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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11455, 21 June 1899, Page 3

A Great Historical Publication; OTAGO'DAILY TIMES AND WITNESS CHRISTMAS ANNUAL :; 1899. ! TO BE PUBLISHED IN TIME FOR DELIVERY EVERYWHERE BEFORE CHRISTMAS. ♦ #- ~ The Proprietors of the Otago Daily Times and Witness, .wish to lay before the readers of'both papers a Synopsis of the Contents of their 1899 • CHRISTMAS ANNUAL, which will be published at a sufficiently early date to enable its being mailed to the Old Country in tisaa. for_.receipt before Christmas. The' mfiin feature)will deal with the ; Engrossingly interesting subject of WMdKS OF THE COLONY From the j ante-settlement days up to the :■■ /■".::' : \ middle of 1899.. . The ''letterbress; the compilation of which has : entailed^, many months' research among old nevVspaper files and records of various descriptions, is from the pen of the favourite Witness' writer,' FABIAN BELL, and though fact, not fancy, has been the prevaling note of the; compilation throughout, the narrative is written in a manner which cannot fail to interest the readers from beginning to end. It is at this 'early stage scarcely possible to give a full list of the photogravures which "will illustrate'the story of marine disaster on our rugged coast-line, but they will be worthy of the subject. The following incomplete enumeration will give readers an idea of the pictorial coiiterils of this section of our coming Christmas Annual: " The Father recognises his own Child." From special drawing by Miss F. Hodgkins. " For hours I clung to the spar with my hair twisted round it." From special drawing , by Miss Hodgkins. "The Captain's Directions." From . special : drawing by Miss Hodgkins. " They rigged a Flag on ithe Highest Point." - -From a drawing by F. E. C. "Abandonment." From a drawing by F. E C. " Steam to the Rescue." From a drawing by F. 'E.- C. " Allegro. and Ammonier, two valuable horses swimming through the surf." From a drawing by F. !E. C "A Pathetic Tombstojie."—Figurehead, Derry Cnstle. I".The General. Grant's Castaways." An interesting group of -passengers and crew clad in their sealskins. S.S. Pelham^wrecked at the Bluff. S.S._ Otago,' wrecked'iat Chasland's Mistake. ." Relics-of the past"; present condition '. of the .wreck) ■' Tararua. Acre." - City of Dunedin, wrecked in Cook Strait, May 20, 1865. Wreck of the s.s. Otago. The Fifsshire saving Crew o£ Patricia. " British pluck." Wreck of the. s.s." Mataura. Officers of the Mataura. .Wreck of the s.s. W'airarapa. The Wairarapa's Stewardesses. The Green Cabin at Port Chalmers. Ths Cospatrick. _ - Wreck of the s.s. Tararua. The Jessie Headman. Portrait of Captain Matthew Gibson (Jessie Readni&jj). Wreck of the s.s. Taranaki. The s.s. Kakanui. Stranded. *"" Wreck of the s.s. Elginshire. Wreck of the s.s.: Taiaroa. Captain Garrard. Boiler of the-s.s". Otago: relic of the past. Benvenue a'htl City of Perth, Timaru beach, 1882. Ship Inconstant, wrecked on Te Aro beach, August 10, 1850 (John Plimnier, father of Wellington, standing in foreground). Ship Pleione, ashore on Waikanae beach, March 19, 1888. Ocean Mail ashore .and s.s. Patea steaming out Patea River Heads, February .11, 1882. Stranding of the John Gamble at Timaru, May 1899. Fairy Queen ashore at Timaru, August, 1873. Wreck of the. City'of Cashmere. Wreck of the Grafton. Lonely Grave, Auckland Isles. Dwelling-places,, of Shipwrecked Crews. Shipwrecked Sailor's Grave, figurehead, Deffy Castla. ' Derry Castle Hut, Enderby Island. Victoria Post Office, Port Ross. S.s." Wanaka, wrecked at Puketapu Reef, New Plymouth. U.S.S Suva, wrecked near entrance to Westport Harbour] Wreck of the Surat at False Islet, Catlin's River. ' ~ The breaking up of the s.s. .Tekapo. Group of 14 Wellington Hulks. Etc., Etc., Etc. "FABIAN" BELL" has:given her interesting compilation the telling title of "The Toll of the Sea," and explains that it is a, complete record of the chief wrecks which have occurred in New Zealand waters from the year 1795 to the present date, together with, the most interesting events connected with them. OTITER FEATURES OF THE PUBLICATION. The story of " The Maori Leap," told in connection with the projecting wall oi rock which attracts the eye on the Taieri River soon after leaving Henley for the Taieri Mouth, has had many exponents, and this is the siibjsct adopted by Mr F. A. Joseph in his sketch entitled ■ ..;' ' ' >'■■' "IE miMk 0 Iti MM\- : _ ... -. SANBI/ 9 The facts, dealt, with iv the narrative have been carefully gleaned- irom the lips of one or .two of the survivors of the older generation I of Maoris at Henley, and the writer has dealt with his subject in an interesting and pleasing manner. This sketch contains s, number oi illustrations from photographs of the various points dealt with, including one of Korakc Matene. the Maori Leap, John Bull's Head, Moua Hill, besides views near Governor's I Chiniiicy (Taieri River). Anothe: phase of South Island Maori life is dealt with by Mr A. W. Maura-is in his sketch "the .iuum of mm TAiITAO," a reminiscence of the early whaling days, ir which some well-depicted, characters are deali with. This sketch has been SPECIALLY ILLUSTRATED BY mv f. hodnuns, a fact which adds very materially to its attractiveness. " FEDORA " continues one of her exquisiti Children's Tales, entitled "THE TRUTH TALISMAN." This has also been specially illustrated by Mis: Hodgkins. "Dot and her Little Folks" is a household term among Witness readers, and a happ; suggestion made by one of the juvenile cor respondents that a group should be gatherec together for reproduction in the Christina: Annual is being carried into effect, and thi: will unquestionably be an interesting fcatur* ■ of the Annual. The Anmial will, as xisuai, contain the TEN PRIZE TALES, which will be again illustrated by Mis: Hodgkins; while THE 6HROIJQLO6IOAL RECORE will be brought up to date in the same inanne as was done last year. Price - ONE SHILLING.