Using the National Library 2

Using the National Library

2. Newspapers

L.I. Develop our knowledge of Auckland and the Tamaki river

Familiarise ourselves with an online NZ resource

Use this link to open the National Library website

Enter Panmure Bridge 1865  into the search box

Open the Southern star newspaper article named - Laying the cornerstone.

What event is this article about? The difference of the newspaper today and the bridge.

What makes it different to a newspaper story today? The language and the pictures.

Copy and paste a definition of these words, and then use the word in a sentence that shows you know what it means:

proceedings- an event or a series of activities involving a formal or set procedure.: "you complete a form to start proceedings".

necessitated- make (something) necessary as a result or consequence.: "the severe arthritis eventually necessitated a total hip replacement".

procured- obtain (something), esp. with care or effort.: "food procured for the rebels" "he persuaded a friend to procure him a ticket".

masonry- stonework..

appurtenances- an accessory or other item associated with a particular activity or style of living.: "all the appurtenances of luxurious travel".

objectionable- arousing distaste or opposition; unpleasant or offensive.: "I find his theory objectionable in its racist undertones".

Take this one sentence from the article and rewrite, and repunctuate it so that it makes more sense to a modern reader.

This ceremony took place on Friday, the 20th instant and we cannot better preface our remarks than by a short description of this important provincial work.- On Friday, the 20th a ceremony took place and we cannot better remember it by writing a short description of this event.

We may here observe that the piles which are driven into the ground with remarkable accuracy as to straightness, are well sheathed, from the bed of the river to the high water mark, with metal, securely fastened, so as to guard the bottom portions of the piles from the ravages of the worm.

You can see the piles in the ground that are really straight covered in metal, wrapped tightly so that the bottom portions of the piles are covered in metal so that the worms can’t get to it.

Copy and paste the acknowledgement from the site here

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18651028.2.59