DEATH'OF MR HENRY DODSON.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XXIX, Issue 88, 16 April 1895, Page 2

DEATH' OF MR HENRY DODSON.

It in with great regret that wo aiiuotinee the death this morning at seven o'clock of Mr Henry Dodson, senior partner of the well-known linn of J. U. Dodson and Son, brewers The deceased was the son of the late Mr J. 1!. Dodson, the liist Mayor of Nelson, and a highly respected citizen of the pliws. He was born in Nova Scotia where the family was settled for a time. As a child Mr Henry Dodson came to New Zealand with his parents. His father entered into business as a brewer in Nelson in partnership «ith the late Mr Hooper, and the business is .still carried on. ■ After a residence here for kon^ ycar£ the family went to England, remaining ti;er.(j foj* some time and returning to Nelson. Mr Henfy Dridscm 'lias for long been in bad health, ami for i^any months his life has hung by a thread. His naturally strong constitution ennMed him, however, to rally time after time, v/iiei) the end had been thought imminent, l.'or till, lit.t ifay or two be has becu in'ii weak state au'd he iiawiei! away tliis morning. Mr Dodson was a man of rilher retiring disposition, md never (jOqI; part in public affairs. In business and in friendi>hi|) ho \yas very well known, and hih death will lje sincerely lijourDed fur and wide. He «i*s «, man of thoroughly upright character, nud had a great power of milking friends. He leaves behind a widow and a niiiiibci' of children, and his mother survives him. His relations may ho assured that they roueivo much syinpntliy in their bereavement,