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Index of Persons and Places

• Adelaide, 52, 53, 83, 98, 102, 109, 114, 116, 117

• Albert Hall, The, 41, 42, 161, 162

• Albury, New South Wales, 97

• Alcock, C. W., 75, 169, 433, 434

• Alexandra, Queen, 166, 265

• Allen, W., 529

• Amsterdam, 249, 250, 251

• Anderson, Sir Robert, 522, 530

• Anthony, A., 364

• Antigua, 242, 251

• Antwerp, 251, 252, 322

• Arnold, Charles, 132

• Ashbolt, A., 35

• Auckland, 28, 29, 114, 372, 374

• Bailey, Sir Abe, 434, 442

• Bailey (Prospector), 98, 99

• Baillieus (of Melbourne), 525, 528, 529, 530

• Baldwin, Earl, 539, 540

• Ballance, John, 551

• Ballantine, Capt. E. W., 387

• Ballarat, 134

• Balranald, New South Wales, 97

• Banks, W. H., 475

• Barnardo, Dr., 167

• Barrie, J. M., 63

• Barton, Sir Edmund, 96, 103, 104

• Bass Strait, 44

• Bateman, H. M. (Cartoonist), 20, 183

• Bay of Biscay, 157, 194, 226, 234, 242, 243, 251, 324

• Bay of Fundy (Nova Scotia), 283, 288, 289, 290, 291

• Beatty, May, 172

• Becker, J., 532, 533

• Bedell-Sivright, D. R., 278–279

• Belize (British Honduras), 255, 256, 257, 258, 259

• Bendigo (Victoria), 134

• Bernays (Senior), 122

• Bernays, Harry, 122

• Bernhardt, Sarah, 291

• Birkenhead, Earl of (F. E. Smith), 318, 319

• Black, W., 345, 346, 348

• Borrodaile, O. R., 171, 301

• Boston (Mass.), 285, 286, 287, 288, 289, 291, 292

• Boyd, J., 262, 263, 297, 298

• Brest, 242, 243

• Bright, John, 97, 218

• Brisbane, 53, 122, 128, 391, 393

• British Guiana, 241, 242

• Brownlee, J., 535

• Brownlee, W., 471, 475, 476, 477, 480, 481, 482, 532, 535

• Brussels, 252

• Buffalo (U.S.A.), 292, 293

• Bullock, The Family, 160, 167, 170, 186

• Burdett-Coutts, 355, 356

• Burgess, W., 487

• Burns, Sir James, 117

• Burns, Robert, 31, 350, 351, 352

• Bush, P. F., 281–282

• Cairns, Queensland, 124, 125, 126, 130

• Callwell, J. W., 535

• Canada, 27, 108, 109, 347, 265–92, 412, 509

• Canberra, 102, 109, 131

• Cape Horn, 7, 154, 155

• Cape of Good Hope, 7

• Capetown, 358, 359, 360

• Cape Verde, 157

• Cape Verde, 157

• Cape York, 125

• Cardiff, 193, 194

• Cardus, Neville, 318

• Castries (St. Lucia), 237, 238

• Chamberlain, Joseph, 106, 217, 218, 219

• Charters Towers, Queensland, 123

• Cherbourg, 243

• Cheshunt, Buckinghamshire, 171

• Chile, 155

• China and the Chinese, 124, 126, 127, 128, 207, 208, 210, 211, 212, 213

• Christchurch, 19, 22, 23, 24, 31, 36, 40, 41, 57, 138, 145, 245, 361, 362, 369, 370, 372, 373, 405, 406, 413, 414, 438, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460–4, 465, 466, 467, 469, 470, 478, 506, 511, 512, 522, 523, 539, 552, 553

