OBITUARY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19904, 25 September 1926, Page 10

OBITUARY.

CAPTAIN W. J. GREY. (Fbou Odb Own Cobeespondent.) WELLINGTON, September 24. News has been received by radio of the death of Captain W. J. Grey, of Kelburn. Captain and Mrs Grey were on board the R.M.S. Tahiti, returning to New Zealand from a visit to their son. Captain J. R. Grev and his wife at Moorea, an island about four miles from Papeete. Captain Grev was for many rears in tho Government service as a master of Government steamers and later as Collector of Customs at Port Chalmers. Since his retirement some 20 years ago Captain and Mrs Grey have lived in Wellington. Mrs Grey is a daughter of the late Mr E. W. Mills, of Wellington, and Captain Grey was for many years, and until the time of his death, a director of Messrs E. W. Mills and Co._ (Ltd.). He had a very wide circle of friends both in New Zealand and abroad. BOXING. JAMITO AND TROWERN DRAW. (Peb United Pxess Association.) WELLINGTON, September 24. Jamito and Trowern fought a draw in a 15-round boxing contest to-night. The bout was full of interest. Both were aggressive, and made the contest decidedly attractive. Both were cheered at the finish. CALIGULA’S SHIPS. SCHEMES FOR RECOVERY. THE LAGO DI NEMI. Engineering schemes for the recovery of the Roman luxury ships that are known to lie at the bottom of Lago di Nemi, on the outskirts of Rome, are now (says the Rome correspondent of the Morning Post) com pleted for submission to the commission nominated by the Government. About two miles from the Lago di Nemi there lies, among the Alban bills, the Lago Albano, which is at a level of about 25 metres lower than that in which are concealed the Roman ships. The necessary clearance of water to reveal the ships is 29 metres, and all the schemes, thres in number, about to be advanced are based on the idea of draining from the higher into the lower lake the necessary amount to allow access to assured unique archaeological treasures. The country between the two lakes is rough and hillv, and there is also a populous village to make the problem of cuttings or nipe lines more complicated and dangerous. It is a question of gauging the comparative expense before starting on the actual work of recovering not only the two ships of the extravagant Galigulfl, but also the ruins of Cjesar’s villa and the Temple of Diana, that are submerged near the shore of the lake, and which the proposed schemes will bring to light.