FAREWELL LUNCHEON
RETIREMENT OF SHIP'S CAPTAIN. (Per United Press Association.) Wellington, December 6. After 47 years at sea, Captain William Surman Mason, D.S.C., Master of the Commonwealth Dominion Line motor ship Port Dunedin, is to retire on arrival in England early next year. One of the best known and most respected Masters trading to New Zealand, Captain Mason was given a farewell luncheon by the Wellington office of the company. Mr Warwick Gregory, New Zealand manager of the Commonwealth and Dominion Line, in proposing Captain Mason’s health, eulogised his services over the long period he had been with the company. The luncheon was largely attended by representatives of the shipping companies and mercantile houses.
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Southland Times, Issue 22192, 7 December 1933, Page 8
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114FAREWELL LUNCHEON Southland Times, Issue 22192, 7 December 1933, Page 8
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