BURIAL AT SEA.
OUTSIDE THE HAURAKI GULF. FORMER TRAWLING FLEET CHAPLAIN. AUCKLAND, July 1. Borne many miles beyond the Hauraki Gulf on the Rev. Jasper Calder’s «ea-going motor yacht Crusader, the body of the Rev. J. F. A. Stimpson, a veteran Anglican minister and former chaplain to the North Sea trawling fleet, was buried at sea in over 100 fathoms of water. The sea burial, which was conducted by Mr. Calder, was carried out at the express request of Mr. Stimpson. He had been many trips on the Crusader, and before his death, which occurred on Monday, he asked that he be buried from the boat.— (P.A.)
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Wairarapa Age, 2 July 1936, Page 5
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