by Valda | May 23, 2019 | Biographies, Low-Kelso Line
Bas spoke to Mr Ernest Moss about the new stamping machines that had been reported as landing in Australia. Mr Moss got him a position at the Maritime Wireless Company Ltd in Avoca Street, Randwick in NSW. This company had just installed £30,000 worth of the latest...
by Valda | February 5, 2018 | Biographies, Low-Kelso Line
The Automatic Stamping Machine Company Limited On his return from Lake Tekapo, his good friend Edgar Pannell suggested he consider starting in employment with Mr Ernest Moss, and his company, The Automatic Stamping Machine Company Limited.… Read the...
by Valda | February 5, 2018 | Biographies, Low-Kelso Line
The recognised age to commence a career in those days was considered to be 14, and Basil’s was decided one day when his father enquired as to his fancy. He had developed a tendency towards animals and farming along with an interest in things mechanical and...
by Valda | February 4, 2018 | Biographies, Low-Kelso Line
[Basil Carlisle Low is Jim’s father. This is his early story, based on his own writing.] Basil Carlisle Low was born in “Tamora Cottage”, just above the old Princess Theatre in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 28 May, 1889. He was the second son born to...
by Valda | January 27, 2018 | Biographies, Low-Kelso Line
The Friendship, under the command of Captain John Wilson, sailed from Port Chalmers on October 10 1877 for Macquarie Island. It was carrying on board a replacement crew for those on Macquarie Island – Captain Donald Sinclair and a small gang engaged by Cormack,...
