George Ernest Holroyde
George Ernest Holroyde (c1860-1928)
1928 Obituary [1]
GEORGE ERNEST HOLROYDE was associated for very many years with the Colonial Sugar Refining Company of Sydney, Australia.
He served his apprenticeship with Messrs. Pollit and Weigsall of Halifax, and afterwards went to Australia as engineer to the sugar company.
From 1893 he was manager of the firm's refineries at Brisbane, Auckland, N.Z., Melbourne, and Sydney, the latter being the largest in Australia. He was responsible for the design of machines for bag-making, golden syrup filling, tin testing, and other labour-saving devices.
During the War he took a keen interest in Red Cross work and designed a successful machine for cutting old linen into small portions for making swabs as a substitute for cotton wool. This machine is now in the Australian War Museum.
Mr. Holroyde retired in 1920, and his death occurred on 25th March 1928, in his sixty-ninth year.
He became an Associate Member of the Institution in 1905.