REAR-ADMIRAL RETIRES
SAILING FOR AFRICA. I P«r Prets A>3»cl&tlon ] AUCKLAND, April 29. Rear Admiral F. Burges Watson, who. un Friday, relinquished command of the New Zealand Naval Station, leaves tonight for Sydney en route to South Africa and England. His active career in the Navy is over. He intends lo live in the South of England, but remarked today that he hoped lo return to New Zealand witl his wife, and would probably live here for two or three years. In his farewell message to officers and men, he said that lh<* last three 'cars had been the happiest nf his 35
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 99, 30 April 1935, Page 5
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