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Henry Lawson Among Maoris

5 The Lawsons at Mangamaunu

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5 The Lawsons at Mangamaunu

11. Bertha Lawson, My Henry Lawson, p. 57.
22. Arthur Rae, 'Labor and Politics in Maoriland', Hummer, 17 September 1893, p. [2]; Note by T. D. Mutch, Notebook in Mutch papers, Item 26.
33. See Denton Prout, Henry Lawson, the Grey Dreamer, pp. 141, 201, for other lapses of Bertha's memory.
44. See R. T. Shannon, 'The Fall of Reeves 1893-6' in R. Chapman and K. Sinclair (eds.), Studies in a Small Democracy, p. 141, also K. Sinclair, William pember Reeves, New Zealand Fabian, pp. 240-2. Ward, as Postmaster-General, had been Lawson's employer when he worked as a telegraph lineman in 1894.
55. E. Tregear to W. P. Reeves, 13 April 1897, Alexander Turnbull Library photocopy; original in the British Library of Political and Economic Science, London School of Economics.
66. Evening Post, 10 April 1897, p. 5; N.Z. Times, 10 April 1897, p. 3.
77. Evening Post, 17 April 1897, p. 5; N.Z. Mail, 22 April 1897, p. 39.
88. Mangamaunu School file, Education Department.
99. N.Z. Times, 5 May 1897, gives the passengers as 'Mesdames Morris and Quinn, Mr H. Lawson', the Evening Post, same date, as 'Mrs Lawson, Messrs Lawson, Williams'. The tonnage of the Wakatu is given in G.W.N. Ingram and P. O. Wheatley, N.Z. Shipwrecks, p. 346. Its gross tonnage, 157, is nearer to Bertha's guess of 'about 200 tons burden'. It was wrecked in 1924 off Waipapa Point, within 60 yards of the wreck of the Taiaroa (1886), the subject of Lawson's sketch in the N.Z. Mail, 29 April 1897.
1010. Worker (Brisbane), 22 May 1897, p. 5; Clipper (Hobart), 29 May 1897, p. 5.
1111. See A. G. Stephens (ed.), Autobiographies of Australian and N.Z. Authors and Artists (Mitchell Library Q A920A), pp. 130-1; R. A. McKay (ed.), A History of Printing in New Zealand 1830-1940, (Wellington Club of Printing House Craftsmen, Wellington, [1940]), pp. 237-40; G. H. Scholefield, Newspapers in New Zealand, p. 52.
1212. They were 'That There Dog o' Mine: an Australian Sketch', 8 December 1893; 'Coming Across', 15, 29 December; 'The Cambaroora Star', 15 December; 'For'ard', 22 December.
1313. They are 'On a Good Tucker Track: an Australian Sketch', and 'Drift from a Wreck: a New Zealand sketch', N.Z. Mail, 29 April 1897, p. 21; 'The Three Kings', N.Z. Mail, 15 April 1897, p. 23, reprinted N.Z. Times, 23 April, p. 5. The Mail also published 'The Old Bark School', 8 July 1897, and 'An Oversight of Steelman's', 30 September 1897.
1414. Bertha Lawson, My Henry Lawson, p. 56; G. H. Scholefield, Dictionary of N.Z. Biography, i, 507.
1515. Henry Lawson to T. L. Mills, 10 October 1897, Alexander Turnbull Library scrapbook, Sydney Bulletin Writers, i, 170. That the 'Australian' prices were offered by the New Zealand press is evident from Lawson's mention of 'request for copy at Australian prices' from New Zealand papers, notably the Christchurch Press. (Henry Lawson to Angus & Robertson, 25 June 1897, Mitchell Library Uncat. MSS. Set 184, Item 8.)
1616. 'Some Reflections on a Voyage Across Cook's Straits (N.Z.)', Worker (Sydney), 12 January 1895, p. 1; 'Across the Straits', SHL, i, 154-5.
1717. Anthony Cashion, 'Pahiatua' in Henry Lawson by his Mates, p. 60; Worker (Sydney), 4 August 1892, p. 2.
1818. 2-page Autobiography, Henry Lawson Scrapbook, i, 41-2, Mitchell Library; Comments on a letter from Mrs Moss, Mitchell Library Uncat. MSS. Set 184, Item 3 (see p. 160).
