OBITUARY.
- CAPTAIN JOHN STUART : :• News has been Teocived of the death on , January ,2, - at, Kimberley; Banchory, Scot: land, of; Captein-.JohnvStnart, who was form'etly a commander/for .;'the Shaw, Savill, and Albion, Company, Limited; and was'well known and'very-popular in this/ Dominion. ,'The late Captain Stuart was. captain of'. tho original Arawa oil- the time that,she': was running- .to; New-Zea-laiid. The Arawa was finally withdrawn froni the New Zealand trade, and'-he-ran' to Vancouver in-,'her,-for several, trips. Subsequently , the vessel was sold to the Spanish.'/.'ahd'- Carried 'troops to • Cuba! at the,' time .of -the .ihsnrrectibh.' / Captain Stuart was afterwards commander of the Shaw, Savill, and ; Albion Company's steamer ;Waiwera, iii -:which he. took the' first; two,,-New Zealand,'contingents to South Africa. He retired soon afterwards from',a-sea life. VCaptain Stuart leaves' a wife and family. Two of . his sons followed the sea.' - / '",/.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 742, 15 February 1910, Page 6
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137OBITUARY. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 742, 15 February 1910, Page 6
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