OBITUARY

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 8364, 26 February 1913, Page 7

OBITUARY

DEATH OF MB B. WILSON. There passed away at his residence in Tinakori road yesterday afternoon, at tho ago of seventy, an old and dghly esteemed resident of Wellington m°tho person of Mr Benjamin Wilson, who, for many years, held a responlibio position on the management staff of tho Government Printing Office. The deceased gentleman arrived in Auckland from Londonderry with his young wife in the stirring days towards tho close of tho Maori war, in the early sixties. He was a representative typo of tho young colonist of that period—men of sterling courage, adventurous enterprise, .and education—who laid tho sound foundations of our present citizenship. For some years after his arrival, Mr Wilson was connected with tho typographical staff of the “Daily Southern Gross," at a time when it was tho foremost political journal in New- Zealand, and subsequently ho spent some years at the Thames, in the‘glowing days of that goldfield, on the staff of tho “Advertiser.” Soon after the removal of the seat of Government from Auckland, Mr Wilson came with his family to this city, then comparatively in its infancy, to take an appointment in the Government Printing Ofiioe, and for many yoprs ho was in a position of control, eventually retiring because of failing health. He was a man of most admirable personality, quiet and unassuming in manner, conscientious to a degree in, tho discharge of his duties, and of strict integrity and uprightness in bis private and business life. To those who served under him, ho was thoughtful, considerate and fairminded, and he carried with him into private life the warmest feelings of respect and admiration of those with whom ho had been associated in his business career. Being of a quiet and unobtrusive disposition, the late Mr Wilson took no active part in public affairs, but bis circle of friends was wide and appreciative.. He was a man of whom it might fairly be said that it was a privilege to possess his friendship. The deceased gentleman is survived by a widow and grown-up family, with whom there will ho widespread sympathy in their bereavement. The interment will be private.