MARINER’S DEATH
LINK WITH OLD SAILING DAYS.
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AUCKLAND, July (17.
The death has occurred of Captain Edward (Quinlan, -at the. age of 8U years. He was ■ the earliest7of the inaster mariners trading m' the N.Z. coastal trade 'and- to- Australia; •. .With a small crew,' he ! sailed the Ladybird, • a’small 21 ton register, Vshij), iron) Newcastle. To. three-masted ' schooner -in a 'challenge race across, the Tasman r Sea.’-;\-After leaving .the..sea, he accepted a position with the’ Wellington -Harbour Board, and was for many years head signalman at the Queen’s Wharf.i’Qaptaink Quinlan had ; many :• recdllejitions" of the early ((lays of the;.Union company, when the service.* was dpor- . ated entirely with sailing- vessels..
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Hokitika Guardian, 18 July 1933, Page 5
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114MARINER’S DEATH Hokitika Guardian, 18 July 1933, Page 5
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