Tents blown to ribbons.
Thursday, 11 June
The day begins showery. At an early hour this morning the Tauranga
arrives at Auckland from the Thames with 1,515 oz 15 dwt of gold, to be
shipped on board the barque Novelty later today for dispatch to the mint at
Sydney. Of this amount the Bank of New Zealand contributed 600 oz and the Bank
of Australasia 300 oz.
New machinery is being designed for the Thames Crushing
Company for erection on the Moanataiari Creek where the ground is being already
prepared. This machinery will
drive 40 head of stampers and to the efficiency of the crushing power will be
added every convenience and improvement known for the effective operation of
the amalgam by which elimination may take place without loss or waste. The building in which the machinery is to be
enclosed will be up in a week or two and measures 86 ft by 32 ft and will contain the whole of
the machinery under one roof. The machinery will be driven on a high pressure
engine of 35 horse power. The engine and
machinery were made at Norman’s Broomhill Foundry, Glasgow, and the stampers
are supplied by Langland’s Foundry, Melbourne. The whole of the
machinery will be here in the course of three weeks and the cost of construction - building and machinery – is estimated to be about £3,500. 00. In addition to the numerous machines that are
now in place for crushing Thames quartz it is anticipated many more will arrive before the summer, and when summer does arrive a busy and profitable
season for the gold miners is expected. It is confidently
thought that in the course of a few weeks – two months at the outside – the
necessity which exists at the Thames for increased crushing power will be met
by the introduction of machinery upon a scale adequate to the wants of the
mining population ending complaints that the Auckland capitalists do not take
an interest in the development of wealth at the goldfields.
A miner, recently arrived at the Thames from Westport,
writes to a friend “I have been here eight days and find things in an unsettled
state. Living here is very cheap. The greatest part of the ground is held by
Auckland men now, who know nothing about digging, but get quite excited when
they pick out a small specimen. There is
no regular defined lead of quartz reef but the ground is full of small
undefined leads, some of which are very rich.
There are from eight to a dozen West Coast men who have got very good
shows and who expect £500 to £600 for their interests. The Commissioner’s report of Kennedy’s Bay
was false. There were no alluvial
diggings there and the people have all returned here. There are from six to seven thousand people
here and with the exception of a few quartz reefs, Hunt’s party and a few more are more getting gold. I intend
remaining for some time to see how things will turn up, as living is so
cheap. Beef, pork and mutton we can buy
from 5d to 7d per pound, and the 4 lb loaf for 1s, and other things in
proportion. The wages for miners and
labourers are from £1 10s to £2 per week.
There is a large town here and it is daily increasing. Some capitalists from Victoria are expected over
to enter into the quartz reef speculations.
But this I think is only talk, as in my opinion the richness of the
quartz reefs here is blown up far above its value.”
At Auckland the steamers Midge and Tauranga are hauled from
the wharf and anchored leeward of it for the day, no passengers for the
Thames having put in an appearance.
The weather deteriorates and the barque Novelty, laden with
Thames gold, delays her departure from Auckland for Sydney until tomorrow.
This afternoon the remains of the late J Wilson, storekeeper at Shortland, who died on Tuesday, are buried. Having been a member of the Naval Volunteers
it was determined to give him a military funeral. The coffin is placed upon a gun carriage,
covered with the Union Jack and headed by the Naval and Rifle Corps bands, the
melancholy cortege moves up Queen Street, Karangahape Road and onto the
cemetery.
Early evening
At the Thames a very
severe gale of wind accompanied with heavy rain from the NE starts to blow in
and increases in violence. The wind passes over in furious gusts, tearing down numerous
tents in which the miners and their families are preparing to rest for the
night. Frequent heavy squalls of rain,
as well as the wind, make re-erection impossible so the unfortunate occupants take
refuge with their neighbours who are lucky enough to possess a weatherboard
building, or whose tent can withstand the violence of
the tempest. In some instances the tents
are sent rocket-like into the air and in others razed instantaneously to the
ground to the surprise of the occupants.
At Waiotahi, a large
weatherboard building in the course of construction for Mr Ledyard is literally
blown to pieces by the force of the wind.
The building, which was 46 ft long, had been completed with the
exception of the shingling. On the
Karaka a dwelling house is lifted off the blocks and deposited a short distance
away. At Shortland portions of
galvanised iron roofing and loose timbers are flying about in all directions,
rendering the streets dangerous to pedestrians, the ‘streets’ now being just streams of mud.
