OBITUARY.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXIII, Issue IX, 26 August 1899, Page 21

OBITUARY.

MR SALVATORE CIMINO. Wellington has once more to deplore the loss of one of its earliest and most respected residents. Mt Salvatore Cimino having passed away at the residence of his son-in-law, Mr G. H. Fisher, at the ripe old age of 91 years. Mr Cimino was born at Messina, being the third son of the late Captain Cimino, of the Royal Italian Navy, and came to New Zealand in 1840, being a fellow passenger of the late Dr. Featherstone. An expert sailer. Mr Cimino soon became a wellknown trader, as commander and owner of the cutter Fidele. which supplied the settlers and natives along the West Coast and at Lyttelton with stores from Port Nicholson. The Fidele was replaced later on by the Fly. which earned the reputation of being the smartest little craft along the coast. Retiring from the sea during the fifties. Mr Cimino entered into commercial business in Wellington, from which he retired about twenty years ago. and has been ever since a well-known figure in the city, where he lived an honoured and energetic life of well doing to his fellow-men. The deceased was married twice, first to a daughter of the late Mr Wright, who died forty years ago. Mr Salvatore Cimino, the well-known manager for Messrs C. Begg and Co., in Willis-

street, and a daughter, who died in Christchurch, being tbe issue of the first marriage; his second wife being Miss Hickey, who predeceased him a few years ago. cleaving four daughters —Mrs G. H. Fisher. Mrs William Fisher (daught-r-in-law of Mr George Fisher. M.H.K.), Mrs E. P. Bunny, aud Sister Mary Signori (of St. Stary’s Convent. Wellington). Mr Cimino passed peacefully away in the presence of the Rev. Father Holley and his family. his end having been anticipated for some days previous to his decease, and one more name has been added to the long list of colonists who bore the burden and h»at of the early days and are now at rest.