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.;,- ■; ,'i (BY TEtEOEirir—pPECtAL CqnBE?roNDENT.) \: ~ ChriSjehurch, January 19. V'One of the oldest.and best-known coasting' skippers on the New- jZealand" coasj;, Captain Uharlbs Green; ■passed fiway.;" at Lytfciton yesterday" morning,: He was born at Okam's Bay in 1851, the son (of Captain John (jrpenj. ■a-ffelltknown coastal;. skipper, who \vith two of his sons ■wasdrowned at sea off Kaikpura. hi July,' 1881, in tho'schooner Bep, Captain CharlfiS , Green wenijto sea at an early ago, For many years, lia.was in.cpmmand of coasters trading in 'and put pf Lyttoltpn,.earning the reputation of being nno of the best and most foarless ooasters trMing in find oiit of the port. ■■■■'At■■tho latfer end of his sojvfarhicr career, Captain Grepn had.charge of theweMknown coasters Clematis and Falbon, aiid shortly a,fter she wi bnilt he h*(J ? cqn)mand fejr a ?hort ; time pf -the- sohponer'-Ronga in the.LytteltpnrHaTMock tr»o*e/. then eri.t<jred the' aepice (of. the Ijyttpltpn Harbour Board as a night-tatohniMi, and he remained. in that; capacity/ up t>ll the tini?- : ofVhig death. : ■■?•'■ " ".■''. ■'■"', ;
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 410, 20 January 1909, Page 9
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163OBITUARY Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 410, 20 January 1909, Page 9
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