OBITUARY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11397, 14 April 1899, Page 5

OBITUARY.

WM. PARKER STREET.

It is with regret that we have to record tntt death of another old Dunedin notability in. tha parson of Mr Wm. Parker Street, who passed away on Tuesday last at Albany, Western Australia. Mr Street came here from Victoria at the beginning of the sixties while yet a mere ,lad. After experiencing some of the vicissitudes common to many in those days, he received' the appointment, of clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court and Registrar of Births and Deaths in this city This position he filled with credit for some years, but he eventually resigned it for the purpose of entering into business on his own account. The deceased always took a keen

interest in public matters, and was no laggard in the matter of serving his fellow-citizens. Besides being a prominent member of the 1.0.0.3?., he at different times served as chair-

man of the Oity School Committee, and as a, city councillor, and as mayor of Dunedin.' He entered municipal life in 1877, when with Mr Sydney James ho was elected auditor for_

the city, and, being re-elected the following: year, he held the office until June, 1879. In: August, 1880, ho was returned as councillor; for High Ward, and was re-elected to the same position in 1883. On November 28, 1883, Mr Street had the honour of attaining to the highest civic position in the city, being elected mnysr. by a largo majority. His opponerits'onthat occasion were Mr John Guthrie and Mr D. M. Spedding. In 1888 Mr Street left for Victoria, wfiere he wa3 engaged in business: 'until about three years ago. He then, howover, became afflicted with paralysis, to which he finally succumbed at the age of S3. The deceased leaves a widow and a family of three— daughters and three sons to mourn their loss.