Obituaries Australia

Mr Dave Warnock (75), a former Broken Hill alderman and leading unionist, died on Tuesday at his home, Curtis Road, Guildford, Sydney.

A brilliant orator, Mr. Warnock first came under notice in early day debating societies here and later became associated with unions. An enginedriver, he was a member of the F.E.D. and F.A. and in that organisation he became president and an advocate. During the 1909 lockout he was prominent on the combined unions committee and participated in negotiations with the B.H.P. management in company with Mr. Tom Mann, an English union leader who visited here. Ever mindful of local conditions, Mr. Warnock was in conflict with Mr. Mann in the negotiations.

Mr. Warnock served as an alderman in the Council of 1908, which included the late Dr. J. Booth and Sir Victor Wilson. It was a mixed body and debates were heated. When the unions had a woodyard Mr. Warnock managed that enterprise. Subsequently he went to South Australia, where he was prominent in the F.E.D. and F.A. while engaged at Brighton cement works. For many years he has been in Sydney and was active in the Bankstown labor assemblies, numbering among his friends one time Premier McGirr. He was employed until illness overtook him about a week ago. He is survived by a widow and grown up family. Mrs. R. Whetters, of South Broken Hill, is a sister.