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train. Tlie Seiuaivhore lirancli was opened
early in 1878. Through pa.=senger.s liatl to
take tJhe front carriages at Adelaide, and on
reaching the Port these were uncoupled
and taken on by another engine. Con
siderable inconvenience was experienced
owing to delays in opening the swing
bridge crossing the river.
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CAITAIN riANSKOIill WARD.
Captain llansfcid Ward, whose photo-
gra])h is given above, arrived in 1839, an l
for two years, under Captain Lipson, was
employed by the Oovernment in bjarding
and piloting ve.ssels at Holdfast Bay. He
wa.s present at Glenclg at the launching of
tlie first re.s.sel in 1842, named the OsiuoikI
(lilies, commonly called the O.G. She was
a ciitter, and wa.s used to trade on the
coa.st. He aftenvai-ds bought the brig
Punch, and traded to Calculta, Batavia,
and other Eastern ports. He .sokl her in
China, and on returning puichased tiie
.schooners Waitenuita and Alice ilar-
tin, the latter having been previou.sly
known as the Plying Eagle. Aflier trading
for some years with
the.sevessels lie dis
posed of them, and avorked in connection
with Elder, .Stilling, & Co., .loseph .Stilling
and Co., and Joseph Downs. He was mas
ter of the Marion for a couide of year's,
and took the
fir.stpassenger ve.s.=el up Spen
cer s Gulf. In 1859 he pror'eeded to Eng
land, with commission to build or buy a
coasting steamer. He built the old Liibra,
and sailed her for over two years. After
further experience with steam he again in
vested in sailing vessels, several of which
were wrecked. For twenty-tone years he
lias been a licensed niai'ine surveyor at Port
Adelaide. He was present at the procla
mation of Port Adelaide in 1840, having
been sent for from Glenelg by Captain Lip-
son. He was one of a party under Captain
Lijison, Colonel Gawler, and Jlr. Hardy,
who .surveyed the coastline from Port Lin-
coin to Franklin Harbour. Captain Waixl,
who i.s one of tlie very few surviving pio
neers of Port Ailelaide, i.s eiglity-two yeai-.s
of agi, .and has pa.s.sed through exciting ex
periences.
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MR. IV. n. CARTKR.
I.'r. W. II. Carter, whose portrait ap
pears .ihove, forms one of not more than a
trio of snrvlvo;r.s who were present at the
proclamation of Port Adclaid.'. He arrived
j hy tlie Thomas Harrison on I'ehrnary 28,
18.39. He joined the Customs Iwrat at Glen
elg a few months afterwards, and later the
harboiir-hoat at Port Adelaide. In the for
ties he paid a visit to England, and on re
turning re.siimed his jwrsition on the har-
hoiir-bo.it, and rose to beenme mate of tlie
Government tug Adelaide. In 1852 he ivas
appointed pilot at Port Adelaide, and two .