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|N the 1880s, when more sailing ships called at Dunedin than steamers, it was the greatest pleasure of one small boy to linger by the jetties, climb the rigging of the vessels berthed there, and to eat
ship's biscuit. The lad wanted. to become a seaman, and sail around the worldto become a_ real Cape Horn sailor. And when it was ordained he should be an office boy at 5/- a week, instead of going to sea, he contrived to he sacked for his
incompetence. Thus began the life-long career in the Merchant Navy of Captain A. H. Davey (above), formerly the Awatea’s captain and one of New Zealand's best known master mariners. He is the subject of a "Portrait from Life," which may be heard in the National Women’s Session at 11:0 a.m. on Wednesday, September 26. Now retired, Captain Davey is one of the few surviving master mariners who took his ticket in sail. He lives close by the shore at Mission Bay, where he can watch the shipping plying in and out of the Port of Auckland. One of his sons is Jack Davey, the radio compere.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 35, Issue 894, 21 September 1956, Page 20
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