• Churchill, Winston, 166, 291

• Clark, Charles, 22, 405, 406, 459

• Clydeside, 230, 231, 235, 348, 349

• Coates, Sir James, 355, 356

• Cobden, Richard, 97, 218

• Cock, Mr., 506

• Colchester, 353, 354

• Collins, J., 510

• Colombo, 202, 215, 216

• Conrad, Joseph, 155

• Cook, Captain, 38

• Cook Strait, 44, 130

• Coolgardie Gold-field, 98–100

• Cooper, A. E., 459, 529

• Cornelius, H., 475, 509

• Cow, J., 458, 459

• Cox, B., 517–18, 527

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• Craig, James, 514, 515

• Craig, John, 470, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 478, 480, 508, 509, 510, 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 519, 521, 522, 523, 526, 531, 541

• Crossley, Ada, 162

• Crystal Palace, 180, 183

• Daly, W. P., 516, 517, 518, 519, 523, 524, 541

• David, Mr., 309

• Dawson, Captain (of S.S. Dominion), 267, 269, 271, 288, 289, 290, 291, 292, 329

• Dawson, Robert, 40, 41

• Deakin, Sir Alfred, 104

• Deans, R. G., 280, 281, 282

• Dickens, Charles, 129, 167

• Dover, 158

• Doyle, Conan, 173

• Drake, Sir Francis, 158, 254

• Drake, F. E., 468

• Dunedin, 21, 30, 31, 32, 37

• Earl, F., 373

• Edinburgh, 348

• Edward VII, 95, 167

• Elliot, Maxine, 291

• Ellis, Capt. McIntosh, 529

• Elsom, Harry, 247

• Epsom, 165

• Equator, The, 157, 215, 241

• Falla, Brigadier N. S., 504

• Falmouth, 157, 158

• Fergusson, A., 456, 457

• Findlay, Sir John, 545, 546, 547

• Fisher, A. H., 30, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 39, 40, 53, 54, 56, 144, 145, 146, 147, 149, 151, 305, 363, 365, 367, 369, 383, 459

• Forbes, Right Hon. G. W., 548, 549 (New Zealand Prime Minister, 1931)

• Ford (Prospector), 99

• Forder, C., 410–11

• Forest, Sir John, 104

• Foveaux, Strait, 37, 38

• Foster, T. S., 362

• France, 220, 221, 242–4, 245–6, 337, 338, 352, 353

• Fullerton, J., 493

• Funchal, Madeira, 235, 236

• Gabe, R. T., 280

• Gaddon, Mrs., 51

• Gallagher, D., 280

• George V, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 208

• Georgetown (British Guiana), 241, 242, 248

• Geraldton Innisfail, Queensland, 126, 127, 128

• Germany, 106, 113, 132, 218, 219, 252, 269, 266, 267, 268, 276, 286, 327, 335, 336, 337, 338

