OBITUARY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16022, 14 September 1915, Page 4

OBITUARY.

MR. A. H. SHUBT. iBT TELEGttAPH- OWJf COEBESFOXDZST-] . Chbisxchcech, Monday. - Tats death of Mr. Augustus Hirttoo _ Sumy, who was for many years manager .'i,- *' of the Ashburton branch of the TJnkm V Bank of Australia, is announced." , Mr-'.-" , Shury" was born' in London in" 1833. «nd zwas a son of the late Mr.* George William Shury, headmaster of Great Ealing school He was educated at Great Ealing school \ and in France. On returning to London ""-. he was promised an appointment in the ~ Bank of England, but the gold digging" -■; - breaking out in Victoria, he was induced ■.— to emigrate to Australia. Leaving" England on August 28, 1851, in the barque Beulah, for Melbourne, and landing;at.-;* > Port Phillip on December 24 of that year. - : ' He was in Victoria for nine years, and. in 1850. entered the service of the Union c Bank of Australia. He was transferred "£•■•. to Dunedin, arriving there in November_>~.~ : of the same year. While in Dunedin, amongst other "duties, Mr. Shury had -■" charge of the gold buying, and he pur- _.v.; chased the fir<t parcel of sold brought to " ; Dunedin by the late Gabriel Read, and ; ; made a mode] of a skire-box for hint'.lns:, ~ September. 1874, Air. Shurv was appointed .V----to take charge of the Ashburton branch." ■•t;*--of the bank, and continued as manager,-^ :% for about 20 years, when be retired, and J,~ for the past- 21 years, he has enjoyed a-■' well-earned passion from the institution.. —» He was one of the keenest anglers in New .-_. Zealand, and personally put into riven*, ''.. on behalf of the AcrlimaiasaUon Sode*r, \ hundreds of thousands of young fish. Ha .;•; was for manv years secretary of the. Ash- .._>-, burton" Acclimatisation Socitiy- He *» always regarded as a reliable and valuable •.. . authority on all matters piscatorial in .;■ many parts of the Dominion. .