100 YEARS OLD.
CAPTAIN H. COPELAXD. Veteran of the sea and the Xew Zenland coastal trade, Captain Haromanus Copeland, will celebrate his 100 th birthday to-morrow. A native of the country district of Hanover, Captain Copeland went to sea when he was 14 years years of age. and for a number of years sailed mostly in Dutch vessels. When he had turned 27 years of a?e. h*» had been round the. world three times. He has watched the maritime industry develop from a universal system of wind-jammers into steam and later stii! int~ victor-craft. He can recall the tir-i building of iron vessels and remembers that he was at first uncertain «f the possibility that ships constructed of iron could float. About 20 years ago Captain Coneland retired from active service. Almost th-- e-nlv disability that he suffers from is partial deafness, but he still takes a great interest in ail matters.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 78, 3 April 1926, Page 11
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