Thomas Bath

It is with sincere regret that the Council have to record the great loss sustained by the school during the last year, in the death of Mr. Thomas Bath, J.P., who worthily filled the position of a Councillor of the School from the 9th September, 1889, until the day of his death, which took place on the 29th of July last. Mr Bath always tool a great interest in the school's progress and during his lifetime rendered it on more than one occasion material financial aid. Further evidence of the keen interest taken by Mr Bath in the School's welfare is afforded by the fact that on his death he left a substantial sum, the exact amount of which is not yet known, to be devoted to the School's requirements. Annual Report 1901

• Mr Bath was a councillor and life governor of the School of Mines in which position he did much valuable work during the more active years of his life. Although he never of late attended any of the Council meetings, he still evinced a lively interest in the School's well being, and was ever vigilant and ready to lead an opposition party if the thought the Council was working in an unwise direction. In this connection he once said to the writer, " I only attend a meeting when I want to stop something.:*

SMB Students; Magazine, Term 2, 1901.