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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.
Correspondence
Date: [1908-1946]
From: Furkert, Frederick William, 1876-1949 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-5960-1
Description: Correspondence relating to Furkert's work as an engineer and his position on the Standards Council Quantity: 1 folder(s). Two diagrams in typed letter, Furkert to Murray, illustrating effect of snow on trees (1946); and copy of PWD 23934 of plan for groynes on the Manawatu River (1908)
Financial, official and miscellaneous papers
Date: [ca 1871-1894]
From: McLean family : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0032-1008
Description: List of deeds, receipts and other documents forwarded to Kinross & Co, relating to Ngatarawa and other blocks, which includes memoranda by W K McLean relative to Ngatarawa Blocks 4 and 5; draft of proposed reply to natives; receipt, Apirana Te Ururorangi (1894); and part of letter to Sir Donald from unidentified correspondent of Tapuaiharuru re changes to station, local Maori want Land Court to sit at Ohinemutu, development of roads etc so hot springs can become more accessible to tourists, the sale of land said to have gold, near Tuhua and related matters (1875) Language - Receipt and draft of proposed reply Quantity: 1 folder(s). Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Purchased from Sotheby's in 1969