BROUGHT LUCK
FIGUREHEAD MYSTERY ON JOHN WILLIAMS . SYDNEY, Dee. 15. Serenely gazing into -space, the figurehead of the mission ship John Williams, depicting a full-bearded missionary, has led the way in lonely cruises aggregating more than 1,000,000 miles. The heathen came to look on that figure with awe, and superstitious sailors said it was the one person that brought a ship good luijk. seven years in /service, the -John Williams never had a serious mishap. : Now the John Williams has been sold, and with her, to. China, will go the carven figure with the copious beard, the dreamy .eyes, and the folded hands.
Mr. Gordon Senrle, the'former agent said yesterday that there was considerable'doubt as to whom the figure was meant to represent. It was certainly not .John Williams, he said, for John Williams was clean-shaven. The general opinion was that it represented the late Dr. Lawos, a pioneer missionary of Papua.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17453, 30 December 1930, Page 7
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