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Eric Tyndale-Biscoe outward correspondence to his parents
Date: 29 Dec 1926-13 Feb 1927
From: Tyndale-Biscoe family: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-11956-03
Description: Outward correspondence from Eric Tyndale-Biscoe to his parents Cecil Earl and Blanche Violet chiefly on the topic of a motoring and camping trip he made around the North Island of New Zealand. Letters include description of train travel, camping, trout fishing, driving and road conditions (including other traffic, punctures, getting bogged down, and pot holes), huts "swaggers whare", Waitomo Caves and glow worms, Maori history, manuka, tui birds, and swimming in lakes and rivers. Places he visits include Mokoia, Awakino, Te Kuiti, Waitomo, Hamilton, Tauranga, Whakatane, Opotiki, Gisborne, Lake Waikaremoana, Wairoa, Lake Tutira, and Napier. Also talks about staying in with the Reeves family [Hastings? Havelock North?], teaching, and preparation for his departure from New Zealand. Names mentioned are the Mellish family in Tauranga and the [Gordon?] family (farmers in rural Waikato). Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss Pen drawn maps show the route taken on the first leg of the journey from Mokoia to Awakino and the second leg from Awakino to Tauranga. Also includes pen illustrations of Mount Taranaki and bush, a tent, and a fishing fly.
Motoring in vicinity of Meremere Hill
Date: [ca 1920]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000500-G
Description: Motoring up the Meremere Hill, Tauharepu Kitia. Photograph taken between 1915 and 1930 by William Archer Price. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Foot of Meremere Hill. Tauharepu Kitia. No 3730 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches
Crossing the upper reaches of the Waiaua River, Bay of Plenty
Date: [ca 1910-1930]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000396-G
Description: View of a man in an open tourer parked on the road after fording the upper reaches of the Waiaua River. Photograph taken by William A Price in early 1900s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Crossing the upper reaches. Waiawa River. No 3728 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.5 x 6.5 inches
Motoring in vicinity of Meremere Hill
Date: [192-?]
From: Price, William Archer, 1866-1948 :Collection of post card negatives
Reference: 1/2-000397-G
Description: Open tourer parked on a corner at Meremere hill with a man in an overcoat standing beside the car. The area is surrounded by bush. Photograph taken by William A Price in 1920s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - Beauty spot. Meremere Hill. No 3727 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.75 x 6.5 inches