DEATH OF MR. SAMUEL BROWN.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 586, 14 August 1909, Page 5

DEATH OF MR. SAMUEL BROWN.

V Shortly after 115;. o'clock this morning, ' : Mr." Samuel Brown, employers' representative-, on'.', the 'Arbitration Court,- passed.-away 'at: his'homein Etarison'Str6ot, He had.beeii suffering from>n internal, trouble, but • his '■ ' de&tfT'comes'iiiexpectedly to general . ho. widely, ro- : v.v v apeete3.' i 1;Mr. Samuel Brown was a native of- ire- - land, and came to New i Zealand in 1862, ■ ]anding-ti.t tio Bluflf. Ho refflaJned in Inver- •••••; cargill for -two - years/.carrying. on business is a contractor. »' Mr. 'Brown removed to "Wellington 7 in -18G4y and Btarted th'e wood, ooal, and produce bußineSS. which still bears | •' -his nfimMrtd is oarnedion by;his sons., De-1 •- -."censed -took a. prominent-'part :in local :poli-1 held the-position of -Mayor-of Wellington in 1887 and 1888.- He waß also a.| 'member of tho City Council fo-r six years from- September,. 1870, and held a seat on ■the : Harbour Board"for-throe years. At ono time slr. Brown also' held - a seat as a 'mem'bsr of thoßoa,rd.of-Governors of .Wellington •College." He was 'a- Justice of the Peace for several years, 7 and.at one .stage of-his career '-patented an appliance for'gold Eoving in can---lieetionvwith■ dredging. Of later.years Jlr. Brown held tho position of employers' repre- ■ ■ ' : 'v- sentative on 'the Arbitration Court. •- ; • > V/hilo nlways guardful of tho ■ employer's Mr. 'Brown, was admittedly a, just ' maii/ : frith'a et-oat grasp : of technical 1 details and sin experience and insight that must'havo- : been of great value; to-tho Court., -His ex- ■ ' nririonco as a contractor and in many phases " of-industry, baoked -up -with a practical and : Dbsrrvant mind, admirably, eqnipped him for position which-he had so,ton£:-.and,h<m<rar-'••"•'"••ibly'Kdd." Tho'-Wellineton Industrial Asso- ' jistion has been idebtod to Mr. Brown for a numbor of papers reflecting his wide knowledge and the keenness of his intellect. cDofleas'ed wm 64 years' of age. The funeral will leave at 2.30 p.m. on Sunday, andj;he 'interment will take, place, m Sydney btreet Cemetery. ■ ~