OBITUARY.
CAPTAIN JOSEPH MAXWELL. (Thou Ode Own Correspondent.) AUCKLAND. January 15. Captain Joseph Maxwell, who is well known in Auckland shipping circles, died .yesterday. He had been ailing for some time, arid his death was not unexpected. Captain Maxwell, who_ was 68 years of age, was for 50 years in the service of the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company, for the last 12 years as the company’s marine superintendent at Auckland. He joined its service on September 10, 1872, as an apprentice on the ship City of Dunedin, at the age of 18 years. In 1884 he was appointed master of the ship Oamaru, and his subsequent commands were the .steamers Mamari. Tokomaru, the second Maman, Matatqa, and Pakeha. In 1911 he was appointed marine superintendent at Auckland, where he has resided since. In his early career Captain Maxwell traded almost continuously to Port Chalmers, and he brought out hundreds of passengers in the seventies and eighties. His genial manner gained him many friends ashore and afloat. On the date of his jubilee in the company’s service, last September, Captain Maxwell was the recipient of many congratulatory messages and letters from his friends and admirers, and an address was presented to him by the combined shipping companies, Harbour Board, and Customs officers. Ho leaves a widow and one daughter.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18762, 16 January 1923, Page 4
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