Mosese Using National Libary 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?Laying the last cornerstone

What makes it different to a newspaper story today?

We use photographs, and the language we use

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

proceedings: Making a start

necessitated: Something  necessary as a result

procured:Obtain something, especially with care or effort.

masonry:A material made to build with stones and bricks

appurtenances:An item associated with an activity or style of living.

objectionable:Offensive or Unacceptable

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

we may here observe that the piles which are driven into the ground with remarkable accuracy to be straight, are well sheathed, from the bed of the river to the high water mark, with metal, securely fastened, so as to keep the bottom safe and portions of the piles from the ravages of the worm.

We may hear & observe that the piles which are removed into the ground with strength & power to be straight.

Copy and paste the acknowledgement from the site here

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