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Ship Rimutaka


London and Plymouth to Unspecified New Zealand Arrival Port
November 17, 1894
Columns represent: Surname, Title, Given Name, Accommodation
    
E.H. Greenstreet - Captain

  1  Addison	Mr.		T.B.	First Saloon
  2  Beevor	Rev		J.H.	First Saloon
  3  Beevor	Mrs			First Saloon
  4  Bibby	Mr		E.	First Saloon
  5  Boys	Mr.		T.	First Saloon
  6  Boys	Mrs.		A.	First Saloon
  7  Brooks	Mr.		A.E.	First Saloon
  8  Caro	Dr.		J.S.	First Saloon
  9  Clark	Miss.		E.	First Saloon
 10  Cox	Miss.		E.M.	First Saloon
 11* Cox	Mr.	        Owen E.	First Saloon
 12  Cox	Mrs.			First Saloon
 13  Cox	Miss		L.B.	First Saloon
 14  Crockett	Miss		K.	First Saloon
 15  Eastwood	Miss		E.M.	First Saloon
 16* Edwoods	Mr.		N.W.	First Saloon
 17  Fisher	Dr.		F.A.	First Saloon
 18  Hallgarten	Mr.		W.N.	First Saloon
 19  Hannaford	Mr.		A.	First Saloon
 20  Harding	Mr.		A.	First Saloon
 21  Harding	Mrs.			First Saloon
 22  Harding	Miss.		I.	First Saloon
 23  Harding	Master.		M.	First Saloon
 24  Ling	Mrs.		J.	First Saloon
 24  Ling	Miss.		B.	First Saloon
 25  Ling	Mr.		B.	First Saloon
 26  Maclean	Mr.		A.J.	First Saloon
 27  Markham	Miss			First Saloon
 28  Olphert	Rev.		J.	First Saloon
 29  Palmer	Miss.		N.	First Saloon
 30  Peile	Rev.		W.	First Saloon
 31  Peile	Mrs.			First Saloon
 32  Pringle	Miss.		G.	First Saloon
 33  Pringle	Miss.		E.	First Saloon
 34  Sargeant	Mr.			First Saloon
 35  Sargeant	Mrs.			First Saloon
 36  Simpkinson	Miss.		E.R.	First Saloon
 37  Stowe	Miss.		S.E.	First Saloon
 38  Studholme	Mr.		W.P.	First Saloon
 39  Talbot	Mr.		W.	First Saloon
 40  Talbot	Mrs.		A.	First Saloon
 41  Waddell	Mrs.		R.	First Saloon
 42  Weir	Mr.		C.	First Saloon
 43  Weir	Mrs.			First Saloon
 44  Addison	Mr.		J.	Second Saloon
 45  Bailey	Mr.		J.C.	Second Saloon
 46  Bankart	Mr.		C.T.	Second Saloon
 47  Bankart	Mrs.		M.	Second Saloon
 48  Bankart	Master.		J.H.	Second Saloon
 49* Billing	Mr.		A.E.	Second Saloon
 50  Bourne	Mr.		R.	Second Saloon
 51  Bourne	Mr.		E.S.	Second Saloon
 52  Bourne	Master.		S.M.	Second Saloon
 53  Brown	Mrs.,		PJH	Second Saloon
 54  Caro	Mr.		E.A.	Second Saloon
 55  Carr	Miss.		C.	Second Saloon
 56  Cartwright	Mr.		C.	Second Saloon
 57  Clark	Mr.		W.R.	Second Saloon
 58  Dalziel	Miss.		A.	Second Saloon
 59  Fall	Mr.		T.A.	Second Saloon
 60  Fall	Mr.		W.T.	Second Saloon
 61  Fitch	Master.		T.H.	Second Saloon
 62  Fry 	Mr.		W.	Second Saloon
 63  Gardiner	Mr.		E.H.	Second Saloon
 64  Gardiner	Mr.		H.	Second Saloon
 65  Kemp	Mr.		J.	Second Saloon
 66  Kent	Mr.		C.	Second Saloon
 67  Kent	Mrs.	Eliza.		Second Saloon
 68  Kent	Mr.		P.	Second Saloon
 69  Kent	Mr.		F.	Second Saloon
 70  Kent	Mr.		G.	Second Saloon
