Obituaries Australia

Mrs. W. G. Lipscomb died this morning at Petty's Hotel, Sydney, where she had been staying for the past few months. She was taken suddenly ill about noon yesterday. Mrs. Lipscomb, who was 82 years of age, was a daughter of the late Mr. T. W. Tucker, one of the original proprietors of this journal. During her long life in this town, she took an active interest in the Maitland Benevolent Home and St. Mary's Church. She was president of the Home for some time; right up to the last she was keenly interested in its welfare. Her late husband was a well-known chemist in Maitland some years ago. He died in 1913, and since then Mrs. Lipscomb had lived at Brandon, Seaham, spending a few months each year in Sydney. She was a shareholder in the Maitland Mercury Newspaper and Printing Co., Ltd., and prior to the formation ot the company was a member of the firm of Tucker, Thompson and Elpper. She leaves two sons and one daughter—Mr. W. H. Lipscomb, of the Commercial Bank, Newcastle; Dr. T. W. Lipscomb, of Macquarie steet, Sydney; Mrs. L. B. Fisher, of Brandon, Seaham. The funeral will leave the residence of Mr. Goorge Lipscomb, of Steam-street, West Maitland, at 10.30 tomorrow morning for the Church of England cemetery at Campbell's Hill.