tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post1022416923241604754..comments2024-03-24T14:31:06.532+13:00Comments on Timespanner: When they found Charles Dickson's headstone ...Timespannerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-78244459361516808742011-04-20T16:33:02.969+12:002011-04-20T16:33:02.969+12:00The only online reference is to an essay in a writ...The only online reference is to an essay <a href="http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/1347980-European-settlement-at-Cornwallis-NZ" rel="nofollow">in a writing competion by someone caled "JR".</a><br /><br />No source given for the statement as to the duel, but "JR" may have read John Lifton's <i>Cornwallis</i> (2002), which mentions that McLachlan challenged Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-77030688921787607142011-04-20T16:11:10.532+12:002011-04-20T16:11:10.532+12:00I just typed in Dudley Sinclair and found the info...I just typed in Dudley Sinclair and found the information relating to him in an article about early settlers at Cornwallis. This should tell you all you would like to know.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-13913532228312454012011-04-20T16:03:56.603+12:002011-04-20T16:03:56.603+12:00I shall have to check where I found this data but...I shall have to check where I found this data but can't recall my source at this moment. As I read of the affair, there was a dispute between Sinclair and another man who apparently implied that Sinclair was a con (my choice of words) or dishonest, and he called Sinclair out but the challenge was declined. Sinclair then retired to his rooms depressed and brooding, and even though he was Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-14337280337495525862011-04-20T06:18:18.526+12:002011-04-20T06:18:18.526+12:00By the way -- DNS error on your alternative email ...By the way -- DNS error on your alternative email this morning, Shirley. Domain not found. Your email woes do not appear to be over.Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-62763249441385671432011-04-20T06:11:04.753+12:002011-04-20T06:11:04.753+12:00I'd love to know your source for that, Shirley...I'd love to know your source for that, Shirley, because so far the contemporary sources simply say depression about his business affairs (which was fairly common), then suicide.Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-21250693848992636422011-04-20T01:37:49.006+12:002011-04-20T01:37:49.006+12:00Sorry I misled you, he was challenged to a duel an...Sorry I misled you, he was challenged to a duel and was reluctant to fight ( afact I had forgotten) and this preyed on his mind so he committed suicided instead. The pupose of my email was to let you know that although this all happened in 1844, his headstone was in excellent condition and extant in the Anglican cemetery in the 1990s.Shirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-90379960890677673932011-04-19T23:14:42.427+12:002011-04-19T23:14:42.427+12:00According to the Nelson Examiner, the only paper n...According to the <i>Nelson Examiner</i>, the only paper not to describe the death as just "premature", Dudley Sinclair cut his own throat and committed suicide.<br /><br />"He had been labouring under great depression of spirits for some time, from an apprehension of pecuniary embarrassments; and had applied to a chymist [sic] for poison the day previous to his death, under the Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-25794755654729522432011-04-19T19:21:28.294+12:002011-04-19T19:21:28.294+12:00Hi girls,
There is actually an extant stone in th...Hi girls,<br /><br />There is actually an extant stone in the Anglican cemetery dated 23rd September 1844 for Dudley Sinclair, eldest son of Sir George Sinclair of Caithness, who died after fighting a duel. His stone is in excellent condition and must be one of the earliest in the cemetery.<br /><br />ShirleyShirleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-40038185242568136332011-01-12T21:29:00.978+13:002011-01-12T21:29:00.978+13:00Hear, hear!
And, yes, I used to carry a bajillion...Hear, hear!<br /><br />And, yes, I used to carry a bajillion spare batteries for the camera ;)Jaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02851305238478213940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-89704977414193456232011-01-12T16:55:31.303+13:002011-01-12T16:55:31.303+13:00I carry six -- two in the camera, two ready to go ...I carry six -- two in the camera, two ready to go in the camera, and two store-bought non-rechargeable ones for days when the swearing is about to begin ...Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-42389353074171228072011-01-12T16:53:06.910+13:002011-01-12T16:53:06.910+13:00LMFAO! Love it :-) i always try to have a spare ...LMFAO! Love it :-) i always try to have a spare set there ;-)Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596980842958337137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-46464976850084693192011-01-12T06:37:14.607+13:002011-01-12T06:37:14.607+13:00It's a morning of mutual praise here, folks! ;...It's a morning of mutual praise here, folks! ;-) Thanks, Sandy -- may your batteries never fail you during a great shot! :-)Timespannerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11990716041045862669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4466403878576837579.post-14172758227722873922011-01-12T00:18:11.426+13:002011-01-12T00:18:11.426+13:00awww! Thanks so much for the mention! I love doin...awww! Thanks so much for the mention! I love doing what i do and so hope it helps someone along the way :-)))<br /><br />A big thank you to people like yourself that keep local history alive...it is vitally important and the floods in Australia have highlighted that also. Much information and physical landscape can change in the blink of an eye and be lost...same is true of stories of our Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15596980842958337137noreply@blogger.com