MASTER MARINER’S ASHES.
DEPOSITED UPON OCEAN.
CHRISTCHURCH, Dec. 6.
That after his death his body be cremated and that the ashes he then taken charge of by members of ihe Lyttelton Kilwinning Masonic Lodge, who were to deposit them ten miles off the Lyttelton Heads upon the ocean where he had spent so many years of his life. This request was made in the will of the late Captain AVilliam Palmer Collins, an old master mariner of Lyttelton, who died recently at Wellington. He was for many years in command of vessels belonging to the Union Steam Ship Company. His body was cremated at the Karori cemetery and the casket containing the ashes was brought to Lyttelton during the week-end and deposited in the Kilwinning Masonic Lodge Hall. Later the casket was taken on board the 1 s.s. John Anderson and conveyed to a spot ten miles off the Lytfelton Heads, where it was deposited in the sea. Chaplain Bro. J. Clow officiated. About sixty members of the Masonic Lodge witnessed the ceremony at sefi. So far as can be ascertained this is the first instance that such a request has been made in New Zealand.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 8, 7 December 1926, Page 7
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196MASTER MARINER’S ASHES. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 8, 7 December 1926, Page 7
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