 71  Kent	Mr.		D.	Second Saloon
 72  Kent	Master		W.	Second Saloon
 73  Lennie	Miss.		M.	Second Saloon
 74  Mearnes	Mr.		S.A.	Second Saloon
 75  Millington	Mrs.		M.A.	Second Saloon
 76  Millington	Miss.		D.	Second Saloon
 77* Millington	Miss.		D.	Second Saloon
 78  Millington	Miss.		I.	Second Saloon
 79  O'Beirne	Mr.		G.C.	Second Saloon
 80  O'Beirne	Mr.		A.G.	Second Saloon
 81  O'Beirne	Mr.		H.V.	Second Saloon
 82  Penseler	Mr.		W.	Second Saloon
 83  Pickett	Mrs.		M.E.	Second Saloon
 84  Pitchford	Miss.		B.	Second Saloon
 85  Ramsden	Miss.		L.	Second Saloon
 86  Remmington	Mr.		F.	Second Saloon
 87  Romanes	Mr.		C.H.	Second Saloon
 88  Smith	Mr.		F.	Second Saloon
 89  Smith	Mr.		H.F.	Second Saloon
 90  Sturton	Mr.		J.	Second Saloon
 91  Townshend	Master.		F.	Second Saloon
 92  Townshend	Master.		S.	Second Saloon
 93  Walker	Mr.		J.W.	Second Saloon
 94* Warberton	Mr.		A.	Second Saloon
 95  Williams	Mr.		C.	Second Saloon
 96  Windsor	Rev.		E.J.	Second Saloon
 97  Windsor	Mr.		P.C.	Second Saloon
 98  Young	Mrs.		A.	Second Saloon
 99  Young	Miss.		B.	Second Saloon
100  Young	Miss.		J.	Second Saloon
101  Young	Miss.		H.	Second Saloon
102  Young	Master.		A.	Second Saloon
103  Young	Miss.		A.	Second Saloon
104  Young	Miss.		A.	Second Saloon
105  Adams	Mr.		H.	Steerage
106  Atkinson	Mr.		H.A.	Steerage
107  Baldwin	Mr.		G.	Steerage
108  Baldwin	Mrs.		E.	Steerage
109  Bannan	Mr.		R.	Steerage
110* Barnes	Mr.			Steerage
111  Barnes	Mrs.		R.	Steerage
112  Barnes	Miss.		M.	Steerage
113  Barron	Mr.		J.	Steerage
114  Bauer	Mrs.		N.	Steerage
115* Benu	Mr.		B.	Steerage
116  Boogo	Mr.		M.	Steerage
117  Brindle	Miss.		M.E.	Steerage
118  Brown	Mr.		R.	Steerage
119  Brown	Mrs.		E.	Steerage
120  Bowkett	Mrs.		E.	Steerage
121  Buckley	Miss.		M.	Steerage
122  Chilcot	Mr.		J.S.	Steerage
123  Chilcot	Mrs.		H.J.	Steerage
124  Chilcot	Miss.		N.J.	Steerage
125* Clark	Mr.		H.H.	Steerage
126  Cloughley	Mr.		J.	Steerage
127  Cloughley	Mrs.		J.	Steerage
128  Collins	Mr.		H.	Steerage
129  Crawley	Mr.		C.	Steerage
130  Croome	Miss.		B.	Steerage
131  Drake	Mr.		J.	Steerage
132  Eckerstrom	Mr.		A.	Steerage
133  Eckerstrom	Mrs.		H.	Steerage
134  Eckerstrom	Mr.		L.	Steerage
135  Eckerstrom	Mr.		K.	Steerage
136  Edgecombe	Mrs.		J.	Steerage
137  Evans	Mr.		R.	Steerage
138  Flood	Mr.		E.	Steerage
139  Foot	Mr.		J.G.	Steerage
140  Foot	Mrs.		F.	Steerage
141  Foot	Mr.		S.C.	Steerage
142  Foster	Mr.		G.	Steerage
143  Foster	Mrs.		E.	Steerage
144  Gough	Mr.		P.C.	Steerage
145  Glanville	Mr.		E.	Steerage
146  Green	Mr.		M.	Steerage
147  Grove	Miss.		E.	Steerage
148  Gurney	Mrs.		E.	Steerage
149  Hansen	Mr.		H.	Steerage
150* Harkens	Mr.		W.	Steerage
151* Harkens	Mrs.		H.	Steerage
152  Herzberg	Miss.		F.	Steerage
