Death Of Captain R. J.
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Carter
Captain Robert Joseph Carter,
who was well-known in Western Samoa before his retirement to New Zealand, in 1932, died in Auckland on January 17, aged 71.
Captain Carter went to New Zealand, from London, 50 years ago, and went to Western Samoa in 1915 with the NZEF Relief Force. He was appointed aide-de camp to the first military governor, Colonel Robert Logan, and at the end of the military occupation he became com missioner for Chinese and Melanesian labour and aide to General Sir George Richardson. He is survived by a wife three children and two grand children.
A., w * se saying of Admiral Chester Nimitz, Naval Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific:—A ship is always referred to as a “she” because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.