The gale is also felt
severely at Tapu – a number of tents are blown to ribbons and one or
two half built buildings are blown down. Inhabitants of the wrecked tents, with
difficulty, make their way through the pitchy darkness to the safety of the
hotels. The schooner Julia and
the cutter Mary Ann which have just finished discharging their cargos, are
driven ashore. The Mary Ann succeeds in
getting off again without much trouble, but the Julia lies high up on the sand.
The Enterprise returns to Auckland after a tempestuous
passage. It is one of the severest storms experienced at the Thames.
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Friday, 12 June
At the Thames and Tapu this morning the canvas dwellings
present a very doleful appearance. Great numbers of tents are blown down in all
directions and many others are torn to shreds, Scattered provisions and
clothing have been left to the fury of the storm, and blankets and garments are
picked up and hung out. At Tapu provisions in most instances have been spoiled or
devoured by the pigs and dogs with which the place abounds. These
brutes cause much mischief forcing their ways into tents by day and night. Luckily for the vessels lying at Tapu the
wind was from the land, had it been otherwise, those beached in front of
Sceats’ hotel would have sustained severe damage.
The Taranaki brings with her to Auckland 60 miners from the
south. These men are principally from
the Buller, the Grey and the West Coast, and many more are expected by the
Airedale. Even more are anxious to try
their luck at the Thames and will come at the first opportunity. The Auckland Free Press notes “Diggers
elsewhere have up to this time been rather shy of the Thames but we may now
expect a considerable number to arrive.
Many miners now on the West Coast resided formerly in Auckland and will
be glad to have an opportunity of returning at this season to a more genial
climate.”
The Otago Daily Times sounds a cautious note though - “There is every probability that the
difficulties of Auckland will be resolved by the discovery of the goldfields employing a large European population. A
letter has been received in town (Dunedin) from a resident at the Thames
goldfield, giving very good accounts of the returns, and also telling that
there is considerable speculation in claims going on. Where good veins are struck, the quartz
appears very rich and yields 30 to 40 oz to the ton. He however warns his friends that gold mining
is a lottery. There are drawbacks also,
to the comfort of mining in Auckland.
The goldfields are too near the territory of disaffected tribes, and the
only alluvial gold discovered has been upon 'rebel ground'. Flattering as are the accounts, we cannot see
that the temptations presented would justify anyone already employed going northward.”
In the commercial sector the fine weather which has prevailed during the early part of the week has given a tone of animation to trade. Rumours have been prevalent of new gold discoveries, both north and south of Auckland, at present however they can only be looked upon as rumours, and as such are worthy of little attention. Meanwhile the working of the Thames district progresses slowly but surely, several remarkably rich yields having been recorded during the week. In consequence of the non-arrival of any vessel with a general cargo, the prices of most articles have remained firm. A considerable quantity of inferior beer is in the market, believed to be quite unsalable. There has arrived in town several parcels of really good provincial bacon. Price’s Belmont sperm candles are always more saleable than any other brand, however very few are offering them at the moment. Raisins are becoming scarce. Drapery, pending the arrival of the Racehorse, remains scarce. The arrival of several large shipments of 2,280 bushels of wheat from the south has rendered the breadstuffs market firm. Biscuits are now very dull of sale. Messers L D Nathan and Co held a sale of oilman’s stores, groceries etc which included soap (Primrose, household blue mottles and best pale yellow), Reynolds purified prepared clay pipes, Coleman’s mustard, dried apples and Melbourne-made oatmeal.
Saturday, 13 June
At Tapu the Julia’s
ballast is thrown overboard but this does not help float her. Another attempt will be made on Monday
morning and if unsuccessful, she will probably remain there for some time.
At the Thames a large marquee, the property of Mr McDonald,
is carried away. The marquee blew down
in the recent storm and although it required three men to lift it into a dray
when packed, the thieves appear to have made a clean sweep of it when saturated
with rain, without anyone detecting them.
The poles, ropes and other fittings are also carried off.
