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Mr. C. Carter, Miss Carter and Mr. and Mrs. Short, New Plymouth, will leave to-day to spend a fortnight at Russell.
Commander R. C. Garsia, of the Australian Navy, who has been appointed Administrator of Nauru, was formerly in H.M.A.S. Sydney, and later commanded H.M.A.S. Tingira. He is a son of Captain C. Garsia, who retired from the British Army to settle in New Zealand, and he was educated in Christchurch. Commander Garsia began his naval career on H.M.S. Britannia, and having served in the Channel Fleet, the Australian Squadron and the battle-cruiser squadron, he was appointed to H.M.S. New Zealand for its world cruise in 1913. He joined H.M.A.S. Australia in 1914, and saw service at Rabaul, and after bringing the steamer Zambesi from that port with a prize crew he was transferred to the Sydney, on which he served until the end of the war. After the action with the Emden it was Commander Garsia who arranged the terms of surrender with Captain von Muller.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1932, Page 4
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