_The Evening Post_, 16 February 1925:
PERSONAL MATTERS
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The death is announced of Captain Arthur #Irvine at Timaru on Saturday. Born at Larwick, Shetland Islands, in 1835, the late Captain Irvine was a well-known figure in the New Zealand coastal trade some years back. He went to sea at an early age, and arrived in Australia in 1856, and in. New Zealand four years later. For nine years Captain Irvine was with the New Zealand Steam Navigation Company, Wellington, and during that period rose to the position of chief mate. In 1872 he took charge of the Wanganui-built vessel Tongariro, and later was in the Egmont. He was appointed pilot at #Wanganui in 1878, and shortly afterwards became harbour-master and pilot there, a position which he held for a number of years.
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