IN THREE REIGNS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 106, 7 May 1935, Page 5

IN THREE REIGNS.

WAIKATO PIONEER.

A LONG AND VARIED LIFE.

MB. EN OS HOLLO WAY. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) MORRINSVTLLE, this day. To have lived through the reigns of three Sovereigns—a period of nearly a century—is the distinction of Mr. Enos Holloway, of Thames Street, Morrinsville, who celebrated his 97tli birthday on July 31 of last year, and still enjoys fair health. When a representative of this paper called on Mr. Holloway yesterday to congratulate liim on having seen the silver jubilee celebrations of the Kin}?, and having lived through the reigns c;t the King's two predecessors, Mr. Holloway himself opened tlie door and extended a cordial welcome. Born in the year 1837, the year that Queen Victoria ascended the throne as a girl of 18, Mr. Holloway joined tlia 40tli Regiment in 1885 and served in it over 11 years. The regiment was ordered to Melbourne in the fifties, and when the Maori wars broks out in Taranaki in 18G0, was one of the first military units sent to New Zealand.

Mr. Holloway served through the campaigns in Taranaki and the Waikato, taking his discharge at the close of the | occupation of the Waikato by the . British forces. He is probably the oldest Maori War veteran living, and • the only living representative of the. forces engaged in the first phase of the war in Taranaki in 1860. | Mr. and Mrs. Holloway were married ■ at Te Awamutu in 1866. and have spent all their 69 years of married life in the Waikato. including the last 35 years in Morrinsville. Mr. Holloway is pos-1 scssed of excellent eyesight and hearing, reads the papers daily and is pleased to chat with visitors about events of the day. Mrs. Holloway also enjoys the use of her faculties, and still does a little housework and needlework. I