It is reported that Captain Hugh Hos king Williams died recently in Hongkong. The late captain was extremely well-known in New Zealand, having been in command of several Union Company’s vessels. His first command in the Union Company was the old Te Anau, his others being the Flora, Komata, Moura, Kaiapai, Atua, Navua, Wahine, Maitai, Tofua, and he was appointed to the Monowai when she took the advance party to Samoa. The deceased, after serving his time with the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company, joined the Union Company on January Bth, 1902, and was appointed 4th officer of tho Monowai. The late Captain Williams was horn in Auckland on March 27th, 1878.
Two special trains of 2a vans each carried 42,000 carrier pigeons from Newcastle, England, to Selby for an unjiuai I'actu .
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12613, 25 November 1926, Page 11
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132Untitled New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12613, 25 November 1926, Page 11
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