Obituary

Stuart Richardson, City Electrical Engineer to the Wellington, N. Z., Corporation, died on September 11, 1914, after a brief illness. Mr. Richardson was born at Swansea, England, January 9, 1863. After spending some years as a young man in Australia he returned to England, and, taking up the study of electrical engineering, entered the Brush Company´s works at Loughborough. After gaining an extensive experience with this firm he was appointed Electrical Engineer to the Corporation of the City of Leicester. In 1899 he left England to take up the position of manager for the New Zealand Electrical Syndicate, which then controlled the electric lighting of the city of Wellington. At the termination of his engagement with that company he entered the service of the Wellington Corporation and in 1905 was appointed to the position of Tramway and Electrical Engineer, which he held until his death. Mr. Richardson was elected an Associate of the A.I.E.E. on January 26, 1906. He was a Member of the (British) Institution of Electrical Engineers.