PERILS OF THE SEA.
A N.Z. OFFICER LOST. CHRISTCHURCH, Feb. 18. Mr Gr. H. I-lulford, of C‘hl'iStchurch, has received advice that H.'M.S. Slam--5011, in which vessel his ?athel', Captain ‘George Holferd, was vxuga-ged on Admiralty wox-]<,h:ls been posted at Lloydsas having been lost. She left Plymouth on Novcm'bel' 9, and w'a.s last spoken of off Cape Finisterre. 011 November 26th. Captain H_o]fol'd was for ‘twenty years in the Union Company-’s service, and was master of the Takapuna, Tofula,_ and other well-knowtn. ships. For a tinn; he was h:ll'bour-master at New Plymouth H 0 fodk to the sea again during the War, and served on Admiralty work in the North Sea and other wafers.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3414, 19 February 1920, Page 5
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113PERILS OF THE SEA. Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3414, 19 February 1920, Page 5
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