MARINER JOINS CHURCH.
AN ADVENTUROUS CAREER. [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WELLINGTON, Monday Captain Harold Harris, senior master of the Wellington Harbour Board's suction dredge, has retired in order to take up ecclesiastical duties. He has been ordained as deacon, and next month he will take up the work of assistant-curate at St. I'eter's Church. In 1915, when in charge as- prize officer ot an American ship, carrying contraband cotton, Captain Harris was captured by the Geramn submarine U3l and taken to the German naval base at Cuxhaven. Captain Harris was second officer on the Wiltshire when she was wrecked at the Great Barrier Since then he has been employed by the Canterbury Shipping Company, the Wanganui Harbour Board, and the Wellington Harbour Board. In April, 1926, he was promoted lieutenantcommander in (he Royal Naval Reserve.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19806, 29 November 1927, Page 12
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135MARINER JOINS CHURCH. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19806, 29 November 1927, Page 12
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