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# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Molesworth, His Honour Hickman

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​Molesworth, His Honour Hickman, Judge of Court of Insolvency, Victoria, is the elder son of the late Sir Robert Molesworth (q.v.) and was born on Feb. 23rd, 1842. He married first, on July 9th, 1868, Elizabeth Emily, daughter of William Rutledge, of Farnham Park, Warrnambool; and, secondly, on June 15th, 1882, Alice Henrietta, daughter of Dr. Ffloyd Minter Peck, of Sale, Gippsland. He was admitted to the Victorian Bar, and became a County Court Judge. In 1886 he was appointed Judge of the Court of Insolvency.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Molesworth, Hon. Sir Robert

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​Molesworth, Hon. Sir Robert, M.A., Equity Judge, Victoria, was the only son of Hickman Blayney Molesworth by his first wife, Wilhelmina Dorothea, daughter of Brindley Hone, and was born in Dublin on Nov. 3rd, 1806. He was the great-great-grandson of the first Viscount Molesworth. He received his education at Trinity College, Dublin, where he gained a scholarship and took other honours, being admitted B.A. in 1826 and M.A. in 1833. Having been called to the Irish Bar in 1828, he joined the Munster circuit, and soon afterwards published a book on a legal subject which attracted some attention. In the year 1852 he emigrated to Adelaide. The gold discoveries of that and the preceding year, however, had made Melbourne a much more promising field, and in 1853 he came to Victoria, and was admitted to the local Bar. During the absence on leave of Sir W. a'Beckett he discharged the duties of Chief Justice for a short time in the same year. The first Haines Ministry having been formed, he took office as Solicitor-General on Nov. 25th, 1855, and retained the position until June 17th, 1856, when he was created a Judge of the Supreme Court. It was as Primary Judge in Equity that his chief work was afterwards done. When Judge Molesworth first took his seat on the Bench there was no such office, it being the custom of the Supreme Court judges to dispose of the equity business in turns. Shortly after his elevation to the judicial seat, however, an act was passed (19 Vict., No. 13) under which one of the judges was assigned exclusively to the business of the equity side. Judge Molesworth's special legal qualifications pointed him out as eminently suited for this position, and he was made Primary Judge in Equity, an office which he held with great credit to himself and satisfaction to the Bar and to suitors until April 1886, when he retired in his eightieth year on account of failing health. Judge Molesworth occasionally sat on the criminal side and in other jurisdictions, in all of which he showed marked ability, but his duties during the greater portion of the year were confined to the Equity Court, and hardly any of his decisions were successfully appealed against. Judge Molesworth performed important service in connection with local mining law. He may be said, in fact, to have formed it. As chief judge of the Court of Mines he had to deal with the various conflicting bye-laws of the different mining divisions. He was so successful in evolving order out of chaos that there were very few mining appeals from the inferior courts. Though very impatient of nonsense, the judge had a dry humour of his own, and he would not unfrequently cap a classical quotation. He never left the colony after his arrival, except for a short visit to New Zealand. He was knighted on his retirement in 1886. Sir Robert Molesworth married on Jan. 6th, 1840, Henrietta, daughter of the Rev. Joseph England Johnson (who died in 1879). He died on Oct. 18th, 1890.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Moore, Hon. David

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​Moore, Hon. David, who is a native of New South Wales was an early colonist ​of Port Phillip, and after the name had been changed to Victoria, and responsible government had been conceded, he was returned to the first Legislative Assembly as one of the four members for Melbourne in Oct. 1856. Mr. Moore, who was a merchant in the latter city, was President of the Board of Land and Works in the second Haines Ministry from April 1857 to March 1858.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Moncrieff, Alexander Bain

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​Moncrieff, Alexander Bain, entered the Civil Service of South Australia in Nov. 1874, and in April 1888 was appointed Engineer-in-Chief of that colony in succession to Mr. Mais. He is also Engineer of Railways and Harbours and Jetties.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Montgomery, The Right Rev. Henry Hutchinson