• Gibbs, Isaac, 144

• Gibraltar, 194, 195, 197, 227, 265, 266, 267, 268

• Gillot, Sir Samuel, 94, 96

• Glasgow, 348, 349

• Glen Innis, 390

• Godley, J. R., 438

• Gould, The Brothers, 473, 474, 478, 479

• Graham, P., 475, 512, 528, 539

• Gravesend, 158, 249

• Great Barrier, The, 125

• Greenstreet, Commander R.N.R. (of the Rimutaka), 156, 157, 291

• Greig, J., 475, 512, 539

• Grenada (West Indies), 239

• Grey, Sir Edwin, 74, 76

• Grey, Sir George, 550, 551

• Greymouth, New Zealand, 487, 488, 489, 490, 491, 492, 496, 505, 524, 534, 542

• Grose, Sir James, 539, 543

• Gunson, Sir James, 548

• Guthrie, A., 511

• Halifax, Nova Scotia, 269, 283, 290

• Harper, E. T., 60

• Havre, Le, 243, 244, 245, 246

• Hawke, Admiral Lord, 242, 243

• Hearst, W. R. (Hearst Press), 286, 326

• Heath, N., 513

• Henderson, Colonel (author of “Stonewall” Jackson), 325, 326

• Herdman, Mr. Justice, 546, 547

• Hinchenbrook Channel, 125

• Hinchenbrook Island, 125

• Hirsch, 527

• Hobart, 38, 40, 41, 42, 64

• Hobson, Governor, 97

• Holdsworth, Sir Charles, 493, 504, 505, 554

• Hong Kong, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213

• Hopetoun, Lord, 92, 94, 95, 96, 103, 104

• Houses of Parliament, London, 163–4

• Hughes, Rt. Hon. W. M., 107, 108

• Indian Ocean, The, 200–1, 216

• Ireland, 297

• Italy, 219, 220

• Jack, J., 531, 532

• Jackson, Mr. and Mrs., 161

• Japan and the Japanese, 113, 124, 127, 210, 217, 338

• Java, 97

• Johnson (Chief Engineer of the Dominion), 268, 290

• Johnson, S., 110, 111

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• Johnston, Val., 554

• Johnston, Capt. (of The Suevic), 361

• Jones, Bobby, 325

• Kaiser, The (Wilhelm II), 219, 266, 267, 268

• Kalgoorlie Goldfield, 98

• Kanakas (natives of Solomon Islands), 124

• Kelly, Ned, 134–5

• Kelvin, Lord, 343

• Kensington, 476–7

• Kingston, C. C., 105

• Kirk, Andrew Ross, 8

• Kuranda, Barron Falls, 125

• Kyne, Peter B., 29, 277

• La Gardia (Spain), 226

• Lacey, Sir F. E., 173

• Lamb, R. S., 482, 483, 485, 486, 488, 493, 503, 516, 543

• Lancaster Park (Christchurch), 405, 406, 407, 553

• Lauder, Sir Harry, 245, 247, 359

• Launceston, 42, 44

• Le Brea (Trinidad), 248

• Leno, Dan, 184, 247

• Leverhulme, Lord, 499, 500, 527

• Lizard, The, 157, 227, 361

• London, 160–8, 247, 248, 252, 262, 263, 264, 297

• Lord's Cricket Ground, 33, 173, 176, 177, 180, 308, 309

• Louisburg, Nova Scotia, 288, 289, 291

• Louisson, M., 184

• Lyne, Sir William, 103, 104

• Lyons, 536

• Lyttelton, New Zealand, 31, 37, 40, 484, 485, 486, 487, 488, 491, 494, 495, 496, 497, 502, 503, 504, 505, 506

• Lyttle, Captain, 131

• MacDonald, A. B., 111, 131

• MacDonald, J., 464

• Mackay, 122, 125

• Madeira, 235, 236

• Maer, 226

• Magellan, Straits of, 155

• Malacca Straits, 203, 215

• Malta, 197

• Manchester, 302–3

• Manila, 212, 213, 214, 215

• Maoris, 29, 58, 59, 95, 208, 332, 333, 510, 527, 542

• Marconi, 285

• Markey, 518

• Marseilles, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226

• Martinique, 253

• Mary, Queen, 93, 94, 95, 96

• Massey (New Zealand Prime Minister), 550, 551

• Massey, Right Hon. William (New Zealand Prime Minister), 550, 551

• Massey, H. A., 519, 520, 521

• McCallum, J., 477

• McEvedy, P., 184

• McGill, William (Chief Engineer of the Claverhill), 193, 194, 200, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, 212, 216, 217, 218, 220, 221, 228, 229, 230, 231, 244, 328, 329, 349

• McLachlan, N., 88

• McLean, Robert, 292, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297

• Mediterranean, The, 195, 197, 219, 221

• Melba, Madam, 162

• Melbourne, 36, 44, 45, 47, 48, 63, 64, 66, 83, 84, 86, 87, 89, 92, 93, 97, 102, 104, 106, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 118, 120, 123, 125, 126, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 135, 165, 200, 241, 361, 485