The latest news from Kennedy’s Bay is
of a more satisfactory character. Mr T Macready
comes up from there today to Auckland bearing a small parcel of about 1 oz gold
of apparently superior quality to that of the Thames. It resembles very much that of pure
metal. There are also several nuggets as
large as a common pea. Other nuggets
have been found by other diggers, and reefs abound but have
not been found to be auriferous. Diggers
are constantly passing through Coromandel and back again to the Thames. They are found to be chiefly well-to-do
shareholders at Shortland who do not care to commence prospecting at Kennedy’s
Bay during winter. It is very
unfortunate that the place was not opened sooner as this is evidently the wrong
time of year to proclaim new diggings.
The Auckland Free Press says ”We are glad to
hear better news from Kennedy’s Bay . . . the absence of intelligence within
the last few days and the return of many diggers from that place to Shortland
gave rise to the idea that Kennedy’s Bay was likely to turn out a duffer. We learn however . . . the diggers there have
been very successful. There are about 50
diggers there, some are making £4 to £5 per week, and the others 'tucker' if
not wages.”
The drops before the shower.
There is considerable briskness in sales of mining shares
and speculators are awakening to a sense of the extent and importance of the Thames
field for mining enterprise. Eighty five
miners have arrived from the West Coast in steamers coming into the Manukau
during the week, and a much larger number are reported to be following in
another vessel. The Thames population
will very speedily receive an accession of nearly 1,000 miners from the West
Coast alone, while the skilled practical men in the Australian colonies are
directing their attention to the same field, and may be expected to follow the
example of the West Coast miners before many weeks elapse.
An instalment of
capital for investment has been received during the week and money has been
judiciously placed in the interests of the capitalists. A sale this week effected in a claim at the
rate of £800 per share, whilst ten days ago the same interest changed hands at
£300 per share - this is only one of numberless similar instances. New machinery is on its way from Melbourne
for the Thames Crushing Co which will see a vast improvement in the yield
of quartz. It has been made
expressly to the order of James Cruikshank, who, as their agent, visited the
principal machines at work in the Melbourne district, and received the advice
of practical men. The works at Clunes, which are considered the
most efficient in Australia, have been
taken as a model and improved upon. These are merely the drops before the
shower, before many months elapse it is expected a large amount will find its
way into the hands of trustworthy agents for investment in the Thames goldfield..
The ss Beautiful Star sails today from Wellington with a
number of miners bound for the Thames goldfields.
Whau for Shortland with sundries
10.30pm
A miner named William Seymour is passing along the corner of
Willoughby Street, near the Bendigo Hotel, when he is stuck up by a person who
seizes him from behind and robs him of an open-faced gold watch, marked 'Chadwick, Liverpool', a gold watch guard, a magnifying glass, memorandum of
accounts of the Bobbie Burns and Lucky Hit claims, a £1 note, some silver, a
morocco cigar case containing spectacles, a miner's right (number 306) and a
pocket book. Andrew Hevey is also
robbed this evening at the Bendigo Hotel of one escapement watch, one gold
guard, half a sovereign, some silver, a meerschaum pipe, four £1 notes, a large
size magnifying glass and agreements.
Andrew is somewhat the worse for liquor and the robbery is committed
after he leaves the hotel.
Saturday evening brawls at the Thames are a great annoyance
to the peaceful inhabitants. No less
than 12 fights have recently been reported to the police sergeant on one
night. The cause to some extent is
attributable to the insufficiency of the police force, which consists of four
constables and a sergeant to a mining population of some 8,000 souls, which is
increasing. Yesterday two constables
were dispatched by steamer to Auckland in charge of a dangerous lunatic leaving
two men to do duty in Shortland and one at Waiotahi – not enough. The time of constables is greatly occupied
with summonses and other duties arising out of the Warden’s Court, so that at
least six constables could be fully employed in Shortland and two at Waiotahi. There is concern that it will be necessary for those who
have to be out after nightfall to carry with them weapons of defence. A gentleman who recently had occasion to go
from the Waiotahi to Shortland was accosted by a rough
looking fellow, but on presenting a
small saw, which, in the dark looked much like a short sword, the fellow
decamped.
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Sunday, 14 June
The lodgers at the
West Coast Boarding House, kept by Mrs Mounce, are unceremoniously deprived of
their breakfast this morning, when a hungry imposter sits down at the table as
soon as the food is served and does not rise until he has completely devoured
12 men’s breakfasts. The man is worse
for liquor and on being remonstrated for his gluttony, attacks a man named
Nolan with a knife, inflicting a small wound.
