MR. G. E. TOLHURST

Evening Post, Volume CII, Issue 113, 9 November 1921, Page 6

MR. G. E. TOLHURST

General regret was expressed in the city this morning at the news of the * death of Mr George E; Tolhurst, for- . merly resident inspector of the Union . Bank of Australia, which occurred at ~ ' bis late residence, 24, Grant-road, last ''■ ' night, at the age of 81 years. -~ ■ Born an' Kent, the late Mr. Tolhurst " : went; to": Australia in company with a cousin at the age of 17. For twelve »■ years he was connected with, the Ben- , digo goldfields; but afterwards He be- :;' -came associated with the banking -- business at Prahran, Melbourne. In "1 '■ 1869 he married a daughter of Sir ',; . Robert Molesjvorth, a Judge of the Supreme Court in Victoria, and about ■' 47 years ago Mr. and Mrs. Tolhurst £ : came to New Zealand. Having pre- ~ vibusly been-an inspector in the service "• of the National Bank of Australasia, the 'I late. Mr. Tolhurst became manager of « the Bank of New Zealand at Wellington ; : in March, 1874. • He held the position of " manager at Wellington. until January, Z 1889, .when. he..proceeded,.to Auckland £, to take up temporarily the .duties of "general manager. He retired from the * ' service of the Bank of New Zealand in ;; July, 1890, ahd joined the Union. Bank T? ■of Australia at Wellington as resident ;■ inspector for the New Zealand division •; !on ilst of the;same year, sue- , n .ceedingf ,Mr.! Joseph Palmer, who had *-been chief, officer for New. Zealand, since 2 1872.-r With the exception1 of a period; " of eight months, when he acted as vchief g inspector to.the bank,in Melbourne, Mr. 2 ■Tolhurst was inspector of the-New Zea- •>' land! division of the Union Bank of Aus- ' J tralia' "until. the date of his, retirement,, i Ist October, 1911. , i j The late Mr. Tolhurat took a very * keen interest in the affairs of the Angli- *'; can Church, being actively connected f with Stl Paul's Pro-Cathedral for many >; years and '.' the '. Wellington Diocesan 5 Trustees. Deceased was'also a member ■-of the Wellington Club, of which he was •« at one time president. ■ The enlargement "t of Queen's Park was a. matter in which' r the late Mr. Tolhurst was'greatly '.inter-. ",estedj-and-he handed over a large porS;tion of his own land in.order, that.this '; .work] might be carried out: v '" ' ■it Mrl Tolhurst possessed a wonderful »' .memory and could recall many interest- * ing recollections of people he had met ;;.on the Bendigo goldfields. He was pre- " deceased by Mrs. Tolhurst-thirteen years ("ago, arid is survived by two sons and a r; daughter. The ions are' Mr. K. M. Tpl■ihurst, of Auckland r and Mr. G. Gerald Z . Tolhurst j sharebroker, "of Wellington; "the daughter being Mrs. T. Young,, of ;;' Wellington. Dr. Alex, r Tolhurst, who "■was killed in France on Bth May, 1918, 21 was another son. . ' " , -\ A funeral/service will be' held at St. vPaul-'g- Pro-Cathedral at 8.30 a.m. on .:" Friday.- ... .. , • ' : .'