Ndw Zealand Employers' Fecieratipn,' the Hospital Trustees, Wellington Hospital Board, '■ Wellington Charitable Aid ISoard, Harbour Board, Wellington Master Builders'»Association, Wellington Bowling dub, and Wellington Industrial Association. .:• The caskot was borne from the gates .to the churoh, and thence'to its rest* mg-place by employees of the firm of S, Brown and Sons, Ltd. The chief mourners were deceased's sons, Messrs. S, S'. Brown W. B. Brown, J. :A,S. Brown, and A".-El' Brown, and his son-in-law, Mr. John O'Shoa (City Solicitor). were the floral tributes that an open carriage was utilised to'carry them, apart from those which decked the casket,and hearse. ' • .