MORE ABOUT HOWARD.
Howard, 1 the Herb of the' mystery, was, we are informed well kn'bwh' m : this" district. He comes from the southern side of-the-Firth of Forth,'.' and \ arrived >here by |be J|anet> Court m 1874.' On the ' voyage oflt he was married to pne Jane Kinnea^, an EdinburgH : girli ' After sepflfing^dowh 1 here ! he : wdrked for soln'e time at Waitahuna and- Flenkenicli 5 , and then for soivje rnontbs be ran the engine at Smith and Eotb.qringhapi'B; brick yard.. After leaving that employ ment. he went into the iHillside Workshops. At this time he lived m A rgyle- street. South Dunedin. He left Hillside m 1880, , and went away to Melbourne m .his wife's name. Very shortly after leaving for Melbourne he was heard of from Auck land, and; subsequently he appears" to have come south and found employment at the AHdingtgn'~GpTernnient wdrk- v shops., ,our infonnarit:sayi that Hawar^'' when ■ here, was regarded .as a great " blow hard," and as being somewhat deficient m veracity, arid his tales ' of wonderful! adventure m America, Greenland, and elsewhere, were generally dis-credited.-—Tapanui Courier.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1626, 4 February 1886, Page 2
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181MORE ABOUT HOWARD. Manawatu Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1626, 4 February 1886, Page 2
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