OBITUARY.
CAPTAIN KENNEDY. WELLINGTON, March 10. Captain Kennedy, one of the best-known shipmasters in ths Dominion, who has 'been navigating in these waters since 1854, died yesterday morning. He came out to i that place as second officer of the steamer j Nelson, and subsequently took charge of the Wonjja Wonga, a well-known intercolonial and coastal trader. He was afterwards in command of tho steamer Airedale and also coraanded the Lord Ashley and other vessels of the Panama-New. Zealand and Australian Royal Mail Company. He next joined the "Wellington Steam Navigation Company, afterward* transferring to the Union Company in 1876, and going through the whole fleet r-« master 1 :- He leaves a grown-up family. His eldot son is Mr E. A. Kennedy, of the Pubdto Works Department. Another ie manager of the Wellington branch of the Unto» Steam Ship Company.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2818, 18 March 1908, Page 33
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