Thc ( interpretation, given yesterday by Sir .Joshua Williams, of the terms of the Harrop bequest is generally accepted as enabling the New Cathedral Board to push op with preparations for a start building. Iu view of Bishop Novill’s prospective absence from Dunedin, a meeting of the board will not bo held until his return early next month. It is expected that a decision will then he. como to in the matter of starting operations as soon as possible. The Bay Town Board have written to the Minister of Marine ’objectin'' to the reclamation of the 221. acres fronting Anderson Bay. The Harbor Board have already' received provisional consent for this undertaking, conditional upon their being able to make arrangements with the Drainage Board for proper-drainage.
Sir Henry Whittaker Trickett, known .as “the slipper lung,” died at his residence, Waterfoot, Manchester, on the night of August 4 last. Sir Henry, who was 56 years of age, was head of the firm of H. W, Trickett, Ltd., and founder of the slipper industry in the Rossendale Valley. He had a romantic career, starting work when eight years of age as an apprentice to the felt trade. Some year's later he started business as a slipper manufacturer in a small way with half a dozen hands. At the time of his death he was head of a business with 1,300 or 1,400 employees.
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Evening Star, Issue 15293, 19 September 1913, Page 10
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