Mercury (Hobart, Tas. : 1860 - 1954), Saturday 20 February 1932, page 8


OBITUARY

EX-KING OF SAXONY.

LONDON, February 18.

The death occurred to-day, at the age of 67 years, of Friedrich August III., the former King of Saxony, which is now one of the German Federated States.

Friedrich August, a son of the late King George and Queen Marie Anne, was born at Dresden In 1865, and suc-ceeded his father, who died in 1904. He renounced the throne, however, in 1918. In 1891 he married Louise, a former Archduchess of Austria, but divorced her in 1903. After his renunciation of the throne the ex-king lived at Brussels.

Sir John A. Corcoran, K.B.E., died yesterday at the age of .70 years (states a London cablegram)'. Sir John held many important positions in the War Office, including those of Director of Army Contracts and Assistant Under-secretary of State for War, until his retirement in 1925, upon his appointment as Director of the National Union of Manufacturers.