RETIRED FROM SEA
MASTER OF WANGANELLA
(By Telepratih-~Press Association. )
AUCKLAND, January 4.
Almost1 six years to the day after introducing the motor-ship Wanganella to Auckland under his command, Captain G. B. Bates came to Auckland as. a passenger m the same vessel from Sydney. Captain Bates recently retired from the service of Huddart, Parker, Ltd., after 36 years, and during his brief stay in New Zealand before returning to Sydney he will take leave of^many friends and business acquaintances.
"I am going to find it hard for a time leading the life of a landlubber," said Captain Bates in an interview. "I have been at sea all my life since I was a'boy of 15, and it is going to be strange without the familiar Surroundings of my ship. I am very proud of the Wanganella, the commodore ship of the Huddart Parker fleet, because I brought her out here, and the Westralia before that.*'
Born in Newcastle, New South "Wales, Captain Bates made his first visit to New Zealand as ship's boy in the wooden barque G. M. Tucker. In the past 32 years he has been master of 22 ships, having been in charge of the Wanganella for the past six years.
The Wanganella was commanded today by Captain R. Kerr, who. has been transferred from the Zealandia to the Westralia. In the meantime he will relieve the new master of■ the Wanganella, Captain Darroch, for about six weeks while he is on holiday.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 3, 5 January 1939, Page 11
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246RETIRED FROM SEA Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 3, 5 January 1939, Page 11
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