BOUNTY MUTINEERS

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17146, 31 December 1929, Page 7

BOUNTY MUTINEERS

DESCENDANT IN N.Z. TO TRAIN AT FLOCK HOUSE * -. (Special to the Herald.) AUCKLAND, this day. A descendant of an historic South Spas figure, Fletcher Christian, lender of the Bounty mutineers, arrived in Auckland- on*the Rangitata. He is John Christian, a young member of a Floek, House party who has come to carve: for himself a career on the land. Claiming Newport, near Cardiff, as his I birthpjaco, Christian is the only Welshman among a large party of boys who arc. travelling to Flock House. He admitted this morning that he felt a little homesick. " Its funny to see the sun shining and feel hot weather at Christmas," he said. "I hope to make friends, but thV Christians have never made friends easily;" ' • .toting Christian's father was first oteijer' of the Laurentie, and lost his : -ifewhjcn the White Star liner was ,BUnk,'While carrying bullion tp America id 1916. When the Rangitata arllvc4' at Pitcaim, where the desccndanis:of the Bounty mutineers are livHg,i%i> boy wa3 hailed with enthusiasm) and the leader of the Flock PP party,, Mr. W. H. Osborne,, of ftp staff of. the London Daily Mail, was approached and asked if the vexing Weinman could alter his plans alio* make bis homo on Pitcaim.' Mr.' Oisborrie is not empowered to make a .decision'.of that nature, but undertook to place the facts of the case before 1 the New Zealand Government, together .with a 'recommendation that Christian, if he so desires, should be .allowed to join bis now-found friends ob the island.