OBITUARY.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 110, 10 May 1923, Page 6

OBITUARY.

MR. JOHN TUtLEBL. A POPULAR VOCALIST. '' Mr. John Fuller, perhap, w kn« M < as "the popular tenor," butwW.? actually the founder of the big theabS firm now tearing his name died at j»' yesterday at hie residence, Xmlfe ft. Road, Mount Eden, after three i*£ illness. Mr. John Fuller had Win for the part three weeks tnd fiLfe succombed to a sudden heart attwt Mr. Fuller, who was held in hiirh og!Z~ throughout the Dominion, *as London in 1850, and was in his bovLHl ja chorister. He worked -fw-SS [years as a compositor on various »•» papers in England. Mr. Fuller dHW ; emg in publio until he wae2T jeuirf age, then he became associated mi&Z , Mohawk Minstrels in Which W« tenor vocalist. One of h« gonl vJ tbirty-four years ogo* with 'tifaSC* Albu concert company, and at tk» <*»/ elusion of the season, Mr. FnhvX*J!i" to remain in Auckland. Hβ toekm* the old City Hall at the cornerT<C and Victoria Streets from Mr. HawS Aghton and inaugurated the powkJ Wednesday night concerts, had a tenor voice of rare parity artli£ ■»f»» 0f .,, 80n «> of the MoriT pZT ballads will long be pleasure. "Geraldine," one ounte encore numbers became so -that it was uung and whistled XS the town for a longtime WW* ; encore was demanded the audieneTnS jto call for that song, MrjSSm* of course capable of much bettef*** than ballad singing, and fr«SyW i part in oratorios at the concerts Vft. .; Auckland Choral Society. :many years contributed solos atcWk Services. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller ffl England 18 months ago. ~ : ; i Mr. Fuller and his second eldest dwritMiss Hettie (now Mrs. J. HameirTwif. the vocalists at the Wednesday abfe concerts, Mr. Walter Fuller oScfcWrf the piano, and Mr. Ben Fuller (now Sir Benjamin) wae the comedian, iftl six months, Mr. Fuller dbebfetJnil these concerts which were continued i> Mr. Gee, who was replaced again br Ifr Fuller in company with Mr. Chide Cooper, six months afterwards, lit entertainments consisting of latsra «!* ;tures interpersed with concert ntm i Later Mr. Fuller opened a waxwork o> Uiibitkm in the Agricultural Hall « S I site formerly occupied by the-old dtr I markets. These entertiimnenti wni continued for a considerable period sal occasionally the Waxworks weit Ufa lon *our through the Dominion, .la 190J he moved to the Opera. Houae, which i» purchased two years later. - Wje in* ing pictures were introduced ,ifc ftifc, promptly acquired an interest Ja tit business, and gradually hbmentiaii included the vaudiville entertatuneti; which have become so. popular. Altbari ever retaining a keen interest in 1U pro. fession, Mr. Fuller, in later yein, *• signed the management to Sir Beniuaa Fuller, Mr. John Fuller, junior, aai Mr. Walter Fuller, and the .firm now era many theatres not only in New Zealud but also in Australia. Deceased is survived by hie wi&w vi the following children, -Sir Beojtab tad Mr. -John' Fuller of Sydney, Mr. • Wife Fuller and Mr. Ray Fuller of Vtifeffoo, Mesdames John Hamer of timiia, T, W. Bodlum of WeHingtoai.«Sl tt t Grubb of Mount Albert. rj The, interment "take* pl*e»'itftii. karaka Cemetery to-morrow.- _'