FINE RECORD OF SERVICE.
GISBORNE TENDER'S CAPTAIN
TESTIMONIAL FROM PUBLIC.
[BV TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] GISBORNE. Saturda/
A , public tribute was paid to Captain J. H. Hawkes, who for 25 years has commanded the tender Tuatea, operating between the wharf and the roadstead. He has carried. 300,000 passengers without a single mishap, in spite of the awkward and sometimes positively dangerous conditions under which passenger traffic was carried on at this port for many years. A testimonial, comprising a handsomely illuminated address and a substantial cheque, was presented at a large gathering, presided over by Dr. J. W. Williams, who 34 years ago was ship's doctor on the Kaikoura, on which vessel Captain Hawkes was second officer. Speakers referred to Captain Hawkes imperturbility under all conditions. Anecdotes gleaned from his former shipmates established him as one of the most fearless officers in the New Zealand Shipping Company's service prior to 1900, when he retired from deep-sea employment- and took up coastal work.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20473, 27 January 1930, Page 13
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161FINE RECORD OF SERVICE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20473, 27 January 1930, Page 13
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