by Valda | February 5, 2018 | Biographies, Low-Kelso Line
<— 2: Starting a Career 4: Maritime Wireless Company —> The Automatic Stamping Machine Company Limited On his return from Lake Tekapo, his good friend Edgar Pannell suggested he consider...
by Valda | February 5, 2018 | Biographies, Low-Kelso Line
<— 1: Childhood 3: Automatic Stamping Machine —> The recognised age to commence a career in those days was considered to be 14, and Basil’s was decided one day...
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.] 2: Starting a Career ––> Basil Carlisle Low was born in “Tamora Cottage”, just above the old Princess Theatre in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 28 May,...
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,...
by Valda | January 18, 2018 | Biographies, Low-Kelso Line
The Family Story “In 1866 the American fully-rigged ship, General Grant, with £50,000 worth of gold and a passenger list of miners bringing home their piles abroad, set sail from Melbourne to London. “For some unexplained reason, she passed away south of her...
