The Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954) Monday 3 July 1922 p 4 Article
MR. JAMES HONEY, CENTENARIAN.
Mr. James Honey, of Hobart celebrated his hundredth birthday yesterday. He was bom at Rochester, Kent,England, on July 2, 1822, and is the son of the late James Honey, who was a farmer at Pittwater, Sorell, Tasmania,
who had left England about l8 months previously to Mrs. Honey and child arriving in the colony, which they did on May 1, 1825. on the ship Harvey (commanded by Captain Pench), formerly an East Indiaman vessel. " The voyage occupied eleven months, the vessel having called at South America and Santiago de Cuba on route Mr. Honey entered the Commissariat Department on January 1, 1835, under Deputy Commissary-General Maclean. He served two
years at Norfolk Island (1853-1854), and was fortunate enough to have landed prior to the boat in which he landed being captured by prisoners. Most of his services were in the capacity of cashier, and the amount of money that passed through his hands yearly was considerable. He excelled as an athlete,principally in running and swimming,and on more than one occasion rescued persons from drowning. He left the Imperial service about 1896, and for a short time previously acted as paymaster of Imperial Pensions. He had three sons in the Government service.
The eldest, who was employed in the Military Stores Department, died at the early age of 20 years. It is said he is the last of the officials under the old military regime in Australia. His civic rank was equivalent to that of captain
in the British Army, and he is in receipt of a pension from the British War Office.
He still enjoys excellent health, and
takes a keen interest in European and colonial politics. There are four generations of the family residing in Hobart.