William Howe

William Howe (c. 1864 – 17 May 1952) was an English-born businessman and newspaperman in Port Melbourne, Australia. History Howe was born either in Manchester or London, the second son of Samuel Howe, industrialist, and grew up in Southgate, London, and became manager of the Queen Victoria Street, London, branch of Howe Machine Co. Ltd., makers of sewing machines. He came to Port Melbourne around 1887 and shortly joined the staff of the Port Melbourne Tribune, of which he later became editor. The newspaper was absorbed by The Port Melbourne Standard in 1894. He lost heavily in the 1893 recession that followed the land boom, and briefly found employment in the Victorian Government Agriculture Department, after which he opened an estate agency.