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​Montgomery, The Right Rev. Henry Hutchinson, D.D., Bishop of Tasmania, son of the late Sir Robert Montgomery, K.C.B., G.C.S.I., formerly Lieut.-Governor of the Punjaub, by his second wife, Ellen Jane, second daughter of William Lambert, of Woodmansterne, Surrey, was born in 1847. He was educated at Harrow, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. second class Moral Sciences Tripos in 1970, and M.A. in 1873. He was ordained deacon in 1871, priest in 1872, and was curate of Hurstpierpoint from 1871 to 1874, of Christ Church, Southwark, 1874 to 1876, and of St. Margaret's, Westminster, from 1876 to 1879, when he was appointed vicar of St. Mark's, Kennington, Rural Dean of Kennington, and examining chaplain to the Bishop of Rochester. In May 1889 he was consecrated Bishop of Tasmania, in succession to Dr. Sandford. He was enthroned in St. David's Cathedral, Hobart, Oct. 29th, 1889. Bishop Montgomery is a member of the Council of the University of Tasmania. He married Maud, third daughter of Ven. Archdeacon Farrar.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Montgomery, William

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​Montgomery, William, was born in 1822 in London of an Ulster family, and educated at Belfast. He went to sea in early life, and was in command of a trading vessel at eighteen, but subsequently migrated to Australia, from whence he went in 1860 to Canterbury, N.Z., settling there as a merchant. Mr. Montgomery was concerned for many years in provincial politics, and in 1868-70 was Provincial Treasurer and subsequently President of the Executive Council. In 1874 he was returned to the House of Representatives as member for Akaroa, which he represented till his withdrawal from politics in 1887. Mr. Montgomery refused the office of Colonial Treasurer in the Grey Ministry of 1877; but was Leader of the Opposition against the Atkinson Cabinet which succeeded. On August 16th, 1884, he accepted the offices of Colonial Secretary and Minister of Education in the Stout-Vogel Ministry, but held these for the briefest time, as the Government was defeated on August 28th. Later (Sept. 3rd), when the Stout-Vogel combination again came into power, Mr. Montgomery declined to take office. He retired from Parliament in 1887. Mr. Montgomery has been prominently connected with educational matters in the colony, having been at one time Chairman of the Canterbury Board of Education, and Chairman of the Board of Governors of Canterbury College from 1876 to 1885.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Montrose, Charles

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​Montrose, Charles, is a native of Kent, and was born in 1840. He served in the navy as a midshipman, and was present at the final bombardment of Sebastopol. He was afterwards for nine years In the British army, and went through the New Zealand war, during which he was specially mentioned in despatches by General Sir D. Cameron. He retired from the service in 1869, holding Crimean, African and New Zealand medals. He has since been engaged in journalism, and has published "Picturesque New Zealand," a work on "Strikes and their Remedies," and is now connected with the Melbourne press.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Moore, Maggie

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​Moore, Maggie (Mrs. J. C. Williamson), whose name is a household word in theatrical Australasia, was born in San Francisco, and, like so many eminent actresses, began her professional career in childhood. After making her name as a local favourite, the young actress married Mr. J. C. Williamson, then, like herself, a member of the company of the California theatre. On August 1st, 1874, Mr. and Mrs. Williamson arrived in Melbourne, and achieved phenomenal success with a play entitled "Struck Oil," in which the talented pair fairly divided the honours. At a bound they jumped into the positions of established favourites, and have ever since maintained their hold on the playgoing public of Australia and New Zealand. After her husband became one of the partners in the great theatrical "Trio," both Mr. and Mrs. Williamson continued to act in the leading Australian theatres. Of Maggie Moore herself it needs only to record that she has sustained with unflagging vivacity not only the farcical and eccentric dramatic rôles for which her early training specially fitted her, but by her perseverance, added to native genius, has from time to time appeared in the long series of Gilbert & Sullivan's comic operas, in which she has both sung the music and acted the chief parts with unvarying success.
# The Family Kitchen Gardener (1856)/Hyssop

