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Page 24
... present purposes was concerned was a structure that belched thick smoke into the kitchen till the parts that were not brown were black . The very children were smoked . " Is that a ham you have on the hob , Sandy ? " someone asked ...
... present purposes was concerned was a structure that belched thick smoke into the kitchen till the parts that were not brown were black . The very children were smoked . " Is that a ham you have on the hob , Sandy ? " someone asked ...
Page 36
... present on picnic day . The picnic proper was due to commence at 11 a.m. Eleven a.m. ! Not for the youth of Chaslands . Lads and lasses who had taken some getting out of bed on every other morning of the year gave no trouble that ...
... present on picnic day . The picnic proper was due to commence at 11 a.m. Eleven a.m. ! Not for the youth of Chaslands . Lads and lasses who had taken some getting out of bed on every other morning of the year gave no trouble that ...
Page 49
... present select company in the person of the visiting constable in the tan leggings , render the nineteen double verses of " The Shepherds of Salisbury Plains , " but it appeared that serious consideration had brought him to the firm ...
... present select company in the person of the visiting constable in the tan leggings , render the nineteen double verses of " The Shepherds of Salisbury Plains , " but it appeared that serious consideration had brought him to the firm ...
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