• Menzies, R. G., 181

• Messina, Straits of, 219

• Michell, (inventor of forced lubrication), 341

• Millar, Hon. J. A., 504

• Mills, Sir James, 466

• Milsom, E. B., 184

• Monro, Captain, 489

• Montevideo, 156

• Montgomery, M., 231–2

• Montgomery, W., 133

• Montreal, 272, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 283

• Montserrat, 251

• Morgan, E. T., 184, 281

• Morris, “Tassy,” 471, 472

• Motherwell, 345, 346

• Moxham, A. J., 270

• Murrumbidgee (River, New South Wales), 97

• Nelson, 130, 243

• Nelson Creek, 531, 537, 538, 541, 542

• Netherlands East Indies, 215

• New Plymouth, 29

• New South Wales, 97, 100, 101, 102, 105, 118, 126

• New York, 293, 294, 295, 296, 327

• Newcastle, 231, 232

• Newman, C. M., 111, 116, 131

• Newman, the Hon. Edward, C.M.G., 548

• Niagara Falls, 272, 292, 293

• Nottingham, 301, 302

• Nova Scotia, 269–71, 272, 285, 288, 289, 290, 291

• Nyberg, J., 531, 532

• Nydia Bay, New Zealand, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476, 477, 478, 479, 480, 481, 483, 488, 512

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• O'Brien, A. B., 184

• O'Connor, 100

• O'Malley, King, 108, 109

• Ollivier, A. M., 405

• Ollivier, C. M., 522

• Orchard, Dr. A. J., 386

• Ostler, Bennie, 430

• Otago, 56, 438

• Owen, R. M., 280, 281

• Paris, 352, 353

• Parkes, Sir Henry, 104

• Parry, F., 513, 514

• Parsons, Sir Charles (inventor of the turbine engine), 230, 342

• Patagonia, 155

• Paterson, James, 34

• Patiala, Maharajah of, 442

• Patti, Madam, 162

• Pavitt, E., 410

• Pearson, Captain (of the Opouri), 487

• Penn, William, 322, 323

• Perry Sisters, The, 51

• Perth, West Australia, 98, 100, 109

• Peters, C. L., 468

• Petrie, L. H., 468

• Philadelphia, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 327, 328

• Plimmer, C., 352, 353

• Plymouth, 158

• Port Craig, 488, 389, 505, 510–17, 518, 519, 520, 521, 522, 523, 524, 525, 526, 527, 528, 529

• Port of Spain (Trinidad), 239, 240

• Port Said, 197, 198, 217

• Pride, Peggy, 248

• Quebec, 273, 274, 276, 277, 278

• Queensland, 96, 97, 102, 112, 113, 120, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129

• Randall, Harry, 247

• Raphael, F. C. (Tim), 29, 31, 44, 45, 54

• Rattray, C. W., 459

• Rawson, C., 486, 493, 494, 495, 497

• Red Sea, The, 199, 200, 216

• Reese, A., 327, 361, 498, 551

• Reese, D. (Senior), 345, 347, 348, 350, 351, 454, 455, 456, 457, 458, 459, 550, 551

• Reese, Mrs., 399, 400, 481, 512, 513

• Reese, Mrs. (Senior), 63, 245, 329, 346, 361, 362, 550, 551

• Reese, T. W., 20, 58, 327, 328, 361, 362, 454, 456, 457, 458, 459, 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, 477, 479, 480, 539

• Reeves, W. P., 162, 163, 405

• Reid, Sir George, 105, 106, 107, 218

• Reid, G. W., 548

• Reid, J. B., 535

• Reid, J., Chief Engineer of the Satan, 234, 235, 236, 237, 239, 243, 256, 259, 261, 262

• Rhodes, A. E. G., 143

• Rio de Janeiro, 156

• Riverina District, New South Wales, 97

• Roberts, F., 62

• Robey, George, 247

• Rockhampton, Queensland, 122, 123, 125

• Rodjesvensky, Admiral, 217

• Rogers, W., 506

• Ronaldson, C. J., 457

• Rotorua, New Zealand, 208

• Rotterdam, 252

• Rowlands, A. G., 498, 499, 500

• Russell, T. G., 475

• Russia, 216, 217

• St. George (Granada, West Indies), 239

• St. John, New Brunswick, 290, 291

• St. Kilda, Melbourne, 93

• St. Lawrence River, 272, 273, 274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 282, 283, 288, 289, 291

