COMMANDER OF PYRAMUS.
VISCOUNT KELBURN'S CAREER. | The new commander of H.M.S. Pyramus, Viscount Kelburn, arrived at Melbourne on Tuesday, by the Orient steamer Otway, and he is expected to ' reach Wellington by the Manuka on Wednesday next. He will proceed to Auckland without delay, arriving probably on the Thursday, and will immediately assume command of the cruiser.
Captain P. J. Stopford, the retiring commander, expects to leave Wellington for Sydney on Friday next. He will there join the Otway for England, where he will spend his leave. Special interest attaches to the new commander, because of the fact that he is the eldest son and heir of the Earl of Glasgow, who was Governor of New Zealand from 1892 .to 1897. He was born in the year 1874, and entered the navy in 1897, reaching the rank of commander in 1909, and has just completed a two year's command of the destroyer Acheron, which belongs to the first flofilla of the first fleet.
Lady Kelburn intends to reside in New Zealand during the term of the Viscount's colonial, appointment.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15520, 30 January 1914, Page 8
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