153  Jarrett	Mr.		W.H.	Steerage
154  Johnstone	Mr.		T.	Steerage
155  Johnston	Mr.		?	Steerage
156  Jones	Mr.		?	Steerage
157  Jones	Mrs.			Steerage
158  Jones	Miss		H.	Steerage
159  Jones	Miss		N.	Steerage
160  O'Keefe	Mr.		P.?	Steerage
161  Kidd	Mr.		.	Steerage
162  Killerby	Mr.		G.?	Steerage
163  Kirk	Mr.		A	Steerage
164  Kirk	Mrs.		A	Steerage
165  Kolerin	Mr		N.	Steerage
166* Lascelles	Mr		C.	Steerage
167  Lewithan	Mrs.		B.	Steerage
168  Loft	Mrs.		B.	Steerage
169  Macfarlane	Mr.		J.B.	Steerage
170  McKee	Miss		L.	Steerage
171* McMaster	Mr.		R.	Steerage
172  Markus	Mr.		E.	Steerage
173  Martin	Mr.		F.	Steerage
174  Neilson	Mr.		N.	Steerage
175  Overbye	Mr.		C.	Steerage
176  Paton	Mr.		H.	Steerage
177  Playle	Mr.		W.	Steerage
178  Povey	Mr.		G.A.	Steerage
180* Rasmussen	Miss		H.	Steerage
181  Raven	Mr.		F.	Steerage
182  Raven	Mr.		A.	Steerage
183  Robinson	Mr.		A.G.	Steerage
184  Salters	Mr.		C.	Steerage
185  Searle	Mr.		F.B.	Steerage
186  Simmons	Mr.		L.	Steerage
187  Smith	Mrs		M.A.	Steerage
188  Sisskin	Miss		G.	Steerage
189  Smith	Mast		A.	Steerage
190  Smyth	Miss		J.	Steerage
191  Yakusch	Miss		A.	Steerage
192  Tanner	Mr.		J.	Steerage
193  Thornton	Mr.		D.	Steerage
194  Thornton	Mr.		F.	Steerage
195  Tucker	Mr.		T.G.	Steerage
196  Urmston	Mr.		T.	Steerage
197  Wallace	Mr.		J.	Steerage
198  Worgan	Mrs.		E.	Steerage
199  Worgan	Mast		J.H.	Steerage
200  Worgan	Mast		W.B.	Steerage
201  Worgan	Miss		J.	Steerage
202* Worgau			J.G.	Steerage
203  Whillis	Mrs.		M.	Steerage
204  Wilsons	Mrs.		E.	Steerage
205  Woodson	Mr.		J.	Steerage

Correspondence 10/19/02 passenger #131 Drake
Mr J Drake, Steerage on the Rimutaka 1894 could be ancestor to my husband 
Bernard Drake.  His father is Bernard William George Drake, now living in 
Wanganui, previously Taranaki. Mrs. Bernard Drake

*comparisons with this version from newspaper and the original
manifest- see correspondence below for differences.

Correspondence 4/10/01
 The destination of the Rimutaka was Wellington New Zealand. I understand
from Charles Kent's diary that some more passengers boarded at Hobart
Australia, but these are not shown on the list.
 I have checked the passenger list between yours and the original and there
are a few differences.
Passenger 11  E Owen not Owen E
16 Edwards not Edwoods
49 Possibly A F not AE although it is a little hard to decipher
77 only one Miss D Millington
94 Warburton with an U instead of the E
110 Initial is R
115 Benn not Benu
125 Clarke not Clark
150 Harkins not Harkens
151 Harkins not Harkens
166 C is the middle initial can't decipher initial of firstname
171 R W McMaster middle initial W
180 Rasmusen not Rasmussen
202 Worgan not Worgau
All other entries match exactly with none extra.

