Death on a Steamer.
CHRISTCHURCH, February 23. Mr R. W. Rayner, aged 82 years, who for over 30 years acted as postmaster and constable at the Chatham Islands, died on the steamer Ripple on Thursday morning when the vessel was about 100 miles from the Islands. The deceased gentleman had been suffering for some time from cancer, and it is to this disease that his death is attributed. He boarded the Ripple at the Chathams on Wednesday, and he died early on the following day, Dr. Pomare, who was on the ship, being in attendance. As the vessel had only completed a small portion of her trip to Lyttelton the body was buried at sea on Thursday afternoon.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 903, 24 February 1908, Page 5
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118Death on a Steamer. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 903, 24 February 1908, Page 5
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