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Waikato Times, Volume 100, Issue 16781, 26 April 1926, Page 8

Mr James Crawford, n Crimean naval veteran ninety-six years of age, who is yet hale and hearty, with a good memory and interest in life well maintained travelled from Naseby to visit Ihe Dunedin Exhibition. On bis coal were three medals won for service in the Crimea while he was on the. ships Trafalgar and The. Hawk. These had been pinned to his breast by Queen Victoria. Another proud moment was when, as a side, boy he helped Florence Nightingale over' the side of the ship at Constantinople. She had come, said Mr Crawford, to see "the Christmas dinner lounout' that had been arranged on board. Mr Crawford, who was trained on I lie old Victory, left the Navy after Ihe Crimean War, and came to tho colonies. " There's one teacher who cycles nine miles into school each day," said the chairman of Ihe Wanganui Education Board, "lie will die an early death," predicted a member, jocularly. " No, he's getting on in years now, and is quite well," was the repl