FINAL TRIBUTE
TO LATE PURSER OF U.S.S. CO. (Per Presz Association — Copyright.) WELLINGTON, December 13. A unique tribute t 0 the late Mr 0. H. Gillon, the Union Company’s senior purser, who spent ove r forty years in the Company's inteV-Colonial steamers, on the Tasman Sea ; a stretch of water he crossed more often than any other person, was pahl at mid-day on Sunday by the master of the Monowai, Captain Unvoy, and the rest, of the ship's company. When exactly half way between Sydney and 'Wellington, the -ship was stopped, and as the hour of neon struck, a casket containing the ashes of the deceased and bearing the names of all who had been shipmates with him, was wrapped in the .Company’s house flag, and committed to the deep. It was a brief, but impressive ceremony. No service was held, as a funeral service was conducted aT the time of the cremation.
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 December 1932, Page 5
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153FINAL TRIBUTE Hokitika Guardian, 14 December 1932, Page 5
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