OBITUARY

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 212, 2 June 1919, Page 4

OBITUARY

MR. EDWARD ANDERSON. Many will regret to learn of the death of Mr. Edward Anderson, a Wellington pioneer, who was for many yeaijs in business as a china and glass merchant in Willis Street. The fifth son of a family of thirteen, Mr. Andorson was born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 184$, and arrived in Wellington with his parents by the ship Pilgrim in 1848. A year later his father started in business as a general storekeeper in Willis Street in the days when the waters of the'harbour lapped against the back premises of business -places on tho eastern side of that thoroughfare, so it can be said that the late Mr. Anderson has seen Wellington grow from a tiny village to a thriving metropolis. He remained in business with liis father for many years, and ultimately ho carried it on by himself as a china and glass emporium under the 6tyle of Edward Anderson, Ltd., acquiring later on the freehold of the property (sold some three years ago to Mr. H. D. Bennett). Up till that time Mr. Anderson had superintended the business himself, but for ten years past he has suffered from poor health, and for tho last few months had been entirely confined to his bed. The late Mr. Anderson, who was always held in high esteem as a gentleman of flawless integrity, never participated in public life, though he had been frequently approached to ■ c'o so. He was one of the pillars of St. Petcr'6 Church. Mr. Anderson was a churchwarden for twenty-one years, and represented the parish on tho Diocesan Synod for nearly forty years. He was at different times a member of the Wellington and jKelbum Bowling Clubs, although ho never came under the category of an enthusiast. He was a man of quiet, reserved habit, sterling upright character, and was in every respect a good citizen. He leaves a widow (tho daughter of the late Mr. W. H. Millward) and four sons (Messrs. Millward, Norman, Selwyn, and Maurico Anderson), and one dnusrhter (Miss Helen Anderson). His brothers and sisters are!— Messrs. Alan and John Anderson, and Mesdames A. Anderson, John Ballanco (widow of tho late Prime Minister of New Zealand), Foreman, ■ and Griffiths. The latter threr; ladies reside at Wanganui. There will bo a funeral service in St. Peter's !Church at 1.3(1 p.m. to-day,' at the conclusion of which the funeral (private) will leavo for the Karori Cemetery.