OBITUARY

Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 136, 6 December 1939, Page 9

OBITUARY

MR. C. J. OLIVECRONA

Mr. Chas. J. Olivecrona, who died at Levin on Sunday last, lived a life more full of interest than that of most men. '

Born at Stockholm, Sweden, in 1854, the son of a naval man, Mr. Olivecrona graduated at Upsala University and then entered the Royal Swedish Naval College. He obtained his master's certificate at the early age of 19. He next made a world's cruise in the Swedish training ship Prince Carl. Returning to' Stockholm he became secretary to the British Consul. Later he became Vice-Consul, and then Consul. At the request of the British Government he made the first translation of Swedish maritime law into English. When the Swedish-Norwegian railway was constructed to bring Swedish iron ore to the ice-free port of Trondhjem, Mr. Olivecrona became financial agent to the company. He made a voyage to ( New Zealand 46 years ago, and was so' struck with the possibilities of the country that the next year he returned and settled here. He entered into partnership with Mr. H. E. McDonald, now of Sydney, as wool and general exporters. Twenty-five years ago he removed to Levin and took up farming. He married Miss Laura McDonald, of Nelson.

Mr. Olivecrona is survived by three sons, Mi". E. E. D. Olivecrona (Wellington), Mr. C. H. A. Olivecrona (Makerua), and Mr. C. M. B. Olivecroha (Palmerston North), and two daughters, Mrs. H. McDonald and Mrs. C. Dunn (Levin).

Mr. T. H. Nelson, for the past seventeen years on the engineering staff of the Patea Freezing Company, has been appointed chief engineer to the Southland Meat Company's works at Makarewa, Invercargill, and leaves for the south early in the New Year.