OBITUARY.

Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17762, 14 May 1923, Page 7

OBITUARY.

MR, H. B. SORENSEN. Sews was received of the death at lii residence, 220 Stanmore road, last sjit, of Mr H. B. Sorensen.

. lie late Mr Sorensen was born at jliile, Denmark, in 1846, and came to 'lit Dominion at the age of sixteen ifirs, landing at Dunedin in 1861. He ■' 'ta proceeded to try Jbis luck on the ;Hago goldfields, and from there took : a similar occupation on the goldMs of the West Coast. In 1862 he ; ami) to Canterbury, and for two or liree yews was an employee of Mr C. ; V Turner, of Christchurch. The late Hi Sorensen then commenced business a lis own account, launching out as a nocer; He later became a general merttint, and. within a few years took Into patnership with him Mr G. Payling. It lite Mr Sorenseh, who had served 8 ®my local bodies, first took upon ®>elf the performance of public duties ? associating himself with. the found aof tho Samaritan Home, an instiition which for a number of years was "sled in the old Addington gaol, and < had as its objectiv© the reforma--to o5 waifs and strays from the He then took office as a mem«of the Hospital and Charitable Aid j ; «td, ; of which body he was a member h a considerable time, eventually be- > its. chairman, which office he until the recent elections. For • ? 6 j x^eon years he was a member of ; * City Council, and in 1915 unsuccontested the Mayoralty. He !*> chairman of the Lyttelton Harbour wo for two years, and for some time JJ? 1 .member of the Bachmond School «®imttee, eventually becoming sft ®>tman. He -was also chairman of the •rootic Committee during the war, responsible for a great deal of J 9 Honey collected for the soldiers. /1? 3 a Worshipful Master in v -'lasonic craft, being one of the 'waers of the present Avon Lodge, .w the past eighteen months the ulij ®° rensen had been an invalid, had to retire almost altogether . public life. His death is attribute , toM gma pectoris. j?'®- Jenness, who died at Lower Jib's' n W€e k\ was one °f AVelliug-s-if. oiliest business men. Born in j?®® 77 years ago, he served his ifknr j > watchmaking trade, and ®*&rds founded the business now by Messrs Hash and Gooder. tea s J euii ess retired from busi--4> n!? A ' had since been livA' y a t the home lie estab.ished lit^ 6r , Butt. A prominent RechajhMW had the honour of being the Iw: j teem^ r of the Order m the iTr® 3 ' ,He is survived by a. widow, tW, , u gbters, and five sons, one of hw 1 ® ~ r Diamond Jenness, the wellsciesj,^st' who 'took part in the tioj 7° n .Polar exploration expedi--15 Ilow at Victoria Museum,