Wow, ShaunJ and mabeljessie! What fantastic finds :-)
I was thinking 'Wagenheim' for the ship but only got names of people coming up; Wave of Life, sounds so much more likely! And Shaun, how did you find that

Wiki page for his grandson, says Erik was from Nykarleby, Swedish speaking part of Finland.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Sydney_NyholmTalks about the pride the grandson had for his Finnish roots and even had connections there in his career!
Another source says he was from Ostrobothnia
http://sydaby.eget.net/mig/aus/adelaide.htmNykarleby is in the Ostrobothnia region where around 89% of the people are swedish speaking
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NykarlebyAn item on Trove, says Erik posted a letter to a small Finnish town in Aug 1875. The letter was returned to him 8yrs, one mth and 11 days later - having been to 6 location in Russia, in Venice and in 1878 to where it was addressed!
A native speaker will arrive I'm sure but....patience not good

The title of the piece is:
Österbottniske unvandrareOstrobothnia (Lit:East Bothnia) Emigrants
Where Erik is mentioned at the end, it's in a summary of the people mentioned earlier.
Nyholm torde wal åldrig någonsin återvända till hemlandet.Nyholm probably
---- never arrived home.
I think possibly meaning, having left, he probably would never have come back to Ostrobothnia.
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