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Unbending, from public cares, on public grounds.
Lower centre (l.c.) in pencil: Unbending, from public cares, on public grounds; u.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Mr James Howorth, the lawyer & Crown prosecutor and Mr Alexander Rennie the tailor, teetotaller, and Provincial Councillor in the old…
Mr Mantell secures the votes of the Maoris for his friend Dr Williams by bribing them with toys.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: J. Brown 1854; u.c. in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: Mr Mantell secures the votes of the Maoris for his friend Dr Williams by bribing them with toys. 1. Carnegie; 2. Mantell, Circa 1853, T.M.H.; label in ink in Dr Hockenís…
Dr Williams, a candidate for senatorial honours, is aided by his friends Mantell, Strode, Carnegie & the Maoris, - and is pelted with rotten eggs by his opponents Cap. Cargill & Cutten. Old Royal Hotel in the distance.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Sub T…asury; u.r. in pencil: Rotten; u.l. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Dr Williams, a candidate for senatorial honours, is aided by his friends Mantell, Strode, Carnegie & the Maoris, - and is pelted with rotten eggs…
Captain Cargill confers the Commissionership of Crown Lands on his son-in-law, Mr W.H.Cutten.
Lower centre (l.c.) in pencil: J. Brown, 1856; through image in pencil: Provincial Secretary, Commissioner of Crown Lands, New Zealand; margin below.
In time of some scarcity of food the Rev. Thomas Burns was applied to to sell flour from his farm at Grant’s Braes.
Upper left (u.l.) in pencil: 14; through image in pencil: 20s per Bushel; l.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: In time of some scarcity of food the Rev. Thomas Burns was applied to to sell flour from his farm at Grant’s Braes. (now) He refers…
Messrs Vogel and J.G.S. Grant run for the Waikouaiti seat.
Through image in pencil: To Waikouaiti, The Jews Harp, Discord; u.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Messrs Vogel and J.G.S. Grant run for the Waikouaiti seat. 1863. T.M.H.; verso in ink: Dunedin, 20 April 1864, Mr James Tinley.
Sold again and got no money.
Through image on stone: JB; To England, S.E.R.J., Bankruptcy, Gas Comp. Transfer Shares; through image in ink: 1. 2. 3. 4; u.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: 1. Shadrach Edward Robert Jones of the Provincial Hotel, Dunedin, a smart rogue & bankrupt.…
Mr George Lloyd drilling volunteers.
Upper left (u.l.) in pencil: 6; verso in pencil: [face]
Rev.d Thomas Burns, D.D. of the First Church, Otago.
Lower left (l.l.) on stone: J. Brown.
Captain Cargill addresses a meeting. Napier is close to barrel. Buchanan, an elder, near him. Manning is at left.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: J. Brown, 18; l.c. in pencil: 10; on label in ink: Captain Cargill addresses a meeting. Napier is close to barrel. Buchanan, an elder, near him. Manning is at left
Mr W.B.D. Mantell. An amplification of his well known discovery of Moa remains.
Upper left (u.l.) in pencil: 3; l.c. in pencil: 7; c.l. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Mr W.B.D. Mantell. An amplification of his well known discovery of Moa remains! T.M.H.
Mr Bellairs, a gentleman settler at Brockville, Half Way Bush, prepares to leave New Zealand.
Label in ink: Mr Bellairs, a gentleman settler at Brockville, Half Way Bush, prepares to leave New Zealand. circa 1858; second label in ink: Mr Brock-Holinshead of the Half Way Bush prepares to leave New Zealand.
Refers to the disastrous separation of Southland from the Province of Otago of which it formed part.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: J. Brown; through image in pencil: Superintendency, Separation, Otago Province, Mataura; u.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Refers to the disastrous separation of Southland from the Province of Otago of which it formed…
Mr George Lloyd of Green Island proposes to enrol some noble volunteers in 1859 during the Maori outbreak in the North Island.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Brown; u.r. in ink in Dr Hockenís hand: Mr George Lloyd of Green Island proposes to enrol some noble volunteers in 1859 during the Maori outbreak in the North Island. T.M.H.; label in ink: Mr Lloyd of Green Island enrols…
Don Quixote & Sancho Panza.
Lower centre (l.c.) with brush: Don Quixote & Sancho Panza; on label in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Bellairs and Ebenezer Brown who was a shepherd when B. took a run at Toi Tois.
Governor Gore Browne’s first visit to the Settlement of Otago in January 1856.
Lower left (l.l.) with brush: J.Brown; through image with brush: Welcome Gore Browne; l.c. in ink in Dr Hocken's hand: Governor Gore Browneís first visit to the Settlement of Otago in January 1856. William Simpson the shoemaker assures his…
First ass (really a mule) imported. Mr J. de la C. Carnegie with his wooden leg.
Lower centre (l.c.) in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: The first ass (really a mule) imported. Mr J. de la C. Carnegie with his wooden leg. circa 1856 T.M.H.
Refers to Mr W.B. Mantell’s moa bone discoveries.
Upper centre (u.c.) in pencil: Crown dom…tion. Gravel and sand; l.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: Refers to Mr W.B. Mantell’s moa bone discoveries. The gravel and sand bag bespeak him a geologist. T.M.H.; label in ink: Refers to Mr Mantell’s…
Dog in the manger.
Lower right (l.r.) in pencil: The dog in the manger; u.l. in pencil: 8; u.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: The Rev. Thomas Burns does not welcome the advent of the Rev. John Albert Fenton, clergyman of the Church of England who arrives January 1,…
Essay of Mr George Lloyd’s noble volunteers.
Upper centre (u.c.) in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: An essay of Mr George Lloyd’s noble volunteers.