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HYSSOP.
Hyssòpus officinàlis.—Hysope, Fr.—Isop, Ger.
A native of the south of Europe, and must have been known among the ancients. This plant, being perennial, is easily propagated, by sowing the seeds in a border of light mould, in the Spring season, or by slips, and cutting and parting the roots. The whole plant has a strong aromatic scent, and the leaves and flowers are of a warm, pungent taste; they are sometimes reduced to powder and used with cold salad herbs. Hyssop has the general virtues ascribed to aromatics, and is recommended in asthmas, coughs, and other disorders of the lungs. The young leafy shoots and flower-spikes are usually employed, being cut as they are wanted. The flower stems may be cut during the Summer, and tied up in bunches for use.
# The Family Kitchen Gardener (1856)/Horseradish

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HORSE-RADISH.
Cochleària armoràcia.—Cranson, Fr.—Merrettig, Ger.
Horse-radish is a native of Europe, growing in deep soil and marshy places. It has been long cultivated in our gardens ​either for medicine, salads, or sauces. The root, scraped into shreds, or grated fine and soaked in vinegar, is a well-known accompaniment to roast beef. Its medicinal effects are to stimulate the glands to activity; and on account of its warm nature it is good in numerous cases arising from cold and viscid juices. The root, when fresh grated, assists digestion; it may therefore be properly employed as a condiment at the table. It is also considered of great service in rheumatic cases, and on the first appearance of scurvy.
Culture.—In a commercial point of view it has become of late extensively cultivated; acres are yearly planted and allowed to grow two or three years, when it is lifted and sold by weight to pickle manufacturers, who grind it up, and pack it in jars with vinegar for home use and exportation. It grows best in a deep, rich soil, inclining to moisture; on low ground, or contiguous to water. It is propagated by the tops or crowns, or any part of the root cut into pieces two inches long will grow.
When a convenient spot of ground is chosen, take out an opening at one end fifteen inches deep, in the common way of trenching, and two feet wide. Plant therein two rows, one foot apart and nine inches from plant to plant. Put over them from the next trench fifteen inches of soil, and so continuing till the whole is finished.
Another method of planting is readily done by trenching the ground as above, and leveling and raking it properly. Then take a dibber fifteen inches long, and of sufficient thickness to allow the sets to drop into the bottom of the holes so made, and fill up the holes with fine earth. This method makes a very clean and handsome root. To make the most of every part of the Garden, some light and quick crop may be sown on the ground early in Spring after being planted, such as Spinach, Radish, Lettuce, &c., which will be off in time not to injure the roots. As Spring has its multitude of operations, ​we recommend the Horse-radish to be planted in November. When the roots are required for use, open a trench on one side of the row, then clear the plants down to the roots from whence they spring, and cut them off, leaving a small portion to form another plant the following season, though it is decidedly preferable to make a new plantation every two years, as when the roots become old they have a hard, bitter taste. Before the Winter sets in, there should be a sufficient supply lifted for use, and stored in the root-cellar, in moist earth. If they are allowed to become dry, they lose their sprightly flavor.
# The Family Kitchen Gardener (1856)/Grapery

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GRAPERY
​Erections.—We here admit that the above described Grapes cannot be grown in the open air with any degree of success. We therefore propose to give a simple detail for a cheap and permanent structure for their protection. There are few gardens of any pretensions that have not glass sash for hot-beds, pits, &c., during Winter. By way of economy, and to suit those who are parsimonious in rural affairs, we propose erecting a building to suit those sashes, which generally remain unemployed during the season from April to November, the very time that the Grape vines require their aid. Admit ​ Fig. 25. that the sashes of the frames are six feet long, and those of the pit are seven feet, these, according to Fig. 25, will cover a Grapery nine feet high at the back, ten feet wide, and seven feet high in front, allowing two feet for a low front wall, or plank. This Grapery may be of any length, and can be placed against any wall, building, or good permanent fence, at very little cost; and from it heavy crops of Grapes may be obtained every year. In the Winter season, the vines are to be laid down, after being pruned, in any convenient position, and protected by hay, straw, or boards. In April the vines can be tied up, and the sashes put on them whenever they can be spared from the frames and pits. For the admission of air, a portion of the sash can be moveable and fixed with springs, or hooks and staples.
# The Family Kitchen Gardener (1856)/Horehound

