Arthur David LINKLATER
His ’Journal’
Apprenticed aboard British Princess
10.xii.1895 - 13.iii.1900
| ⚪ | Tuesday, 26th Passage 62 days |
This morning at 5 we sighted Sydney light and arrived about 10 oclock. Fine morning but a pretty severe thunder storm in the afternoon. This is anervesity day and is a general holiday on shore. It is a beautiful harbour, with innumerable islands wooded all over. Two minutes after you enter you can't tell where you came in. It is just like some great lake inside. Hundreds of yachts about.
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| Wednesday, 27th | Came alongside to Russels wharf. Not much of a wharf. Colided with piermont bridge and droped anchor. Stoped trafic for about an hour. Had a bad job getting ship alongside. | ||
| Thursday, 28th | Shifted ship 3 times. | ||
| Friday, 29th | Shifted ship 2 times. Scottie and myself had very good evening up at Mr. Craig's. | ||
| Sunday, 31st | I had to keep gangway all day. Very stale job. Went ashore with Burton and Gibson, and had a grand evening. | ||
| FEBRUARY 1897 | |||
| Monday, 1st | Working cargo, discharging wheat and flour. I am sewing sack. | ||
| Saturday, 6th | Shifted ship through the week about a dozen times. Working cargo all week, I being down in hold. Scottie and I stayed over night at Mr. Craig's. | ||
| Sunday, 7th | All day at Mr. Craig's. Went to church. People here all have fans while in church. Went to Brunty beech. | ||
| Monday, 8th | Finished all flour and shifted from Russels Wharf to Pyrmont. | ||
| Tuesday, 9th | Discharging all day. Saw Mr. Craig in the evening. | ||
| Wednesday, 10th | Discharing all day. Went and saw Floie Winstley. | ||
| Thursday, llth | Discharging all day. | ||
| Saturday, 13th | Scottie and myself went up to Mrs. Craigs and stayed all night. Also vent on a moon light picnic. | ||
| Sunday, 14th | All day at Craig Lee, and went to tea to Mr. Steeles. After came and saw Miss Lesson. | ||
| Monday, 15th | Only 400 tons in to keep her up. Not working cargo today. | ||
| Tuesday, 16th | Towed at 5.30 a.m. to Neutral bay where we anchored. All hands painting. | ||
| Wednesday, 17th | Painting in [- ? -] the red lower colour. | ||
| Thursday, 18th | The whole ship is painted outside. | ||
| ⚪ | Friday, 19th | Chiping the tweendeck scuppers. | |
| Saturday, 20th | Sand and canvasing. 3rd mate went away. Stewart and Douger liberated. | ||
| Sunday, 21st | Captain would not let us ashore, so we had revenge in sleep. | ||
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