The Reverend Thomas Norrie, of Papakura, conducts divine service in the
new Presbyterian church at Shortland this morning.
The Airedale arrives at Auckland from the South Island
bringing up some 40 miners for the Thames.
A strong gale from the NE prevails throughout the day at
Auckland, accompanied by heavy rain, and the steamers Tauranga and Enterprise for the
Thames and several small sailing craft are unable to leave the harbour. The schooner Rose Ann puts in through stress
of weather. She is from the Thames,
bound for Great Barrier.
This afternoon the Reverend Norrie again preaches – this time
at Mr Skeen’s schoolroom, Waiotahi. Reverend Norrie holds divine service this evening. The
attendance is very good and very excellent discourses are delivered.
Stormy weather sets in this evening at the Thames. A gale sweeps in accompanied by very heavy
rain, from the north east.
Monday, 15 June
The schooner Julia,
which was laid high and dry in Tapu Creek during the gale of the 11th,
is floated off successfully today, despite more deteriorating weather.
Jamieson and party,
Tapu, open a new claim on the Big Creek, and obtain the satisfactory prospect
of 2 dwts to the dish. The Falls of
Niagara, a new claim opened by Messrs Sceats and Co, on the hill in rear of
the British Hotel, also get a good prospect and numerous claims are pegged
out. Trade at Tapu seems to be improving
and it is rumoured that the ss Halcyon is to be laid on regularly.
The West Coast boarding house glutton is brought before Alan
Baillie JP for his punishment as a drunkard.
Nolan declines to prosecute on the graver charge of cutting and
wounding.
The Golden Cup claim
(late New-Found-Out) situated on the Waiotahi, consisting of six men’s
ground, which opened about seven months
ago, has been turning out some magnificent patches of golden quartz during the
last few days. The Pai Maire claim,
comprising three men’s ground and opened about six months ago, has been abandoned by no less than five
different parties – gold has only been discovered during the past three months
and is now taken out in very satisfactory quantities. The present holders are
not so easily led away and appear to have commenced operations at the proper
spot.
Sully and Wardell’s sharemarket report notes that owing to
many causes, the share market is decidedly dull. They strongly advise those miners who can
manage to hold on to their claims to do so, for the majority will be amply
repaid in the spring for trials endured during the winter. A good many claims on the Hape and Karaka
creeks are turning out very good quartz.
Magnificent specimens are to be seen at Sully and Wardell's office taken from the Lucky
Hit claim. From Tapu favourable
accounts are daily being received, but many claim holders are compelled to sell
shares in first class claims for want of funds.
The great drawback to the full development of these districts is the
absence of machinery.
At the Police Court, Shortland, George Roberts is brought up
charged with stealing one butcher’s steel, value 5s, the property of William
Rae, of the Mundic Reef store, yesterday morning. The offence having been proved, the prisoner is
ordered to undergo one week’s imprisonment with hard labour. John Boyce is brought up charged with stealing
£5 and an agreement of £20, the property of William Wilson, on board the
steamer Tauranga on her passage to Shortland, on Friday last. Boyce is remanded for the production of
witnesses, who were on board the steamer at the time of the occurrence.
A pony race between animals owned by Mr Mulligan, of the
Governor Bowen Hotel, Waiotahi, and Mr Wilson, pound keeper, for £10 a side, is
held on the Flat today and results in a victory for the latter. The race is closely
contested throughout and the stakes will be doubled for a second event in a few
days.
Henry for the Thames with a full cargo of
sundries
The 23rd session of the Auckland Provincial
Council is opened today. Superintendent Williamson delivers his usual
opening speech. He admits to having
failed to accomplish as much as he desired but hopes to be able to effect a
great deal in the future, relying on brighter and brighter prospects, restored confidence
among the commercial and trading classes and the development of the Thames
goldfield. He looks to the Thames
goldfield to better the conditions of the Province, but concedes they have done
little for it yet. He regrets that he
has not been able to spend an adequate sum on public works on the goldfields, as the General Government have impounded the gold duty,
amounting to £2,334. He also informs the
council that it will be invited to make provision for neglected and criminal
children, and destitute persons, and for a lunatic asylum and hospital, by
means of a rate.
The Midge is laid up for a thorough overhaul. Her cabin will also be enlarged and she will
be fitted with every comfort and convenience for the cabin and steerage
passengers.