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HOREHOUND.
Marrúbium vulgàre.—Marrúbe, Fr.
Common in many parts of the world, on waste ground, and among rubbish, in hot, dry, and dusty situations. The plant is annual, and may be raised by sowing the seeds in any of the Spring months. The leaves have a moderately strong smell, of the aromatic kind, but not agreeable; their taste is very penetrating, bitter, and durable in the mouth. This herb was extolled by the ancients for its efficacy in removing obstructions of the lungs. It has been chiefly employed in humoral asthmas, obstinate coughs, and pulmonary consumptions. Its use is also said to be beneficial in affections of the liver. Lozenges made of the juice of this herb and sugar are esteemed good for colds. Though Horehound possesses some share of medicinal power, its virtues do not appear to be clearly ascertained, and it is now rarely prescribed by physicians.
# The Family Kitchen Gardener (1856)/Garlic

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GARLIC.
Al’lium Satìvum.—Ail, Fr.—Knoblauch, Ger.
The term Garlic is given to this vegetable on account of its powerful and penetrating scent. It is a native of many parts of the world, and has been in general use for two centuries. Many very excellent and medicinal qualities are attributed to its root, and it would no doubt be more generally used if it were not for its unpleasant odor. The French use it in sauces and salads.
Culture.—There are two varieties cultivated, under the name of Large and Small. As either of them is large enough for any purpose, one variety only is necessary. The root is a bulb, divided into parts called psuedo-bulbs or cloves. It is propagated by planting these cloves in drills two inches deep, six inches apart, and four inches from plant to plant, early in Spring, on light, rich ground. It requires to be frequently hoed and kept free from weeds. About the end of July the bulbs are generally full grown, which will be evident from the yellow appearance and withering of the leaves. They must then be taken up, cleaned and dried, and afterwards tied in bundles, to be hung up in a shed or room and preserved for use.
# The Family Kitchen Gardener (1856)/Gooseberry

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GOOSEBERRY.
Rìbes Grossulària.—Groseille à Maquereau, Fr.—Stachelbeerstrauch, Ger.
This fruit, so extensively cultivated in Britain, and also in some parts of this country, is not at all adapted to a southern climate. It is only occasionally that a crop is attained here, even with the best of care. It requires a cool climate, or some local cause, to attain the perfection for which it is so justly celebrated. It is a native of this country and Eu- ​rope. We have seen it wild on the Alleghany mountains; and before we see it perfect in culture, we must re-produce from our native sorts. It is highly esteemed in culinary purposes for tarts and preserves; and when fully ripe is laxative, and considered a very wholesome dessert fruit. The finest crops we have seen in this country were grown in the vicinity of Montrealand the Lakes, and near Pittsburg, between the Alleghany and Monongahela rivers, over which the smoke of that city of iron continually rolls, during June, July, and August, which entirely prevents the mildew, the only enemy to the culture of this fruit in this quarter. There are a thousand varieties of it, which may be detailed in Reds, Whites, Yellows and Greens, all fancifully named, according to the ideas of the growers. They ripen from the middle to the end of July.
Propagation.—The method is precisely as detailed for Currants, both in culture and pruning. In warm seasons, just after rain, some sorts are frequently attacked with mildew, which baffles our skill to prevent, though we may retard its progress by showering them with sulphur-water. The cure, however, is nearly as bad as the disease. Mildew makes its appearance about the middle of June, in the form of brownish-white spots on the fruit. As soon as observed, the berries may at once be pulled for the kitchen or market, for they never get over it, and the longer they hang the worse they become. It is not soil that is the cause, for we have had them some seasons all destroyed, while last year the same plants, in the same ground, were as fine as they could be, in size, form, and flavor. It is an atmospheric disease, and only that. The fruit is in size from half an inch to two inches in diameter; the medium sized are the best flavored. The very largest have been known to weigh an ounce and a half; but they are uniformly of inferior quality. For flavor none excel the following:
| Reds. | Yellows. |
| Red Warrington, | Golden Yellow, |
| Champagne, | Early Sulphur, |
| Roaring Lion, | Yellow Ball, |
| Rough Red, | Golden Hero, |
| Red Jam, | Ashton Yellow, |
| Lancashire Lad. | Viper. |
| Whites. | Greens. |
| Queen of Sheba, | Gregory’s Perfection, |
| White Eagle, | Green Ocean, |
| Venus, | Green Laurel, |
| White Smith, | Green Gage, |
| White Sulphur, | Jolly Angler, |
| Hedgehog. | Green Gascoigne. |
# The Errand Boy (Alger)/Chapter XXX

