Diary of Albert Edward Weir

The diary covers the period 5 Jan - 17 Jan 1895 and gives an account of a trip made by Albert Edward Weir from Heathcote Valley to Greymouth and back. He was accompanied by his brother Tom on this journey and also makes mention of the driver William Gemmell. The account describes the scenery and the travelling conditions. An abbreviated version of the diary appeared in `The Canterbury Times' on 2 June 1892 and clippings of this are pasted in the back of the diary. Other miscellaneous clippings are also pasted into the diary.

Albert Edward Weir was born at Heathcote Valley, near Christchurch on 27 Jan 1872. He was employed by Black, Beattie and Co and the electoral rolls of 1893 and 1896 listing him as `drapers assistant'. He died of TB on 20 Jan 1898, a week before his 26th birthday. Tom Weir, Albert's brother, became a mining engineer who spent most of his career abroad and died in England in 1945 aged ca 79. William Gemmell, the `guide and driver' noted in the diary died in 1943, aged 94.

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