The steamer Halcyon
makes her maiden trip to the Thames today.
She is a very pretty little steamer which behaves remarkably during stormy
weather at sea. The Halcyon will prove a
formidable rival to the other Thames traders.
When leaving today in a hard gale she was intently observed by several
spectators, and her qualities as a sea boat and her style of tripping through
the water are undoubtedly very superior.
She was well filled with passengers – a good omen for the prosperity of
her owners in their new enterprise.
During the day at Tapu tents are blown down, many which stood well during the gale of the 11th succumb to this one. The creek swells to such an
extent that communication with the two sides is entirely cut off except by
means of boats. All mining enterprise
stops. A party of men, whose combined judgement and skill are not
equal to their pluck, leave Tapu at the height of the gale for Shortland in a
whaleboat. They don’t get very far
however before they find it necessary to put about for the beach. They all succeed in reaching the shore in
safety, but the boat is speedily broken up by the fury of the surf.
Tonight the gale which has been intensifying all day veers
round to the northwest and reaches its peak.
The creek at Tapu becomes a large river, overflowing its banks in many
places and carrying down with it large quantities of debris and washing away a large portion of the roadway.
The tide is at its highest also about the middle of tonight which
increases considerably the volume of water in the creek. A family residing on the bank of the tidal
portion of the creek are placed in considerable jeopardy. The water is two feet high in their frail
canvas tent. The Clyde is driven from
her moorings a short distance downstream, and the yachts Rosalie and Huntress
drift onto the spit, where they are secured and have a narrow escape
from destruction, the beach there being very stony with a heavy sea rolling in. A considerable portion of the
bank near the landing place is washed away and the landing place itself, which
is composed of large logs, almost entirely disappears. The channel is fouled by a large number of
tree branches which will prevent the ingress or egress of any craft except
small boats.
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Humbug!
Tuesday, 16 June
Landslips at the
Thames and Tapu are numerous – a great deal of land is loosened also and may
fall at any moment. The slips about the
claims are chiefly at the face of the drives, it is here that the crushing stuff
from the leaders is kept. These slips
may cause a great loss eventually of ready money, as well as present labour,
the heavy rain having washed a great deal of worthless rubbish into the heaps of
selected crushing stuff. Several trees of a large size have come down
with the earth, completely blocking up the way.
A number of men are engaged today in clearing the rubble away.
Rumours surface that gold has been found in the
neighbourhood of Rangiriri. For the last
two or three years there have been intermittent rumours to this effect but the
reports invariably die away. However, now actual specimens of gold bearing
quartz have been seen by a favoured few and the exact locality made known to be
near Lake Waikare. Other recent discoveries of gold have been made at Te Arai
Point, Wellsford; Newton and the Whau (present day Avondale); suburbs of
Auckland; at the Wade (present day Silverdale) and at the Wairoa, Kaipara.
A frog is found alive in one of the drives on the Karaka
Creek. It is left for exhibition at the shop of Messrs Spencer and Co,
chemists, Willoughby Street.
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The Inspector of Sheep notes in his report that exports have
diminished materially within the last 12 months, and although there is now a
prospect of fat sheep being in demand in the Auckland market for the Thames
diggings, there may not be that many sheep in the province in sufficiently
good condition to take advantage of it.
A letter appears in the Thames Advertiser lamenting the postal
irregularities at Shortland –
“Sir – Having noted
in your paper a general desire to get justice for miners when they make their
grievance known . . . I think we are
very badly treated here by the Post Office authorities, who have sent a person
as postmaster to Shortland to humbug us miners.
They do not seem to think it is sufficient to prevent us receiving our
letters except on Saturdays, as they have effectually done by keeping the office
open only from 9 to 5, during which hours not one miner out of 50 can call for
letters, but even when we do come on Saturday afternoon the postmaster will not
take the trouble to look for them or give them to us, but tell us “nothing for
you.” But to give you a case in point I
was anxiously expecting a letter of importance from Auckland about the 1st of
last month. Well, sir, as I happen to be
a working miner and live far back in the ranges, I could not call for letters
except on a Saturday, so I called for this letter on three consecutive Saturdays
and got the stereotyped answer “There are none.” I got an opportunity of sending an order
during the time, when, lo! I received my
long expected letter bearing the Auckland post mark of May 1st and the Shortland
postmark of May 2nd, which clearly showed that it must have lain
from that date until the 17th which was the day I received it. Now, Sir, I ask you – is this to be borne or
have I no remedy. I have lost seriously
by not receiving that letter in due time, and would like to know can I make the
postmaster make good my loss. A MINER."