Among the duties which devolved upon Phil was Mr. Carter's bank business. He generally made deposits for Uncle Oliver, and drew money on his personal checks whenever he needed it.
It has already been said that Mr. Carter was a silent partner in the firm of which Mr. Pitkin was the active manager. The arrangement between the partners was, that each should draw out two hundred dollars a week toward current expenses, and that the surplus, if any, at the end of the year, should be divided according to the terms of the partnership.
When Phil first presented himself with a note from Mr. Carter, he was an object of attention to the clerks, who knew that he had been discharged by Mr. Pitkin. Yet here he was, dressed in a new suit provided with a watch, and wearing every mark of prosperity. One of the most surprised was Mr. G. Washington Wilbur, with whom, as an old friend, Phil stopped to chat.
"Is old Pitkin going to take you back?" he inquired.
"No," answered Phil promptly. "He couldn't have me if he wanted me."
"Have you got another place?"
"Yes."
"What's the firm?"
"It isn't in business. I am private secretary to Mr. Carter."
Mr. Wilbur regarded him with surprise and respect.
"Is it a soft place?" he inquired.
"It's a very pleasant place."
"What wages do you get?"
"Twelve dollars a week and board."
"You don't mean it?"
"Yes, I do."
"Say, doesn't he want another secretary?" asked Mr. Wilbur.
"No, I think not."
"I'd like a place of that sort. You're a lucky fellow, Phil."
"I begin to think I am."
"Of course you don't live at the old place."
"No; I live on Madison Avenue. By the way, Wilbur, how is your lady-love?"
Mr. Wilbur looked radiant.
"I think I'm getting on," he said. "I met her the other evening, and she smiled."
"That is encouraging," said Phil, as soberly as possible. "All things come to him who waits! That's what I had to write in my copy-book once."
Phil was received by Mr. Pitkin with more graciousness than he expected. He felt that he must do what he could to placate Uncle Oliver, but he was more dangerous when friendly in his manner than when he was rude and impolite. He was even now plotting to get Phil into a scrape which should lose him the confidence of Uncle Oliver.
Generally Phil was paid in a check payable to the order of Mr. Carter. But one Saturday two hundred dollars in bills were placed in his hands instead.
"You see how much confidence I place in your honesty," said Mr. Pitkin. "You couldn't use the check. This money you could make off with."
"It would be very foolish, to say the least," responded Phil.
"Of course, of course. I know you are trustworthy, or I would have given you a check instead."
When Phil left the building he was followed, though he did not know it, by a man looking like a clerk.
Ah, Phil, you are in danger, though you don't suspect it.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Reid, Donald

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​Reid, Donald, was one of the earliest settlers in Otago, N.Z., and he held important executive offices under the provincial Government. In 1865 he was elected to the House of Representatives, and was Minister of Public Works in the Stafford administration from Sept. to Oct. 1872. He held the portfolio of Lands and Immigration under Sir Harry Atkinson from Jan. to Oct. 1877. Since 1878 he has been out of Parliament, and has devoted himself to the affairs of the mercantile firm of which he is the head in Dunedin.
# The Dictionary of Australasian Biography/Rennie, Edward Alexander

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​Rennie, Edward Alexander, J.P., Auditor-General of New South Wales, is the only son of the late James Rennie, M.A., formerly Professor of Zoology at King's College, London, and author of "Insect Architecture" and many popular works on natural history. Mr. Rennie was born in London on Oct. 16th, 1820, and reached Sydney in Feb. 1840. In 1846 he joined the Audit Office, was appointed chief clerk in Jan. 1856, and Auditor-General of New South Wales in July 1883. He was married at Sydney on Sept. 25th, 1850; and his eldest son, who is Professor of Chemistry in the university of Adelaide, was the first Australian who took the degree of D.Sc. in London University.