Death Of Mr. J. J. Griffiths

rE death took place in Sydney on June 20 of Mr. J. J. Griffiths, late manager of the Grand Pacific Hotel, Suva, Fiji, at the age of 64.

Mr. Griffiths was for many years chief steward in the Union Steamship Co.’s steamers, which he left to take over MacDonald’s Hotel, at Suva, of which he was the proprietor for many years. He left Suva and returned to Australia to enter into business, and was afterwards manager of several of the Joynton Smith Trust hotels—Carrington (Katoomba), Astra (Bondi), Arcadia (Sydney), Log Cabin (Penrith). The urge to see Fiji again, resulted in his accepting a posi tion with the Union Steamship Co. as manager of the Grand Pacific Hotel, in 1934; and he resigned on account of ill health in 1939.

The late Mr. Griffiths was highly respected in Fiji. Mrs. Griffiths was extremely popular and her many little acts of kindness will be long remem bered by travellers. Mr. Griffiths leaves a widow, one daughter (Mrs. C. England, of Longueville, North Sydney) and one son, who is on the staff of the USS Co. at Suva.

The funeral, on June 22, was largely attended. The Union Steamship Co. was represented by its Newcastle manager, Mr. W. E. Hancock, who was manager in Fiji when Mr. Griffiths took over the Grand Pacific Hotel.