Private letters from the West Coast and Melbourne suggest
that there is quite an excitement at these places over the Thames
goldfields. At the West Coast it is said
that there are some hundreds of diggers preparing for a start for
the Thames, while at Melbourne there are not less than 800 who intend at once
to give the goldfield a fair trial.
An extensive mosquito steam fleet at Auckland now plies the
waters. Eighteen months ago there was
but a single steamer on the Waitemata.
There are now, or will be, no less than 14 steam boats of about 500
nominal horsepower belonging to Auckland port.
Whatever depression which has been suffered from, this does not look
like collapse, as there is also the finest mosquito fleet under canvas in the
colony, which is almost as large as that of the rest of the province put
together. The Thames trade has had much
to do with this, as well as the Bay of Islands coal fields having been
opened. Steamers are now able to obtain
a better quality of coal, at a lower price, the saving in burning Bay of
Islands coal over Newcastle being very considerable.
This evening five pairs of boots are stolen from the new
store opened by Mr Levy.
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| Buildings on the foreshore and Mr Macready's hotel at Kennedy's Bay 16 June 1868 Sir George Grey Special Collections 3-697-76 |
Wednesday, 17 June
The roads between Shortland and Tookey’s Flat are almost
impassable. If the government would lay
out £10 and put a footbridge at the mouth of the Karaka Creek, a good road
could be had along the beach.
The engines and machinery come down from Auckland today for
the Shotover battery – the machine is expected to be at work in about a fortnight. While excavating for a kiln, the party strike
a new leader, very rich, about 9” in thickness.
A meeting of the Thames Crushing Company is held today at their office, Canada Buildings, Auckland, at which 15 shareholders are
present. The site for machinery has been
completed and ready for the construction of the necessary buildings, the excavating
work has been executed in a most satisfactory manner, but the roads are at
present impassable for the transit of heavy machinery.
Stone from the Bobby Burns claim, Karaka Creek, forwarded to
Melbourne for the purpose of being experimented on, has been carefully analysed,
and the results show a marked increase in the yield of gold when properly
crushed and treated with hot water and sodium.
The company’s machinery, with patent steam ripples, will be a very great
acquisition to the goldfields and promises to be remunerative to shareholders
and employers.
The fine little steamer Halcyon arrives in Auckland harbour
this evening from the Thames. She made the passage in four hours 15 minutes. It is Captain Wing's intention to proceed
right up to the creek in Shortland in future, and land his passengers at the
town. The Tauranga and Halcyon have
proved themselves very equally matched; the Halcyon had 25 minutes start today and maintained it undiminished throughout the passage.
There is at present quite a dearth of coal in Auckland. Messrs Henderson and Macfarlane advertise for
vessels to bring coals from the Bay of Islands.
Thames steamers are experiencing great difficulty in supplying
themselves.
Not a single lamp has been lighted on the Queen Street wharf
for the past two nights. Various masters
of the Thames steamers complain to the newspapers and ‘Observer’ writes “I am
informed that we have a Port Master, and I also have heard of such things as
Port Regulations but all such 'institutions' seem to be a dead letter if one
may be allowed to judge by the evidence of one’s eyes. This evening strolling along the wharf about
10.30 I observed that the triangle beacon at the end of the furtherest T was
not lighted. When the master of a vessel
rounds the North Head all he has to look for guidance is the beacon, which he
expects to see in its usual place. The
coal hulks and other vessels in harbour exhibited no light, as they should have
done, and if any collision should have taken place or any damage been done by
the omission of ordinary precautions to any of the Thames steamers on their
arrival, who would have been to blame?”
Spey for Shortland with 20 bags flour, 5 casks zinc,
stores etc
Avon for Shortland with 48
boxes candles, 1,000 ft timber, 5 tons flour and sundries, 2 passengers
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| Water colour sketch of cottage along the shore of Kennedy's Bay 17 June, 1868 Sir George Grey Special Collections 7-C1336 |
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| Cottage at Kennedy's Bay 17 June, 1868 Sir George Grey Special Collections 7-C1337 |
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