Ld., of Copenhagen, had died li Sea On board the R. M. S. Empress of Australia. Mr. 'Gorton left, Shanghai by the Empress of Aus. tralia last' Tuesday morning, to proceed to Yokohama to meet his wife, who has been spending a short holiday at Miyanoshita. then appeared to be in quite goo health, but the nows received state; that his death occurred last Thursday night, after the vessel had left Kobe for Yokohama.
After being on the staff of the Guardian Assurance Ca., Ld., in London, the late Mr. Gorton cairo to Shanghai some 20 years ago to juin the local branch of the Sua Insurance Office, and after a peri Gf nearly 18 years' service, dw' the latter part of which he was acting manager here, went Home end returned to Shanghai ta take up the managership' of the local company with which he was connected until the time of his death.. He always took a keen interest in sport, particularly outdoor games, and in lawn tennis he was especially prominent, both as a player and as a very efficient umpire of tournament matches. For a lengthy period lic was active in interport cricket matches in the capacity of official scorer. Latterly he had been an earnest devotee of lawn bowls.
The nows of his death came as a sudden shock to a very large circle of friends, and to his widow, her mother, Mrs, H. J. Sharp, and her sisters, Mrs. H. H. Read and Mrs. E. B. Clarke, the deepest sympathy is extended. in their sad bereavement.
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