Sydney, Mar. 1
A well-known financial figure has died herein the person of Sir Ernest Cooper Riddle, who: was Governor of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia from 1§27.to 1938, at the age of 61. He is survived by his wife and a son and a daughter.
Sir Ernest Riddle worked his way up from the bottom. He joined the Bank of Australiasia at Narrabri, as a clerk, in 1880. He became manager of the Orange, New South Wales, branch of the bank in 1806. Four years. later, he was made sub-manager of the Perth branch of the bank. He joined the Commonwealth Bank of Australia as manager of the Perth Branch in 1915, becoming manager of the Sydney branch in 1923 and of the Melbourne branch a year later. He became deputy governor of the Bank in 1925 and was governor from 1927 to 1938, when he retire comment.
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