Capt. Hillman
Death In Sydney Well-known B.P. Commander
CAPTAIN E. J. Hillman, comman der of many of Messrs. Burns, Philp vessels and very well known in the Pacific Islands, died in Sydney on October 7, following a long illness.
The popular Captain had been in the service of Burns, Philp for over
25 years. He commanded island ves sels which have long since disap peared, and was master, at various times, of most of the existing fleet, including the Montoro, Mataram and Morinda.
He left the Malabar at the end of last year and went to Great Britain to bring out the Macdhui, which was just being completed. The Macdhui sailed for Sydney, via the Panama Canal, under his charge. He was to have taken command of this ship when she was commissioned on the New Guinea service, but he was in ill-health on the ship’s arrival in Syd ney and came ashore. He did not return to the sea.
Captain Hillman, who was a nat ive of England, was in his 66th year.