. Canadian forest industries July-December 1922. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. io CANADALUMBERMAN Death of Esteemed Ontario Lumberman James McNiece Austin, senior partner of the firm of Austin & Nicholson, passed away recent- ly in St. Luke's hospital, Ottawa failing" to rally from an opera- tion. He had been suffering from internal trouble for only a few days and the end came sud- denly. Mr. Austin had been for many years a resident of Ren- frew, where he was held in the highest respect, being an active member of the Boar
. Canadian forest industries July-December 1922. Lumbering; Forests and forestry; Forest products; Wood-pulp industry; Wood-using industries. io CANADALUMBERMAN Death of Esteemed Ontario Lumberman James McNiece Austin, senior partner of the firm of Austin & Nicholson, passed away recent- ly in St. Luke's hospital, Ottawa failing" to rally from an opera- tion. He had been suffering from internal trouble for only a few days and the end came sud- denly. Mr. Austin had been for many years a resident of Ren- frew, where he was held in the highest respect, being an active member of the Board of Educa- tion, president of the Renfrew Conservative Association and an official of the Methodist Church. For a number of years he con- ducted a retail mercantile busi- ness in Chapleau, and about that time railway construction work was being carried on in which George B. Nicholson, ex for Alg'oma East, was engaged. The late J. M. Austin, Renfrew, Ont. Nicholson was a locomotive en- gineer and Mr. Austin a general storekeeper. They became acquain- ted and their friendship grew into a business partnership which started in 1901 when they took out a few logs and ties together. The business associations then formed grew and expanded until the firm of Austin & Nicholson became the largest producers of rail- way ties in the Dominion and dealt extensively in lumber, lath, pil- ing and pulpwood. Their headquarters were at Chapleau, Ont., and they operated plants at Nicholson, Dalton Mills and Devon in North- western Ontario. Mr. Austin had several other important holdings and interests outside of lumbering and was one of Renfrew's most respected citizens. Mr. Austin was in his 56th year and was twice married, his sec- ond wife being Miss Flora Macdonald, of Renfrew. A family of four sons and one daughter are left. The sons are Allan McN., who is identified with the lumber industry at Dalton Mills and J. W. at the Nicholson plant, one daughter, Lily, of Toronto, and two
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