OBITUARY.
MR S. HORDERN.
SYDNEY, August 13.
The death of Mr 'Samuel Hordern, principal in the firm of Messrs Anthony Hordern and Sons, is announced. He was 60 years of age. His death was unexpected, though he bad been ailing for some time.
Mr Hbrdern, whose emporium in Sydney is the largest of the kind in the Commonwealth, was born in Sydney in 18*8, and was the younger son of the Jate Anthony Hordern, founder of the firm. His elder brother Anthony dying in 1886, the present extensive business became the sole property of Samuel Hordern. The deceased was at one time commodore of the Prince Alfred Yacht Club, and* until recently took a leading 1 part in the toirf. _ He owned a stud farm at Wilton Park, New South Wale?, stock from which have realised higih prices at the annual sales of yearlings.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 18 August 1909, Page 27
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144OBITUARY. Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 18 August 1909, Page 27
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