FROM PITCAIRN
DESCENDANT OF FLETCHER CHRISTIAN Bv Telearaph — Ptpsf Mnorlnrior WELLINGTON, September 29. Parkins Christian, a direct descendant of Fletcher Christian, leader of the mutineers of the Bounty and founder of the colony at Pitcairn Island, arrived at Wellington to-day by the Remuera. He joined the liner at Pitcairn, where she called on her way from London, via Panama. He said he had come to visit his son, a pupil at Longburn Mission School. A large dark man standing about six foot three, he appeared ill at ease in the formal garments of civilisation after the freedom of his tropic isle. He said that he was of the fifth generation since Fletcher Christian, whose descendants comprised a large family to-day.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21155, 30 September 1938, Page 8
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120FROM PITCAIRN Timaru Herald, Volume CXLV, Issue 21155, 30 September 1938, Page 8
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