[?]Acific Trader
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Airy Tale Past’
[THE departure of Captain Hugh L Frewen from Fiji, for England, via Australia, to see the oronation, has induced the Aus •alian newspapers to again tell the ;ory of “the Pacific trader with the dry tale past” (to quote a respect il Melbourne reporter).
Captain Frewen is now 70. In is twenties, he married the Prin ts of Mignano, who now lives in witzerland. One son is now “a oreign Office Secretary, who mar ,ed Miss Alexandra Gully, daugh
ter of Lord Selby and a cousin of Mr Anthony Eden.” The captain divorced the Princess 40 years ago, and married again, and his present wife now lives in Dorrigo, NSW.
Captain Frewen’s grandfather was Mr. Leonard Jerome, who was part proprietor of New York Times, Mr. Jerome was also the grand father of Mr. Winston Churchill and other distinguished folk. This makes Captain Frewen their cousin, Captain Frewen’s 54 ft trading vessel Melanesian is well-known in Suva. Captain Frewen told the newspapers that he left the vessel there in charge of the chief officer, and that he will presently return to Fiji, where he hopes to end his days.