1919. Bertha Lawson, 'Memories' in Henry Lawson by his Mates, pp. 104-5.
2020. AJHR, 1898, E-2, p. 19.
2121. F. K. de Castro to E. O. Gibbes, 2 April 1898, Mangamaunu School file.
2222. Bertha Lawson, 'Memories' in Henry Lawson by his Mates, p. 99.
2323. Bertha Lawson, My Henry Lawson, p. 59.
2424. Op. cit., p. 62.
2525. Henry Lawson to Hugh MacCallum, 25 June 1897, Mitchell Library Uncat. MSS. Set 184, Item 7.
2626. 'The Golden Nineties: Albany Before the Boom', Australian Star, 30 September 1899, p. 4.
2727. Henry Lawson to Hugh MacCallum, 25 June 1897 (see Note 25); 'Elderman's Lane: The Kids', Bulletin, 19 June 1913, p. 48; SHL, iii, 261.
2828. Henry Lawson to Hugh MacCallum, 25 June 1897 (see Note 25).
2929. Comments on a letter from Mrs Moss (see Note 18).
3030. Charles Oscar Palmer, 'Henry Lawson … Spent Five Happy Months at Kaikoura', Star (Christchurch), 4 June 1927, p. 23.
3131. Bertha Lawson, 'Memories' in Henry Lawson by his Mates, p. 100.
3232. 'Fragment of an Autobiography', Mitchell Library MS.; SHL, i, 14.
3333. Bertha Lawson, loc. cit.
3434. Bertha Lawson, junior, 'Henry Lawson', 7 March 1927, Mitchell Library Uncat. MSS. Set 184, Item 4.
3535. J. H. Pope, Reports, 3 December 1894, 20 November 1895, 28 October 1896, Mangamaunu School file.
3636. Henry Lawson to W. J. Habens, 10 May 1897, Mangamaunu School file.
3737. Henry Lawson to Hugh MacCallum, 25 June 1897 (see Note 25).
3838. Henry Lawson to W. J. Habens, 29 June 1897, Mangamaunu School file.
3939. Tender from Alexander Doddemeade, cabinet-maker, Kaikoura, 23 January 1880, Mangamaunu School file.
4040. Bertha Lawson, My Henry Lawson, p. 63.
4141. 'Crime in the Bush', Bulletin, 11 February 1899, p. 35; reprinted Southerly, 1965, 4, pp. 279-80.
4242. Henry Lawson to Hugh MacCallum, 25 June 1897 (see Note 25).
4343. Loc. cit.
4444. 'Elderman's Lane: The Kids', Bulletin, 19 June 1913, p. 48; SHL, iii, 260.
4545. Henry Lawson to Hugh MacCallum, 25 June 1897 (see Note 25).
4646. Loc. cit.
4747. Loc. cit.
4848. 'The Golden Nineties: Albany Before the Boom', Australian Star, 30 September 1899, p. 4.
4949. 'The Golden Nineties: W. A. Before the Boom', Australian Star, 7 October 1899, pp. 4-5.
5050. Loc. cit.
5151. Comments on a letter from Mrs Moss (see Note 18).
5252. J. H. Pope, Health for the Maori, rev. ed., 1894, pp. 72-3, 89, 131-2.
5353. Bertha Lawson, 'Memories', in Henry Lawson by his Mates, pp. 103-4.
5454. Ibid., p. 98.
5555. J. D. Watson, personal communication, 12 December 1960.
5656. Denton Prout, Henry Lawson, the Grey Dreamer, p. 166.
5757. Henry Lawson to Hugh MacCallum, 25 June 1897 (see Note 25).
5858. C. O. Palmer, 'Henry Lawson…', Star (Christchurch), 4 June 1927, p. 23.
5959. Henry Lawson, private letter to Hugh MacCallum, 15 November 1897, Mitchell Library Uncat. MSS. Set 184, Item 7; Evening Post, 11 November 1897; 'Grimy Old Babylon', Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 2 August 1902, p. 7.
