Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Captain William Arthur Wildman, of the Anchor Steam Ship Co.'s. s.s. “Kennedy,” was born at Motueka in 1852, and began his seafaring life at the age of seventeen years. He sailed from Nelson as an ordinary seaman, on various vessels engaged in the coastal trade, and while so employed rose to the rank of first mate. He has been permanently in the service of the Anchor Steam Ship Company for the past fourteen years. Captain Wildman was successively mate of the s.s. “Kennedy” and s.s. “Charles Edward,” was made captain of the s.s. “Aorere” about 1889, was afterwards transferred to the command of the “Waverley,” and in 1896 assumed his present command.