OBITUARY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 276, 30 December 1909, Page 2

OBITUARY.

MR. L. A. NATHAN. By Cable.—Pre«» Association. —OopyilgLt London, December 28. Obituary: Louis Arthur Nathan, a New Zealander. [The late Mr. L. A. Nathau was an export agent and broker, who retired from active business about six years ago. The late Mr. Arthur 11. Nathan, who carried on business iu Auckland for upwards of thirty years, was a brother of tTio deceased. At his death the business was formed into a limited liability company. The present head »f the concern, Mr. Sidney J. Nathan, is also a brother. Mr. W. Nathan, of Wei. lington, a partner in the firm of W. M. Ballantyne and Co., and the late Mr. 3. L. Nathan, of New Plymouth, are also brothers. Another brother resides in London and another in Brisbane. The deceased \v;is a coitbin of All". Alh'etl Natlwu and the late Mr. L. D. Nathan, of Auckland.]

A FAMOUS ORNITHOLOGIST. Berlin, December 28. Mr. llichard Dowdier Sharpe, the famous ornithologist, i* dead. [Deceased, who w;\s born in London in 1847, held the position of assistant keeper in the Department of Zoology in the British Museum.] HEAD OF A BANK. Berlin, December 28. Obituary: Mr. Paul Mendellsflonn Barthally, head of Mondellssohn's Bank, Berlin. AN INSURANCE EX-PRESIDENT. London, December 28. Mr." Sheldon, ex-president of the Phoenix Insurance Company, died of ptomaine poisoning.