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Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand Kayser
Heinrich Wilhelm Ferdinand "Ferd" Kayser, (1833 – 12 October 1919) was the mine manager of Mount Bischoff Tin Mining Company for thirty years. Biography Kayser was born in Clausthal, Germany, the third son of mining engineer Georg or George Andreas Kayser. At age 19 Kayser emigrated to Australia aboard ''Steinwärder'' (''Steinwaerder''), arriving in South Australia in September 1853. In the following year, Kayser joined the gold rush in Victoria. In 1863, he became manager of a gold mine in Sandhurst, now Bendigo, where in 1861 he had been naturalised as a British subject. The Mount Bischoff tin deposit was discovered in 1873 by James "Philosopher" Smith, who formed a company two years later to extract the ore. Professor G. H. F. Ulrich was brought in to assess the find, which was positive, and William M. Crosby was appointed mine manager, but was soon forced to resign on grounds of ill-health. At the insistence of Professor Ulrich (also from Clausthal) and Professor J. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HW Ferd Kayser
HW or Hw may refer to: Transportation * Haridwar Railway Station, Haridwar, India, station code * Hello (airline), IATA airline designator * North-Wright Airways, IATA airline designator Other uses * George H. W. Bush (1924–2018), 41st President of the United States * Hartford Whalers, US ice hockey team * Hot Wheels * Hantzsche–Wendt manifold * ''hectowatt'' (hW) metric unit of power, 1 hW = 100 Watt (unit), watt * Hwair (), a Gothic letter * Voiceless labialized velar approximant /ʍ/, often transcribed /hw/ * Homework, tasks assigned to students to be completed out of class See also * * WH (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasmanian News
''Tasmanian News'' was an Australian afternoon newspaper based in Hobart. Originally published as ''The Tasmanian News'', its first issue appeared on Saturday 17 November 1883. The paper was owned and edited by Henry Horatio Gill (1840–1914). He ran the newspaper until his retirement from journalism. His wife, Sara Inez Gill (née Jacobs, c.1850–1914) took over as proprietor on 26 July 1886, just three months after the birth of their youngest child. Editors of the ''Tasmanian News'' included G. B. Lilley, J. D. Shaw, R. W. Smith, J. J. Utting and Alexander Williamson Hume. William McWilliams, William James McWilliams took over the paper from Sara in August 1896. He published the ''News'' until he was forced to sell out in June 1900 due to financial difficulties and William Bell Fulton took over as proprietor. The last issue was published on Friday 17 November 1911, 28 years to the day after its first. A notice signed by A. J. Nettlefold, managing director of ''The Daily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
