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Hamilton S Dove (b1861) of Tasmania [Australia]: b 1Biblio.com

Tasmania. Long Autograph Letter Signed from Hamilton S. Dove 'Hamilton' in Tasmania to 'Kate' Miss M. K. Dove of Wandsworth London England discussing a variety of topics including the 'roasting weather'. With two newspaper cuttings.

réf. 15423Devonport Tasmania. 31 January 1930. 4pp. 12mo. In good condition on lightly-aged paper. In stamped and postmarked envelope addressed to 'Miss M. K. Dove 3 Brodrick Road Wandsworth Common London S.W.17'. Topics include the 'roasting weather' 'many of the paddocks are covered in cornstacks but people with lawns are sighing as the grass is brown & parched' with the whole of the last page dated 4 July discussing it; his friends the Luttrell family 'You remember my telling you about Ed. Luttrell's brother a retired farmer who lives at Sheffield near Mt. Roland'; Rev. Jennings-Smith 'who came from England to N.S. Wales about 1840 with a wife & 10 children'; 'Mr. Conch' who has 'got abouut 50 persons to migrate here since he came out himselft so he is a better agent than the official ones; 'two tons of black currants' going to waste. He explains that one of the cuttings relates 'the Koalas the paper spelt it wrongly' and the other to a 'lady-lecturer . a cousin of Sir Wm. Watson the poet; she is lecturing in the town on psychology'. In 1892 the English journal 'Nature' described Dove as 'A FRIEND Mr. Hamilton S. Dove who has resided for several years in Tasmania' and the last page of the letter reflects this interest in meteorology beginning: '4th July. No sign of a change yete although the Govt. Meteorologist promised us a cool change with showers on 2nd. inst.' The letter concludes: 'Oh! for an icy breeze off the Antarctic so that one could breathe again!' One of the cuttings dated by Dove to January 1930 is headed 'Migration Agent' and concerns 'Mr. J. Couch an Englishman resident for three years in Tasmania who has interested himself in promoting migration'; and the other attributed by Dove to the 'Advocate' Tasmania is headed 'A Curious Friendship' and begins: '"H.S.D." i.e. Dove himself writes: A strange instance of two very different animals chumming together has been reported from England.' Devonport, Tasmania. 31 January 1930. unknown

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William Kay [HMS Tauranga, Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station; Lou Blane; bluejackets]:Biblio.com

Autograph Letter Signed from 'William Kay' on board 'H.M.S. Tauranga at Sea' to someone male to whom he is very affectionate Louie "son" describing a journey to Australia with 'a lot of young Blue Jacket Boys on board'.

réf. 12112'H.M.S. Tauranga at Sea' undated but presumably on HMS Tauranga's maiden voyage to Australia 1890. 13pp. 12mo. On three bifoliums and a last single leaf. On aged and worn paper. A semi-literate but spirited epistle. Little is to be discovered concerning the identity of the writer. Addressed to 'My Darling Son' and signed 'good bye be good ever yours and yours alone William Kay' but with a few hints that the letter may not in fact be from a father to his son. Kay begins by stating that he is going to fulfil his promise and write 'a long letter'. Of the journey he writes: 'its not particularly rough but its the speed we are going that makes her roll we are now steaming past Deal at the rate of 19.8. so you can judge the rate we are going . we are ripping as the sailors call it. She's a very good sea boat so far. Shes alright down below but on deck oh my she simply washes down fore and half so we stay down below as much as we can. We had it rough last night off lands end but she behaved very well you would laugh if you were here we were standing on the forecastle last night watching her capers and a big fat wave came and washed us out of it she doesnt attempt to jump over them but she simply plunges right through it You ought to of seen us we was like a lot of drownded rats and then their was a yell how do you like Her.' He reports that 'we have a lot of young Blue Jacket sailor Boys on board we are going to take them out to Australia and I pittied them last night they were all sick and one of our little drumer sic Boys was that bad we had to take him to the Doctor in fact we thought he was going to roll up but he's alright now of course it doesnt effect us old seadogs'. He reports that the ship is going to Grimsby and Hull and then Torquay. He declares 'I shant kiss anybody else Annie Glenister ask me for one when I was at home but I wouldnt giver her one she said it was to bad of me she said if it was Lou Blane you wouldnt say no Not I. why should I you had better answer that one day when I was in No. 9 Union terrace the two annies got me down in the dressmaking shop and both of them kissed me what cheek but didnt I pay them out for it I got annie J. Down and capsized all her dressmaking gear all over her'. Docketed 'Very last letter. From on board ship.' HMS Tauranga was an Pearl-class Royal Navy cruiser built by J. & G. Thomson Glasgow and originally named HMS Phoenix. She was launched on 28 October 1889 and was renamed Tauranga as part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station on 2 April 1890 arriving in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891. She saw service during the Samoan civil war in 1899 and spent between 1901 and 1903 in reserve at Sydney before being assigned to the New Zealand division of the Australia Station. She left the Australia Station on 14 December 1904 and was sold for scrap in July 1906. 'H.M.S. Tauranga at Sea' [undated, but presumably on HMS Tauranga's maiden voyage to Australia, 1890]. unknown

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[Western Australia] Wrenfordsley, HT; Fairbairn, Robert H TBiblio.com

Magisterial Duty in the Kimberley. Minute by His Excellency the Administrator

1883réf. 27755Perth: Goverment Printer 1883. Robert Fairbairn the prominent 19th century Western Australian magistrate is the appointee to whom this "Minute" is aimed. He would soon be in charge of the Kimberley district and Wrenfordsley was at the time of this writing the Acting Governor of Western Australia. Unusually this is not recorded on either Trove or the State Library of Western Australia. The "minute" advises Mr. Fairbairn on his duties which will involve ".those of the Judge the Collector of Customs and the Registrar". and he advises "the Magistrate to take his own notes of the evidence and not to trust to his clerk." It is most interesting for the directions of caution in meting out punishment to the aboriginal community. "As the dispenser of justice to an uncivilised race it is all important that he should appear to act with judicial calmness and deliberation." Settlers were to be discouraged from taking the law into their own hands. And the statues prohibiting the supply of liquor to natives were to be strictly enforced so that "in the remote and . peaceful wilds of the Kimberley country the white man's curse will long remain unknown." An early reader has commented at the top "This is good" and has also highlighted various sections of interest. At the time of this writing Wrenfordsley was Acting Governor of Western Australia however he had a long career in law as solicitor Attorney General of Jamaica Chief Justice of Western Australia and Chief Justice of Fiji. Foolscap folio 3pp black text on cream paper. At the end of page printed H.T. Wrenfordsley Administrator. 13-3-83." A notation on verso in ink "Notes of Wrenfordsley on Justice duties." Top edge ruffled small puncture top right pin mark two period folds overall very good. Goverment Printer unknown

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