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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Taranaki, Hawke's Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts]

Captain John Bushell

Captain John Bushell, master of the sailing vessel “Ururoa,” was born in Kent, England, in the year 1837, and at sixteen years of age entered the service of the Navy. He served in the Baltic Sea, and the Crimea, and returned to England on the Proclamation of Peace in 1857. He then entered the merchant service, and came to Australia, where for a time he was engaged in railway work in Victoria. Captain Bushell subsequently returned to the sea, and sailed to all parts of the world. Some years later he was engaged in the firewood and timber trade in small coastal sailers, and received his master's certificate in 1887. After a varied experience in the Eastern trade and the Island trade Captain Bushell took command of his present vessel.