DEATH OF MR. J. INNES.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 662, 12 November 1909, Page 6

DEATH OF MR. J. INNES.

'.-The death'\ oooumd; yesterday, <■;■..:■■;' Mr. J. •B.Ylnnes,:.tbß; well-known '■'.' t»okseller,y at his residence,' Rawhiti Brooklyn*' ; He win-in , Us nonnaletjte of health up 'V Saturday, but 'during; that afternoon he:: hid :■"-'■;.'.- i'. a paralytiq stroke, . and: bkatno unoonebloug, : ;.; J lip, regained, oonfioiottsnoss/ and . died ■ >, : . ; . : yesterday J j Deceased .waSi 85 years of aRe,; Mft.:..,',' Innce jollied.\t.h«;jla«onlo 'fraternity , / abeut '■■ •"-. '':/■ thirtyi'yedM ago,, and had been a member of v. tho'Paciftfe Lodge,' Wellington, ; for: the last, I ' ':'.:■ eighteen years,'' Deceased's, surviving children'' ' are: W. Innes, of the -Pnblio :' • Works, Departmentj Mr. ■■-. Charles A. Ihnos, • ■</■: and Mr. ■', Frafik'- 0.- Innes, .who -wore, in. bus)-.- ■':■:' ness with their fatheri Mr. H. L. of.'■. ••■.'-.' Poverty, Bay ;> Mr. Arthur 8.. Innce, 'who vij •„■ :with hie brother-in Willis-Street; and Missel V > Elizabeth and Edith Innps, Deceased • cam* :-:Y>-i toJWellinKtbn , frem, Sydney in the' early,; *fi.f« ; ■'.:; ■■' ties with.Mr. Wv C.Nationifathei , of Mr. W. ■/:'■■:,; C.': Nation, of, Levin, :iind«-au apprenticed tirir, • the Nelson: Colonist. ;In Sydney, > Mr, Innes'(: : 'father, Mr. Nation/ and Mr. John Fairfax, ,:_ who ' started the . "Sydney Momine '• Herald,' 1 -:; . stood' it similar - positions, but Mr. .Nation -' ■; was tempted to come to Nelson.; .Mr. : -lnne4■.•■'■■• •' procoeded to Dunedin and Hokitike after leaf- : .... ing Nelson, and later ho joined, tho Wolling« .':•■ (xjn "Independent" as, a entnpoaitor. Ho w* . sarrioe in the Government Pnntihß Office.' and 1 : : v for Eoine years was overseer' of Mr. Hußhes'l:.-; ' .' printing office, 'With Mr.: P, Qalvini (laU . , : eciltor of the "Mines Eccord") ha .»e,nt .to <':?.:':' tocra,iirid planted ,tli6"llawera and :Noi>, I ■■>, inanby Star."-Mr. Innos sold his interest in i ■ ■ tho paper after worklnß , there for obotit twelve years, and removed to Maetertbn, where h<, ■■• ~-.■;; took up , tho'stationery, business, 'A year Inter, - 1 he eiimo to, Wellington,, nnd pureha6od Mfi'V . \ John. Watt's - bcwksolling -.■.bttMneM, which ;h« S , , ■: obntotnd for' elßhteen ytnrs, up to January . : last, when an ; outbreak 6l: fire destroyed th« ': v -.; shop. ■\ ■'•''. -.'. '.•■■■... '. ■■ - ... \ : -\ ■: ; ■'. ■" .'ln th». early days of .cricket and rowinß in ,;i - WellirietoiV'Mr. Innes rowed, a good oar,: and i 1 ' wielded a bat as well as niost criclceters.: ,; He I : ; belonged to Hhe Independent 6r6w ahd th« ■ ■ Wollington- Cricket Aesociation,, and when h< ■-> ' : .'; went to HaWera his services were always in j V rcqueßt .for'the first-ftjass orioket,matches , in': ■ ; southern Taranaki and Wanganui, v .-■'•: ■■;■•■ , The , funeral;will leave the residence,»t f1.31 jr to-morrow raorning., ... ■'•,':,"....■. . ; i , . >.'