SUDDEN DEATH

Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1927, Page 4

SUDDEN DEATH

j 1 OF AIR X KAY TON KING. I (By Telegraph—Per Press Association.) N'EAV PI.YAIOUTH. July 27. The sudden death occurred id" Air . X'cwton .King, head of the noted auci tiineering firm, at his home this alter. { noon, at tlie age of seventy-two years It closed the career of the best known man in Taranaki. The deceased had a huge commercial business .spreading over practically overy corner of the province, with influences far beyond it. His business \ias undoubtedly the largest one-man concern in the Dominion, while some who are in a position to judge affirm that it was the largest South of the T.ine. AHr Newton King was associated with the ("imnien ial, social and sporting life of Taranaki from the early days. It was at the age of twentythree that he commenced his agency business, which steadily grew up. through lean times and times of plenty, always progressing under the guiding hand of a man who had an unwavering faith in the future of the Province and the Dominion, and a very large number of farmors received financial advances from him. and with this connection his business advanced to tremendous proportions, covering practically every requirement of the farming anil business community. In 1920 his business was turned into a limited liability company. Air King was prominently connected with the development of the dairying industry, and liis stock agency and general busines was so much a part of the Province that lie was familiarly known as the “King of Taranaki." An early representative footballer. Ah- King later became a well known lncehorse owner, and his stable has been responsible for some notable victories. He bad been a keen member of tlie New Plymouth Harbour Board for many years and Chairman for a long period, the Newton King "Wharf being a monument to his workin connection with the development <d the port. He ""as associated "‘h numerous other bodies and the suaping of such a link so unexpectedly will leave a gap in the life of the Province. For ten days Ah' King had been sal- j fering from a severe cold, and this morning 'his niedhnl adviser ordered him to remain in bed. though serious consequences were not anticipated. Mr King collapsed and died at one-thirty.