6060. Arthur B. Parker to T. D Mutch, 3 August 1940, Mutch papers, Item 25.
6161. J. M. Sherrard, personal communication, 25 January 1959.
6262. Bertha Lawson, My Henry Lawson, p. 62.
6363. C. O. Palmer, 'Henry Lawson…', Star (Christchurch), 4 June 1927, p. 23.
6464. Quoted by Denton Prout, Henry Lawson, the Grey Dreamer, p. 166.
6565. Henry Lawson to Emma Brooks, 19 September 1897, Mitchell Library MS. A1 29.
6666. Henry Lawson to W. J. Habens, 28 September 1897, Mangamaunu School file.
6767. Ibid., 30 September 1897.
6868. J. H. Pope to Henry Lawson, 4 October 1897, Mangamaunu School file.
6969. Bulletin, 23 October 1897, p. 13.
7070. Henry Lawson to T. L. Mills, 10 October 1897 (see Note 15).
7171. Evening Post, 13 October 1897, p. 4.
7272. E. O. Gibbes to M. Ngatuere, 1 November 1897, Mangamaunu School file.
7373. Pene Tahui to J. H. Pope, 27 October 1897, Mangamaunu School file.
7474. F. K. de Castro to E. O. Gibbes, 8 November, 20 November 1897, Mangamaunu School file.
7575. Bertha Lawson, My Henry Lawson, p. 64.
7676. F. K. de Castro to E. O. Gibbes, 8 November 1897, Mangamaunu School file.
7777. Evening Post, 25 October 1897, p. 4; 6 November 1897, p. 4.
7878. Ibid., 8 November 1897, p. 4; N.Z. Times, 8 November 1897, p. 2.
7979. AJHR, 1898, E-2, p. 19.
8080. F. K. de Castro to E. O. Gibbes, 8 November 1897, Mangamaunu School file.
8181. Ibid., 20 November 1897.
8282. W. H. Comerford to E. O. Gibbes, 25 March 1898, Mangamaunu School file.
8383. Ibid., 15 February 1898.
8484. J. H. Pope, Report, 19 December 1898, Mangamaunu School file.
8585. H. B. Kirk, Report, 20 October 1899, Mangamaunu School file.
8686. J. H. Pope, Report, 26 November 1901, Mangamaunu School file.
8787. Loc. cit.
8888. W. W. Bird, Report, 18 November 1903, Mangamaunu School file.
8989. Mr Barton to A. W. Rutherford, June 1905, Mangamauriu School file.
9090. W. W. Bird, Report, 20 October 1908, Mangamaunu School file.
9191. W. H. Comerford to E. O. Gibbes, 8 October 1909, Mangamaunu School file.
9292. Henry Lawson to Emma Brooks, from Wellington, 6 November 1893, Mitchell Library MS. Al 29/-2/13.
9393. Ibid.
9494. 'New Zealand from an Australian's Point of View', Fair Play (Wellington), 30 December 1893, p. 23; 'The Emigration to New Zealand', by Cervus Wright, Truth (Sydney), 18 June 1893:
9595. N.Z. Mail, 15 April 1897, p. 21; Evening Post, 10 April 1897, p. 5HV.Z. Times, 10 April 1897, p. 3; Press, 12 April 1897, p. 5; Worker (Brisbane), 24 April 1897, p. 8.
9696. Henry Lawson to Hugh MacCallum, 25 June 1897 (see Note 25).
9797. Henry Lawson to Angus and Robertson, 25 June 1897, Mitchell Library Uncat. MSS. Set 184, Item 8.
9898. Walter Woods in Clipper (Hobart), 25 September 1897, p. 5; T. L. Mills, 'Henry Lawson in Maoriland', Aussie 15 November 1922, p. 23; reprinted in Henry Lawson by his Mates, p. 54.
9999. Tom L. Mills, 'Henry Lawson, Australia's Poet and Story-teller, His Connection with New Zealand', N.Z. Railways Magazine, 2 April 1934, pp. 37-8.
11. Henry Lawson, business letter to Hugh MacCallum, 15 November 1897 (this is not the same letter as that cited in Note 59); Angus and Robertson to Henry Lawson, 25 August 1897; both in Mitchell LibraryUncat. MSS. Set 184, Item 8.
