MR. J. H. WITHEFORD
CPress Assn.-
PICTURESQUE MINING CAREE1
-By Telegraph— Copyriglitl
AUCKLAND, Frida; The death is announced of Mr; j. I Withef ord, of Birkenhead, who a gei eration ago Was one of the be: known men in Auckland. _ The most outstanding f eature of h pxcturesque career was his singli handed negotiations with the Britfi Admiralty and the obtaining for iS Auckland Harbour Board of a, sui sidy of £5000 per year for the us of the Calliope Doek and workslo equipment hy the ships of the Royi Navy. Many years ago Mr. Withefor went to England with a number t mining properties, including the fan ous Hauraki mines at Coromande and he was so successful in floatiii them on the London market that 1 made a fortune, reputed to be £83 000, which in those days really w a fortune for a New Zealander. Probably no other man in New Ze: land could have made such a su cess of such large fiotations as I Witheford effected. He knew the go! fields intimately; knew all about t! wonderful fields of the Thaines ai was also an experieneed share broke He was at one time chairman of il Auckland Harbour Board and May of Birkenhead. He had also reprl sented Auckland in Parliament.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 59, 31 October 1931, Page 2
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