PERSONAL.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 46, 29 May 1916, Page 4

PERSONAL.

The death occurred at Waitara on Thursday of Mr Geo. Jay, who was in his 95th year.

Mr J. (1. Coates, M.P., for Kaipara, who has offered his sei vices for the front, goes into camp this week.

The Eltham Borough Council, at its meeting last Friday, passed a vote of condolence with the Mayor (Mr B. Dive), on the loss of his wife, the Council adjourning for fifteen minutes.

Dr. lloydhouse, who is acting for Dr. Steven during the latter’s indisposition, will anivc in Stratford this evening and at once take up Dr. Steven’s work.

Mr J. H. Escott, M.P.. is lying seriously ill at the house of his brother-in-law, at Wellington, where he has been living. He has been granted leave of absence from his Parliamentary duties.

Guide “Molly,” of Rotorua, died suddenly at Raglan last week. She had been ordered to the seaside for health, and while at Raglan she burst a blood vessel. It was decided to remove her to Hamilton Hospital by motor car, but she died on the way. Her son, Lance-Corporal Morton, is a member of one of the recent Reinforcement drafts.

Mr H. B. Sorensen, Consul'for Denmark, who for some four years has carried out the duties of Acting-Con-sul for Norway in Christchurch, has just received from King Haakon, ot Norway, the First-class Order of the Knighthood of St. Olaf, in recognition of his services. The insignia of the order is a gold cross in Maltese form, richly jewelled, and the status of the order approximates that of the British K C MG. King Haakon is Grand Master of the Order of St. Olaf. The dignity is conferred for life.