Above information and Diary of Charles Ken - passenger 66 

submitted by
Adam Jenkins

Diary of Passenger Charles Kent


passenger on R.M.S Rimutaka, which left London 15 November 1894,
bound for New Zealand.
1894 Left docks 15 Nov 2pm and half steamed half floated to Gravesend where anchored for abt 5 hours stearing gear not working properly & Pilot ordered ship to wait. Had smooth night around the coast. 16 Nov. Fine mg . high wind, sky clear, passed Beachey Head and close in round Isle of Wight, then stood out to sea , vessel now pitching a bit & reached Plymouth in the night, all ill but Pa Ma and George. Very comfortable ship and decent passengers & grub good, drinks too dear, 6d. for small bottle of beer is high. Stty 17 Nov. Woke up in Plymouth Harbour, fine strong cold wind, I with a few other fellows went ashore before bkft in a watermans boat & and bought some things at P'mouth & posted several letters. Ship sailed at 3 aft against a strong head wind steering for the Bay of Biscay.In the night much rolling and various articles shifting about in the cabin. Dolly ill all day & can eat nothing. Willie does sickness in a business like fashion, knows it must be & does not humbug about it, the boys sit down to table at meals but dare not stop to eat anything on account of rumblings below and at Supper time not half of the passengers were present, E & self do not shirk and my appetite is prodigious. Had very little sleep at night, all kinds of noises about and a shoot for ashes runs slanting along one side of our cabin, with a rattle in it as if coals being shot. Sunday 18th Nov. Fine & bright, less wind & warmer, cannot keep our footing and are fairly in the Biscay swell, a few had breakfast, George, E & self, Frank sat down but soon rose & did not touch anything, Percy opened an egg then at once left it and his seat. In morning engines were stopped half an hour on account of some heavy luggage below rolling over, our piano being a chief offender, how will it reach NZ I wonder. The gale has blown itself out and left a heavy swell, in which I have been writing but it will be pleasant if the sea is not worse than this at any part. Again I have found how useful a supply of fruit would be, I bought some apples oranges & lemons at P'mouth, the children will eat the former when they can nothing else. I wish I had kept out some better clothing my old waterproof is coming unseamed & I have only a very light overcoat. At the dinner table today there were low wooden box trays placed for each person to contain his plates, otherwise they would all have fallen off the table during the ships rolling. Coming from dinner E had a bad fall and & bruised her arm, having to lie up for the rest of the day. A clear starlight night much warmer but so much noise with boxes shifting about, doors slamming and the unrest of being rolled from side to side of by berth that I had no sleep. Monday 19 Novr. Off the N coast of Spain, not in sight of land. Quite a transformation and not 48 hours from Plymouth, a warm breeze and sunshine, enabled to sit on deck with light clothing, ladies no hats or cloaks. All recovered & a full dinner table, leaving the Bay of Biscay which has after all not behaved so badly as one expected, ship still rolling, and very little sleep. Tuesday 20 Nov. Weather as before, warm and sunny, very close in cabin, cannot open the port, sea might invade & did so yesterday, bedding getting wetted. Passengers on mutually chatty terms each on glad to impart the latest item of news or gossip picked up, a German on board, ill till until now, is a skilled pianist. Few games Whist in the evg no luck. Lights out in Saloon 11 every night but left on all night in cabins. Bright starry night. Wed. 21. Nov. still warmer and a grand sunset at night, lightning after. Thurs 22 Nov. Very hot. Sighted Teneriffe arrived there at 2 & left at 10, coaling & watering, most passengers went ashore. Very picturesque place, an Island of steep sided cliffs & peaks with a few patches of Vegetation, boats came off with delicious oranges 25 for 6d. figs, bananas grapes cigars & wicker chairs. Ship boarded by about 60 or 70 swarthy piratical and cut throat looking Spaniards or Canarites who carried the coal to ships bunkers. Boys went ashore in small boats 1/- each both ways, Natives take Eng. Money & glad of it. More lightning at night, & stars vividly bright. Coaled 800 tons in 8 hours. Friday 23 Nov. Very warm, inclined to lie about & do nothing. 