Southern Māori Archives Project

Letter, 20/04/1938, H D Skinner to G H Macley, N Z Railways, The previous set of tools were of a tree feller and this set is of a joiner. We would exchange your set of adzes for the same number of genuine greenstone adzes and chisels

Letter, 23/04/1938, G H Macley, N Z Railways to H D Skinner, As an old Port Chalmers boy I will be pleased to exchange them for Greenstone ones

Letter, 29/04/1938, H D Skinner to G H Macley, N Z Railways, Thanks for your offer to exchange I will send the greenstone adzes shortly

Letter, 02/05/1938, H D Skinner to G H Macley, N Z Railways, Thanks for your offer to exchange I will send the greenstone adzes shortly

Letter, 02/05/1938, Donald Malcom, Oamaru, to H D Skinner, I have an old fashioned bicycle Higher in the front than in the back if you want it

Letter, 03/05/1938, H D Skinner to Donald Malcom, Oamaru,, Thank you for the offer of a bicycle, I contacted Mr Patterson at the settlers museum and they would like to have it

Letter, 04/02/1938, H D Skinner to Under-secretary Marine Department, We wish to take a boulder from the beach at Moeraki and need your permission

Letter, 16/02/1938, Under-secretary Marine Department to H D Skinner, We are agreeable to removing a boulder from the Moeraki beach

Letter, 02/03/1938, H D Skinner to Under-secretary Marine Department, Thank you for permission to remove Moeraki Boulder

Letter, 03/06/1938, H D Skinner to Miss Martindale, Royal Antropological Institute, Thank the Council for the honourof making me corresponding member

Letter, 04/03/1938, H D Skinner to John Matson, Haast, Marion Scott showed me drawing of of chisel or gouge and shank of a fish hook. We have not seen one from the West Coast. Could you lend the to us to make casts? Miss Scott mentioned that you had found a group of adzes at the mouth of the Haast. We would like to see them as the collection of a single workman is very important.

Letter, 21/03/1938, John Matson, Haast to H D Skinner, Enclosed chisel and ornament which has been filed. Please return. I gave some chisels to Mr Macley manager of NZR.