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Page 103
... gang to be making huhu bobs long before five - o'clock . A strip of flax about a quarter of an inch wide was selected , and a knot tied about a foot from the end . This portion was split into ten or twelve thin strips . By means of a ...
... gang to be making huhu bobs long before five - o'clock . A strip of flax about a quarter of an inch wide was selected , and a knot tied about a foot from the end . This portion was split into ten or twelve thin strips . By means of a ...
Page 112
... gang of eight or ten men to be working in the same cutting for three or four months . Later , hand carts were in ... Gangs were known by some particular appellation : Tom Douglas's 112 CHASLANDS.
... gang of eight or ten men to be working in the same cutting for three or four months . Later , hand carts were in ... Gangs were known by some particular appellation : Tom Douglas's 112 CHASLANDS.
Page 115
... gang made a good wage , they would find next month that what had been termed " hard rock " and paid for accordingly , had now become " rotten rock , " or even , in extreme cases , " hard clay . " Jimmy Delaney , resting his tough Irish ...
... gang made a good wage , they would find next month that what had been termed " hard rock " and paid for accordingly , had now become " rotten rock , " or even , in extreme cases , " hard clay . " Jimmy Delaney , resting his tough Irish ...
Contents
1Arrival at Chaslands Page | 11 |
2Settling in and Making Friends | 16 |
3Visiting the Neighbours | 21 |
Copyright | |
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appeared bank Beardman Bill Churchfield Billy birds blue broadleaf Bronin Broon Browden bull bullock bungie Catlins cattle caves chain Chaslands Beach clay cows creek Curio Bay dance dark deep dobbin dogs Douglas boys dray eels eyes feet fern fire fish flax Fred Dale Gang Geordie girls gully hack hammer hand hauled Hooki-hook horse huhu grubs inches J. D. S. Roberts Jack Churchfield Jack Miles kakas kamahi knew lads lady legs Little Samson load long Jack looked Maori maun mile morepork morning night Owaka Papatowai perhaps Photograph by J. D. S. picnic piece Pounawea pounds race ragwort rimu river road rock rope round Sandy's scones scow sheuch shot sledge smoke song stream stumps supple-jack Tahakopa Taunton Tautuku timber Tom Douglas tree voice Waikawa Waimahaka walk wheels wild