AN INTERESTING RELIC.
•M.', John Handley presented Cantain Halsoy with a cannon-bali which ■ war; recovered from the wreck of the ''Guide," a merchant ship that traded ostween -Australia and Nelson/ ianu mot jjei- fato ir;,tho very early days on Pepin Island, near the cable station at ' Whakapuaka; The relic was given to Mr. Handley ; by Julia Martin Ne-w Zealand's "Grace Darling," who was born and buried on the island. *-i*i cannon-baU given to Captain Halsev continued;a.vsilver inscription and in acknowledging a letter from the do*>r last week the. commander of the battleship said "Dear Sir, lam j n receiM of your kind letter, and beg to. thank you -for your kind offer of a cannonball from tho Guide, and I shall havo ■■great pleasure in accepting the saint., 1 only trust that the wezthcr wflilst k^ aro off Wanganui will be suincientlv good for the peoplo of Wanganni vl get off to tho .ship, but in a very largo ship hko this xve shall havo to go p J°-^r^ ay x"-*' X remain, Sir, yours faithfully, Lionel Halsey." '
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12883, 17 June 1913, Page 5
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178AN INTERESTING RELIC. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12883, 17 June 1913, Page 5
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