Death Of Mr. Jack Ellis

THE death occurred in Sydney on October 6 of Mr. John Ellis, lately of the Solomons. He was best known as “Jack” Ellis.

Mr. Ellis was born at Bangor, Wales, about 1876. He came to Australia and took a job in the Moresby, running to the Solomons. He left the vessel in 1903 and started at Tulagi, in the practice of his trade of a sail-maker.

For some time he assisted the late Mr.

Dick Laycock in his business as a store keeper, but he continued his sail-making business, which, in latter years, he carried on in conjunction with the Customs and Forwarding Agency, until the evacuation caused by the Japanese invasion.

“Jack” was one of the “old hands” of the Solomons, and always held the respect and confidence of the people of the Pro tectorate.