22. Bulletin, 23 October 1897, p. 13.
33. Evening Post, 11 November 1897.
44. Ibid., 10 November 1897, p. 4.
55. Henry Lawson to T. L. Mills, 10 October 1897 (see Note 15).
66. Henry Lawson to Angus and Robertson, 25 June 1897 (see Note 97).
77. Henry Lawson, business letter to Hugh MacCallum, 15 November 1897 (see Note 1).
88. N.Z. Mail, 17 March 1898, p. 13.
99. Henry Lawson to Angus and Robertson, 24 June 1899 Mitchell Library, Uncat. MSS. Set 184, Item 8.
1010. Henry Lawson to Bland Holt, 1900, State Library of Victoria MS. 11
1111. T. L. Mills, 'Henry Lawson in Maoriland' (see Note 98), p. 23.
1212. T. L. Mills, 'Henry Lawson …' (see Note 99), pp. 37-8.
1313. Comments on a letter from Mrs Moss (see Note 18).
1414. Denton Prout, Henry Lawson, the Grey Dreamer, p. 165.
1515. 'Water them Geraniums', JWM, p. 86; SHL, ii, 43-4.
1616. 'Pigeon Toes', WIK, pp. 235-6.
1717. Op. cit., WIK, p. 245.
1818. 'If I Could Paint' (verse), Alexander Turnbull Library scrapbook, Sydney Bulletin Writers, i, 137; Dissed Prose and Verse, p. 49, Mitchell Library; Henry Lawson to Angus and Robertson, 7 May, 11 May 1899, Mitchell Library Uncat. MSS. Set 184, Item 8.
1919. 'If I Could Paint' (prose), Bulletin, 8 April 1899, Red Page.
2020. Bulletin, 22 September 1921, p. 27; Mitchell Library B 1449.
2121. Footnote to 'The Parsin for Edgerkashun', Lone Hand, 1 February 1921, p. 5. The Civil Service regulations are in N.Z. Gazette, 1867, p. 507; 1873, p. 48.
2222. E.g. T. S. Browning in Henry Lawson: Memories, n.p.: 'Lawson has given us some exquisite pictures of this school in "A Daughter of Maoriland" and several other stories'; Stephen Murray-Smith in Henry Lawson, p. 26: 'the Maori village - scene of several Lawson stories'.
2323. 'The Sweet Uses of London', Bulletin, 22 October 1903, Red Page.
2424. 'Fragment of an Autobiography', Mitchell Library MS.; SHL, i, 50.
2525. Henry Lawson to Angus and Robertson, 7 May 1899 (see Note 18).
2626. Henry Lawson to person unnamed, undated, Mitchell Library Uncat. MSS. Set 184, Item 8.
2727. Bulletin, 5 January 1905, p. 15; Henry Lawson Scrapbook, i, 70.
2828. 'The Dry Country', Mitchell Library Uncat. MSS. Set 184, Item 4; ? T. D. Mutch, typescript 'Works of Henry Lawson Published in the Bulletin, 1887-1922', Mutch papers, Item 29; Henry Lawson to George Robertson, n.d., (c. October 1917), Correspondence re Selected Poems, iii, 332, Mitchell Library A 1877; 'The Old Mile Tree', Miscellaneous MSS.-Verse, i, 111, Mitchell Library A 1869; 'The Ports of the Open Sea', Australian Manuscripts, ii, Alexander Turnbull Library Q 091; 'The Writer's Dream', loc. cit. On the reverse of one sheet of this poem there is the opening of a letter to Banjo Paterson dated 'Sept 1st 97'.
2929. Gertrude O'Connor, Notes upon the Personal Life of Henry Lawson;Bertha Lawson, 'Memories' in Henry Lawson by his Mates, p. 99; 'The Uncultured Rhymer to his Cultured Critics', Sydney Bulletin Writers: MSS. and Portraits, i, 2, Alexander Turnbull Library Q 091; Gertrude O'Connor, op. cit.
3030. SHL, ii, 79.
3131. SHL, ii, 84.
3232. Henry Lawson to George Robertson, 15 February 1917, Correspondence re Selected Poems, i, 88, Mitchell Library A 1875.
3333. Henry Lawson to David Scott Mitchell, 11 February 1902, Mitchell Library MS. Al 29/-3- Cf. Henry Lawson to Jack Louisson, 3 January 1900, 'I was worried and ill and up to my neck in trouble all the time in Wellington last time, so I don't suppose you've got very cheerful recollections of me.'—Sydney Bulletin Writers: MSS. and Portraits, i, 170, Alexander Turnbull Library, Q 091.
3434. See notes 10 and 33.
3535. Bertha Lawson, My Henry Lawson, p. 63.
3636. Denton Prout, Henry Lawson, the Grey Dreamer, pp. 161-3.

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