2nd cl. Passrs invited to small concert and dance by the 1st class, not much enjoyed, latter rather stiff & ceremonious, thing fell flat, no refmts. Saty. 24. Same weather, some clouds and slight rain, boat very steady, no swell since last Tuesday, Committee chosen to arrange for entertainments, music, songs, recits &c. Sunday 25. Very warm, enjoy a cold sea bath very much. Service for some of the crew & steerage passrs held by the Captain in 1st saloon at 11, also Service for children by Rev Windsor one of our passrs, in aft. Sharks and Porpoises seen, ships very rarely, muster and inspection of all the crew engineers & c. Sighted Cape Verdi in Africa. 26. Fairly in tropics & very hot, but not unpleasant except at night, very calm and light NE trade winds, lightning almost ever night. Splendid stars. 27 Sea like glass, with gentle swell numbers of flying fish around, everyone very languid, Willie ill slight sun stroke had Doctor. Concert in the evg, I read out a piece from 3 men in a boat, singing not much account, some good Violin & Piano playing. Few tried to sleep on deck and in saloon at night, cabins stifling hot, we all sleep well in my cabin. Ship is kept extremely clean & tidy, just a few cockroaches in smoke room which is near the kitchen, none yet seen in the cabins. 28. Pleasant breeze all day, with a scorching sun, crossed the line without any ceremony. Rimutaka Record newspaper issued today, usual amateur rubbish. Lightning again at night. 29. Steaming hot below, hot sun, days getting much longer, daylight to 6 PM. Got headache, 3 drinks at night too much in Tropics. Strong head wind agst us. 30. Hot very, some wind, no sea. I laid in berth all aft & in cold sea water bath for half an hour which improved me. Dance given by 1st class, ours invited, Mrs K played for some of the dances. On deck till 12, some slept in smoke room for air. Cricket on 1st deck, nets spread over balwarks. Journey getting rather tame and uneventful, no land & not a sail seen for past 5 days. Read everything readable, much sameness in dinners, meat sent up coarsely cut & usually overdone. The fare is for Bkfast always Porridge to commence, chops or steaks, or bacon (dried up) & eggs , prunes & rice, coffee & rolls , marmalade always quite Scotch fare. Dinner very poor soup a joint and entrée, pudding & tarts, sometimes beans or cabbage, kept cold. Tea supper at 6, cold meat, preserves & buns. At 9 bread, biscuits , cheese butter. The milk butter & water are all iced in hot weather. Half the passrs are Scotch, several children and young men, deck more like a steam launch up Thames on a large scale, with the youths and girls in light flannels gaming & romping. Only 2 men in our saloon of Colonial grit & fibre - Walker a Manager of Gold Mines at Wairi (Waihi) & Gardiner, sheep farmer. 3 young chaps from Sligo. O'Burne by name , 2 brothers Fall, very nice fellows. Veats a consumptive Journalist, Bailey a Bank clerk lungs wrong, Meares a land owner & Planter, a travelled man of the World, Revd. A. P. Windsor a chatty and agreeable man (calls me brother) & his son going to an Agric. College at Christchurch, H. F. Smith a great oddity, incoherent in speech, slightly crazy, made fun of by all of us. Romanes, a bit of a swell and trifle stuck up, Remington a cornet Player 4 years at Ramsgate Marina going to try his chance in NZ. Mr & Mrs Bourne & child , Pinscler a young German very good Pianist, these are the chief. Dec 1. Decr in London! What a contrast to this. Here sunshine & pure air, there everything else. Heat is diminishing as we get away from the Tropics, sea still slight. Sun 2 Dec. Some clouds & rain today, obliged to see the Doctor about my arm, sea water irritation caused pain, gave me some ointment to relieve. Mon 3 Dec. Amusing cricket match bet. 1st Saloon & Officers, score 14 former agst 31. Time hangs wearily when nothing fresh can be found to read or when no amusements are on. The number of children on board is too many for comfort. 