OBITUARY

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 14, 17 January 1936, Page 6

OBITUARY

MR J. W. ELLISON t P»r Pr««i Asso- .*L:on I WELLINGTON, Jan. 16. The death took place to-day at lii» -esidence, of Mr. John liybrants Ellison, J.F.. formerly .Superintendent of Police. Mr. Ellison, who was in his eightv-sixth year, had suffered a long illness. From constable to superintendent. Mr. Ellison held all the ranks in the (>oliee force of New Zealand. A native of Donegal, he came to the Dominion when 18 and after four years’ experi cnee in mining and farming joined the armed constabulary. Transferred to ■he civil police, he served at Welling»nn from 1877 and was promoted to sergeant in 1880. He served la that •ank at Wellington. Auckland and Wanganui. In 1898 he was made inspector. He was the first officer to be appointed superintendent when that rank was recreated about 191’-. He retired from the force in 1915. Hie late Mr. Ellison was a prominent tree >xa’on LORD FORSTER Received Jan. 186, 5.5 p.mLONDON, Jan. 15. Lord Forster died following an operation in a London nursing home. William Henry Forster, first Baron Forster. P.C., G.C.M.G., was born m 1866 and would ha\c been LJ year* ot age on Januarv 31. He was educated at Eton and at New College, Oxford, and played in the cricket elevens ot i Lose institutions and for Gentlemen v. I’lavers. He married in 1890 a daughter of Lord Montagu of Beaulieu. In 1902-5 he was a Lord Coni missioner of the Treasury, and in 19J-> 19 Financial Secretary of the War Of fine. He was in the House of Com mons for twenty-seven years from 1892 and at the end of that period was raised to the Peerage. In 1919 he ”as appointed Governor-General ot Australia for rhe term ot five yea:.-. He was a member of the Army < ouucil and lea'. e« no heir. THEA. RE OWNER 5 DEATH Received Jan. 16. 5.5 p.m. NEW YORK, Jan. 15. fhe death has occurred of Mr. Roxv, creator of the modern movie Theatre palaces. Roxy, whose real name was Kothaf?l, wa.- une of the most famous theatre-owner* and artists in presentation in the United states. 'i he Roxy I heatrr, which he bx.ilt years ago, -fated 6100 people, and at rhe time of its construction was the largest motion picture theatre in the world. Later mo became asr'»<’iated with Radi" t ity.