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[2] Journal of the Early Settlers' and Historical Association of Wellington, Volume I, Issue 2, 1912/13. ³ Journal of the Early Settlers' and Historical Association of Wellington, Volume I, Issue 2, 1912/13.

[3] www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk

[4] from http://www.whitechapelbellfoundry.co.uk/Past.htm This is backed up in the following account http://canterburyhttp://canterbury-cathedral.org/community/bellringers.htmlcathedral.org/community/bellringers.html

[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitechapel_Bell_Foundry lists the master founders of the Whitechapel Bell Foundry from 1420 to 1997.

[6] http://www.towerbells.org/data/IXfoundryWhitechapel.html

[7] www.casebook.org/ripper_media/book_reviews/non-fiction/cjmorley/44.html (accessed Nov 2012)

[8] From http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5s38/1, Biography note by Julia Brooke-White

[9] From http://niddfamily.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/edwin-and-mary-bannister-and-family.html accessed August 2012

[10] NZ Truth on 21 January 1911

[11] Wanganui Chronicle on 10 August 1910

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Hong Kong and Shenzhen China

Following our Japan trip in May 2017 we all returned to Hong Kong, after which Craig and Sonia headed home and Wendy and I headed to Shenzhen in China.

I have mentioned both these locations as a result of previous travels. They form what is effectively a single conurbation divided by the Hong Kong/Mainland border and this line also divides the population economically and in terms of population density.

These days there is a great deal of two way traffic between the two. It's very easy if one has the appropriate passes; and just a little less so for foreign tourists like us. Australians don't need a visa to Hong Kong but do need one to go into China unless flying through and stopping at certain locations for less than 72 hours. Getting a visa requires a visit to the Chinese consulate at home or sitting around in a reception room on the Hong Kong side of the border, for about an hour in a ticket-queue, waiting for a (less expensive) temporary visa to be issued.

With documents in hand it's no more difficult than walking from one metro platform to the next, a five minute walk, interrupted in this case by queues at the immigration desks. Both metros are world class and very similar, with the metro on the Chinese side a little more modern. It's also considerably less expensive. From here you can also take a very fast train to Guangzhou (see our recent visit there on this website) and from there to other major cities in China.

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The Password

How I miss Rio. Rio de Janeiro the most stunningly picturesque city on Earth with its dark green mountains and generous bays, embelezado with broad white, sandy beaches. Rio forever in my heart. Rio my a minha pátria, my homeland, where I spent the most wonderful days of my life with linda, linda mãe, my beautiful, beautiful mother. Clambering up Corcovado Mountain together, to our favela amongst the trees.

Thinking back, I realise that she was not much older than I was, maybe fifteen years. Who knows?

Her greatest gift to me was English.

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The Carbon Tax

2 July 2012

I’ve been following the debate on the Carbon Tax on this site since it began (try putting 'carbon' into the search box).

Now the tax is in place and soon its impact on our economy will become apparent.

There are two technical aims:

1. to reduce the energy intensiveness of Australian businesses and households;
2. to encourage the introduction of technology that is less carbon intensive.

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