CAPTAIN ARTHUR F. ANTHONY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2456, 17 April 1901, Page 69

CAPTAIN ARTHUR F. ANTHONY.

(See Illustrated Page.) Many of our readers and numbers ot tourists from foreign parts Trill be pleased to see the photograph of Captain A. F. Anthony reproduced in this issue. He was for many years connected with the Union S.S. .Company's fleet, trading in the intercolonial service between New -Zealand and Sydney, and latterly, between Melbourne and Tasmania, and a more popular officer and commander during his service with this company would indeed be hard to find. Captain Anthony was recently appointed to a position in the Victorian Pilot service, and consequently many who go dovui to the sea in ships will miss the genial mariner on board the boat they preferred to travel by. The captain was born in London in 1862, and went to sea in 1876. In 1884 he arrived in New Zealand, where he joined the Westport Coal Company's fleet, being connected with it till January 1886, wheji he joined the U.S.S. Co. For nearly 11 years he was on the s.s. Tarawera, ten years of this period being under Captain W. C. Sinclair, now in London. He joined the 'company as fourth officer, and before he left had had command of the Rotokino, Dingadee, Pukaki, and lastly (for nearly two years) the Kawatira, in the W. C. Tasmanian trade. - In 1897, when master of the Rotorua, which made a very successful holiday excursion to the West Coast Rounds, he received a nattering address from the passengers. Captain Anthony has been in 26 excursions to the sounds, and an incident in which he distinguished himself for bravery is worth recording. When the Tarawera was approaching the head of Milford Sound in February 1892, a boat, containing four sailors, was swamped as it was being lowered. Two of the men, handicapped by heavy sea boots, "were in danger of being drowned. One Bank, and was under water for about half a minute, when the reversed action of the screw brought him to the surface. Anthony, throwing off his coat, jumped overboard, 1 and, seizing the exhausted sailor, kept him afloat until assistance arrived. Mr A. Henry, another officer of the Tarawera, dived into the sea after Anthony, and rendered valuable assistance. A strong gale was blowing, and both the officers and Bailors showed signs of distress on regaining the ship, one becoming unconscious. Any New Zealanders who have had the pleSsore of peraonallv knowing Captain Anthony will assuredly admit that he is a. "white man," and a thorough gentleman. He is now settled at Williamstown, Melbourne ; is a great admirer of New Zealand and its people, whom he says he will never forget for the kindness and hospitality they bestowed upon him while he was in the colony. It is pleasing, however, to learn that he is as popular in Victoria as in New Zealand, and a mark of esteem paid him recently was the presentation to him by the Union S.S. Company's office Staff of a handsome silver care of pipes on his leaving the company to join the pilot .service. — Onlooker.

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