4 Dec. A capital concert provided by the Steerage, Captain as Chairman, performance better than the 1st or 2nd Saloon made. Mrs K had Bronchitis & saw Doctor. 5. 6. 7. Dec No events of note, fine weather & slight seas, head wind, S.E. Sat 8 Dec. Put into Table Bay 9.0 a.m. & & anchored off Mole at Cape Town, cloudy & rainy, soon after cleared up to fine. Nearly all passengers went ashore in a Tug 1/- each way. Some good stone buildings in Cape Town, pleasant suburbs, houses of one story of bungalow style, Table Mountain abt 3000 feet immediately behind the town was shrouded in clouds all day. A large & handsome Public Library, Parliament House costing 200,000 pounds, shops quite Eng looking, macadam roads & flagstone pavements. Dutch & Kaffir quarter cobblestones. Went with Frank George and another to the skirt of the Table Mt but could not have ascended under a full day, then got a good view from a small hill. At midday a hurricane of wind sprang up, called here a Southerly Buster, never felt such a wind, blew sand & gravel like small shot, most uncomfortable. Left by Tug at 3 for ship in a surfy sea, got a wetting, all had to be hauled over gangway from Tug to our ship, rough sea & rolling afterwards. Things cost about twice Eng price. Early summer here at the Cape. 8 Decr. Sun 9. Losing the warm weather, good swell on, few people at service, sitting throughout all ports closed tight, some sea came aboard. One passenger left behind at Cape, Kemp, got stupidly drunk and was said to have been locked up. Tues 11. Some sports on after deck, potato races, cock fighting, chalking the deck, cold strong wind. Less sea, boat steadier. Thurs. 13. Really bad day, rain, rough sea cold, misty, deck deserted, shipped seas now & then, much rolling & rattling, but life on board goes on as usual, no one ill, only passrs are confined to their cabins or the saloon, cards & music most of day. This day makes 4 weeks out from London and is the first unpleasant one experienced we are still going South and into colder regions, it is said we might sight an iceberg or two. Fri 14. Same as y'day, cold, foggy, rough sea, decks wet, vessel rolling, in smoke room most of day. Dolly ill & sleeping, low fever. Saty 15. Change to bright & sunny, all able to go on deck & get exercise, not a calm though by any means, played at Nap. For some hours, Bailey Warburton & Billing. Sunday 16. Cold rough & stormy with rain, no deck, high wind. Since leaving Cape on 8th ships course has been Easterly by South & towards Antarctic regions. Capt says Icebergs may be seen tomorrow. Monday 17. Avery high sea & half a gale from N.W., the crests of the waves blown into flakes which whiten all of the ocean, can scarcely stand on deck, some sails carried away, steerage hands called to assist crew. Below all as usual and only for Main deck being awash with water and rapid revolutions of engine when vessels stern is lifted in air nothing to denote the extra turbulence. The wind & rollers are following us or if we were parallel with them the ship would roll dangerously. At 6.30 PM another sail was blown to ribbons, and the huge billows seemed ready to engulf the ship. Several seas broke over the bulwarks, one over the poop deck knocked down a solitary passenger, cutting and bruising him badly. In evg a sea made its way through the Engine room airways on the upper and flooded several of the cabins adjoining ours. Captain said that the sea was as high as it had ever been in his experience, Mrs K much alarmed. Tuesday. Fine & high sea. Ship made her best days run in the gale doing 328 miles. Wed to Saty. Mostly cold wet & stormy & very little deck. A child in our saloon having chicken Pox we are quarantined off from the rest of the ship, each class keeping to itself. Arrangements had been made for a Fancy Dress Ball & c on Xmas eve, to take place in 1st Saloon, suspended in consequence. Some