Morton, Katherine E. (1885–1968)

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Morton, Katherine E. (1885–1968)

New Zealand journalist, writer, and radio commentator. Name variations: Elsie K. Morton. Born Katherine Elizabeth Morton, Oct 5, 1885, in Melrose, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand; died on Aug 21, 1968, at Auckland; dau. of William Edmund Morton (accountant) and Elizabeth Ayerst (Bishop) Morton.

Contributed articles to New Zealand Herald under name Elsie Morton (early 1900s); became reporter and popular feature writer for Herald (1916); published selection of her articles, Along the Road (1928); traveled throughout Europe, Middle East, and North America (1930s); made popular lecture tours throughout New Zealand and broadcast talks on radio program, "The Friendly Road," which she compiled and published with articles about her travels in A Message from England (1942), Far Horizons (1943), and Sunrise at Midnight (1948); most successful book was Cruises of Sunday Island (1957).

See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 4).

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