DEATH OF MR. W. J. SALMON.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 101, 25 October 1907, Page 8

DEATH OF MR. W. J. SALMON.

I „ * The numerous friends in this city of Mr. W. J. Salmon, manager of the WelI lington brunch of the Kaiapoi Woollen Company, and a resident of the district' for a great many years, received a painful shock this morning when they learned that he had died suddenly in Palmerston North. Tho deceased left Wellington on Monday last on a business tour of the Manawatu district, and to all appearance he was then in good health. He took rooms at the Club Hotel in Palmerston North, and was reading a. newspaper in the i smoking-room of the hotel this morning when he expired. It is understood that the cause of death was, heart disease. The late Mr. Salmon was born in Sydney. " New .South Wales, in 1846, and was therefore 61 years of age. He was educated in his native city, and in 1864. he came over to Wellington with ,his paients, Mr. and Mm. Nathaniel Salmon. He was apprenticed to the drapery trade here, and was employed in Kirkcaldie and Stains' and other retail estab. j lishmenls for some years. He. then enteied the wholesale soft goods trade, and soon made a name for himself as a commercial traveller. In addition to being a smart business man, he had the happy knack of making friends wherever he went, and it was acknowledged that there was no smarter man "on the road than he was. Leaving the service of Messrs. Thompson, Shannon and Co. m 1884, he accepted tho appointment of Wellington representative of the Kaiapoi Woo I . en Company, ,md when the company-, established a branch here it showed its appreciation of his energy and ability by appointing him its manager in, this city, a position which he retained until his death. In his younger days Mr. Salmon was a noted cricketer, and for years no representative team wa6 complete without bis services. He took a great interest in the affairs of the Wellington Commercial Travellers' Club and for some time past he had been one of its most active vicepresidents. He has left a widow and a family of three — two sons (MV. Percy Salmon, of Fordell and Phillips, Wellington, and Mr. B. L. Salmon, of Messrs. Benjamin and Co.'s local staff), and a daughter (Mrs. Rudman, wife of Mr. Rudman, onu of the mabteia of Wellington Colleg-e.)