John R. Harker. Diary of journey from Darlington to New Zealand on Rangitiki (75p.), 11 December 1883-15 April 1884

 
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File 68
Content Summary:
Details of: Train journey to Plymouth; New Zealand Government van collects baggage; boarding Rangitiki; visited by doctor; sea sickness; no church service; Christmas Day; forming committee to arrange Sunday School and Bible Classes; weather; food; flying fish; illness in heat, measles; sighting other vessels; killing sheep; birth on board; death of Irish woman; death of Harker's baby daughter and burial at sea; birth of son to Harker and wife Elizabeth; poem written by sailors for his dead baby; sighting Tasmania; All Fool's Day tricks by sailors; incompetence of doctor, who is often the worse for drink; Bay of Islands; Auckland 'a most pleasing sight it was to behold'; met by Mrs Busfoot and Mr Wilkes.
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