THE SEA IS HIS LIFE
pESPLENDENT m. his gold-braidod J\ uniform, . Captain JL-red W. Cox cares for the men *vho "go down to the sea m ships." He is harbormaster at the port of Greymouth, and it is his prerogati/e to say when the bar is safe to cro-3S either inwards or outwards. I
A typical "salt," who has plougrwd the seven seas, he has a store of experiences that make the 'eyes «f boys who read Marryatt .and Ballantyne bulge with excitenv-nt and "wish tney were there." A West Coast Old Boy, who was formerly ' skipper of the "Kokirt,"
which flies, the U.S.S. Co.'s 'house flag, he stepped ashore to take charge of the port of Greymouth half a score of years ago. Part of his job is to keep an eye en the weather and measure up the moip - ture for which the West Coast is famous. His graph of the weather for the past two decades m Greymouth is one of^the most interesting documents a visitor can peruse. By it dates are fixed for outdoor events of importance, as he shows when the weather Is likely to be settled.
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NZ Truth, Issue 1262, 6 February 1930, Page 6
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192THE SEA IS HIS LIFE NZ Truth, Issue 1262, 6 February 1930, Page 6
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