Albatroses & Cape hens which have followed the ship for last fortnight left today, probably cannot eat any more. The movement of these birds is wonderful for they seem to never use their wings. Sun 23. Wet & cold. Our clergyman Rev. Windsor held a short service in our saloon. Monday 24. Cold & wet. Playing Nap most of the day. Being Xmas Eve several of our young men get very fresh and were up all night. Tues 25. Xmas Day. First pleasant day since we left Cape. Excellent dinner of 6 courses, a tasteful menu for which they wanted 2/6 each written by one of the stewards called Jim the Penman, some games for the children in evg and small dance after. Wed 26. Calm & smooth. Thurs 27. Entered the estuary leading to Hobart abt 4 am. First view of bush, abt 50 miles from the Heads to Hobart which appeared exceedingly pretty from the ship. Terraces of hills covered with the usual one story wooden bungalows, in the centre some broad & clean streets with a few Public buildings well situated, and immediately at the back of the town Mount Wellington 4600 feet, not unlike Table Mountain at the Cape. The Harbour is well sheltered, with deep water to the jetties abutting from the shore alongside one of which we moored, put out & took in some passrs & cargo and 350 tons of coal. With the wife & children I went on each of the 3 Electric Tram routes viz to Newton, the Vascades and Sandy Bay latter the best, 3d. a journey, speed fast. Villa bungalows are perched on the side of the hills, at a slope thus (mark on paper about 30 degree slope)) and the roadway between is covered in grass, they are surrounded with flowers common in England & bushes growing luxuriantly. The style of the shops is that of a Country town in Eng and the dress & speech is very English, not Scotch or Irish, moreover there are not as at Capetown a number of hideous Blacks disfiguring the place. We had a cheap & good dinner of 3 courses & etceteras for 1/- and felt very hot & sleepy, went into Reading room of library, a poor place after that at the Cape. Found plenty of flies at Hobart, now in the midst of summer. Str left at 8 for Wellington. 28 & 29 Mostly cold & rainy. A few passrs ill after last 3 days calm and stoppage 30 Sun. Windy & wet 31. Fine aft, sports concluded & prizes given, nearly all to 2nd class, Benny gets one for winning his race. At 12 midnt the ships watch bell rang a few tinkles and some of the more lively boys were singing the New Year in. Notes From Back of Diary SILVERS CK Pilot Monkey Jack 1.18.0 Pilot Vest 13.6 2 prs Tweed trous 18/6 1.17.0 2 suits duck trou & jacket 2.0.0 3 flannel shirts 8/6 1.5.6 4 Oxford Shirts 1.6.0 1 under Vest 5.6 1 gauze 2.6 4 stout ½ hose 8.0 2 Merino 3.0 Canvas Leggings 7.6 * Waterproof overcoat 1.15.0 *3@ 25/- £ 12.2.0 1 felt Hat 3.0 Ask F H about knives 9/- 7/- Ask F H about boots £ 12.5.0 11.15.0 11.15.0 11.15.0 47.10.0 May go to £20 to £21 Paid? Order from Whiteleys books to £8.10.0 not over do. Packing cases & get Whitely to send down Will go on Tus to the vessel On Saty my to arrange to go on Tuesday FORD 3 Gransden Rd Rylett Rd Holland River Pilot (?) Ruby's Uncle Mrs Riddick Molesworth St (Chemist) Wellington Sydney. Mr Melhuish Chemist Sydney W. Maddock Bradley Greatorix Milk St. Ald? King W James Art Studio (Photographer) Greymouth (JRB) N.Z. Cook Publishers. Dunedin friends of Mr Beamish ( Wrights) Letter to E R Piggott New Zealand Insurance Co Auckland Walker (Rimutaka) Wairi Gold Mine (Waihi?) Mrs Lovegroves Uncle buried at Wellington Nathaniel Fountane look for his tomb Wrote from Plymouth to Hodson, Woolley, Lovegrove. From Tenereiff to Harriet Hairdresser in 2 Saloon Bath 1.30 to 12.45 & 2.30 to 4 pm Sydney to Hobart in 42 hrs ¾ qrs a record passage by Union str Rotomahana 26/12/94 Barque Lufra left London 10 Sept arvd Hobart 26 Decr, arrived in yacht like order, spotlessly clean spoke only 3 vessels on the voyage.
Found in Turnbull Library, Wellington
Contributed by David Simm
Formatted by Sheila Tate for the Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild
22 June 1999



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