EARLY AUSTRALIA
TWO VALUABLE RECORDS NEW ZEALANDER'S DISCOVERIES (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. Two valuable records of early Australia are in the possession of Mr. .1. U. Mcrrett, a New Zcalander who arrived in Wellington from England by the lonic, on his way to Melbourne. In a bookstall in London lie found a copy of Stockdale's account of the arrival of the first fleet under Philip at Botany Bay. The volume was published two years alter the first settlement of Sydney, and it is considered a rare treasure in Australia. The other discovery is the original letter patent appointing Dr. Perry first Bishop of Melbourne. Jt consists of three sheets of parchment, sealed by Queen Victoria, and dated two days before Dr. Perry's consecration at Cambridge. The document was apparently dispatched from London by coach to bo in time for the ceremony. Dr. Perry took the papers back to London after his 20 years in Victoria, and they found their way to a book sale. A bookseller kept them in a cellar for years before their discovery by Mr. Me'rrctt. The relic will be presented to St. Paul's Cathedral, .Melbourne.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17230, 9 April 1930, Page 7
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191EARLY AUSTRALIA Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17230, 9 April 1930, Page 7
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