AUSTIN,
Arthur.
Newsagent and Bookseller.
35, High Street , Pitshill, Tunstall, Stoke-on Trent.
Born
1881 at Tunstall. Son of the late William Austin.
Educated
Wesleyan Public School and Ruskin College, Oxford.
Married
1904, Esther Hannah, daughter of the late William Johnson.
Member
of Wolstanton and Burslem Poor Law Guardians, 1919-22 ;
of Stoke and Wolstanton, 1922-30 ;
and Stoke City Council 1930-34 ;
Governor
Dr. Hulmes Charities, 1928-33 ;
Member of the Oxford University Tutorial Movement 1913-31 ;
North Staffs. Branch Secretary National Federation of Retail Newsagents,
Booksellers Association. Miners Representative on Output Committee ;
Wages Board , Lancashire, Cheshire and N. Staffs , and Educational Advisory
Work to Ministry of Labour and raising money for Soldiers during the war.
Recreations
- Tennis and Politics.
No
Heir.
"Who's Who in
Staffordshire" 1934
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