• St. Lucia, West Indies, 237, 238, 239, 248

• St. Paul's Cathedral, London, 161, 165

• Santley, Charles, 162

• Saxton, A., 511

• Schelde, The, 251

• Scotland, 34, 40, 41, 63, 234, 235, 344, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 357, 359, 361, 362

• Scott, Professor R. J., 19

• Scott, Bros., 458

• Scott, J.L., 458

• Scott, R. L., 475, 488, 489, 511, 539

• Seddon, Right Hon. Richard S., 162, 163, 208, 282, 249, 550, 551

• See, Sir John, 117, 118

• Seine (River, France), 243, 244, 253

• Shelley, P. B., 219

• Sicily, 219

• Simon, Sir John, 318, 319

• Singapore, 204, 215, 501, 502

• Smith, F., 475

• Smith, G. W., 279, 280

• Smith, Bruce Howard, 111

• Smith, H. B. Howard, 111, 112, 113, 116, 118, 120, 123, 129, 130, 131

• Smith, Walter Howard, 111

• Smith, Capt. W. Howard, 111

• Smith, W. Howard, 111

• Sneddon, Walter, 160

• Solomon Islands, 97, 124

• South Australia, 102, 104

• South Shields, 228, 230, 232

• Sterling, H. H., 548

• Stewart, D. F., 482, 488, 511

• Stoddarts' English Rugby Team (1888), 58, 61, 62

• Straits of Canso, Nova Scotia 271–2

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• Stromboli (Mediterranean), 219

• Suez Canal, 198, 199, 216, 217

• Sumatra, 202, 203, 215

• Sumner, New Zealand, Mayor of, 26

• Swanston, A., 475, 539

• Sydney, Australia, 48, 50, 51, 52, 83, 92, 93, 97, 102, 114, 117, 118, 122, 128, 200, 485

• Sydney, Nova Scotia, 269, 270, 284, 288

• Tasman, 462, 463

• Tasmania, 38, 40, 42, 100, 101, 103

• Teneriffe (Canary Islands), 157

• Thames, River, 158, 234, 249

• Thorpe, Captain (Lyttleton, New Zealand Harbour Master), 496

• Thorpe, Dick, 33, 34

• Tibbles, J., 538, 539, 540, 541, 542

• Tilley, Vesta, 247, 248

• Townsville, Queensland, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 128

• Trinidad, 239, 240, 248

• Turner, Sir George, 104–5

• Turpin, Dick, 160

• Tyneside, 228, 230–2, 235

• Urquart, Captain (of the Claverhill), 195, 200, 203, 204, 205, 207, 211, 215, 217, 219, 226, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232

• Uru, Billy, 58, 59, 60

• Uru, Harry, 58, 59

• Venezuela, 254

• Victoria, Queen, 92, 106

• Victoria, Princess, 265

• Wakefield, Edward Gibbon, 439

• Wales, 309, 310

• Ward, Sir Joseph, 94, 477

• Wardill, Major B. J., 45, 53, 64, 67, 68, 76, 110, 169, 400, 422

• Watt, Hon. W. A., 529

• Wellington, 19, 20, 28, 29, 36, 130, 147, 438, 473, 477, 493, 504, 509, 506, 507, 519, 551

• West Indies, The, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 248, 251, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260

• Western Australia, 98, 100, 101, 102

• Westminster Abbey, 164

• Wilder, D., 518

• Wilding, Anthony, 25, 88, 406, 407

• Wilding, F., 23, 25, 26, 30, 61, 405, 406, 407, 459

• Wilding, Mrs. F., 23, 406, 407

• Wilkinson, A. O., 534

• Williams, Cyrus, 484, 485, 496

• Wishaw, Scotland, 346, 347

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