Ashes Thrown in Sea
CEREMONY ON MONOWAI AUCKLAND, Last Night. The master of the Monowai, Captain A. 11. Davey, has seldom had 1 a stranger request than one made to him just before he left Auckland for Sydney on March 6. A few hours before sailing a sad elderly man approached Captain Davey on deck. “I have an urn of ashes. I would consider it a great favour if you would throw them into the sea on your way to Sydney,” the man said. Captain Davey looked questionihgly at the man, who did not give any further explanation. “I will be pleased to do it for you,” replied the captain, "Just leave them on board.”
When the captain went to his cabin after the Monowai cleared Auckland he saw a brown paper parcel on the desk. It was a porcelain urn containing the ashes. Across the paper was written: “This urn contains the ashes of Mrs H. G. Osborn, to be committed to the deep, per favour of Captain Davey.”
At 3 p.m. on March 8, when the liner was approaching mid-Tasman, Captain Davey, with his officers, walked quietly to the end of the bridge and silently threw, the urn into the sea. ~
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 67, 20 March 1936, Page 5
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