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JUST HEARD OF RING'S DEATH. [by telegraph.—own correspondent.] 'Chbistchxtrch, Wednesday. The passage of the Shaw, Savill, and. Albion Company's steamer Mamari, from Newcastle-on-Tyne to LytteHon, was uneventful, except that exceptionally heavy gales were experienced crossing the Southern Ocean. This caused the vessel, which had no cargo on board, to roll violently. The steamer made no calls on her way out, and steamed 13,517 miles without a single stoppage, although she slowed down for & few minutes at at two a.m. on May 3 to put a mail on board a launch. The vessel anchored in Lyttelton Harbour on Tuesday night, and naturally those on board were anxious to learn some of the news of . the world after being cut off for 41 day*. The news of the death of King Edward VII., which occurred three days after the Mamari had passed Teneriffe, caused a painful shock to the members of the ship's company. ;
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14391, 9 June 1910, Page 6
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