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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Mr. William Henry Quick

Mr. William Henry Quick, a Councillor of the City of Wellington for Lambton Ward from September, 1884, to September, 1887, is very well known and greatly respected as a barrister, solicitor, and notary public. He is a son of the Rev. W. A. Quick, and was born on the 15th of October, 1843, at Sierra Leone, in the West of Africa, being educated in England, New South Wales, and Tasmania. He came out to the colonies in 1854; and, having qualified as a solicitor in Sydney, reached New Zealand in October, 1866, when he was admitted a barrister and solicitor of the Colony, Mr. Quick is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, and a “Past Master” of Lodge Aorangi, E.C. He is also a “Past Master” of Lodge Waterloo, S.C. The subject of this notice is a prominent member of the Church of England, holding the position of chancellor of the Diocese of Wellington. He has long been a member of the Diocesan Synod, and of the Wellington Diocesan Board of Trustees, which holds a great many Church properties. He is also a trustee of the Wanganui Collegiate School. As a Councillor, Mr. Quick performed his civic duties with the same punctuality and straightforwardness which have ever characterised him as a professional man. Though a representative of Lambton Ward, his attitude towards the poorer divisions of the City was fairly liberal, consistent with the claims of his own ward; though the writer well remembers a return being called for by Ex-Councillor Quick, which astonished the whole Council by proving that in Cook Ward the sum of £32 was being page 301 spent for every £1 spent in Lambton Ward in proportion to the rates respectively collected. In committee work—by far the most important and arduous of a Councillor's duty—Mr. Quick was a useful member, and one who did much to maintain the dignity of the Council and City.