November 11 Monday – Sam backtracked from Timaru to Oamaru by train, arriving in the early afternoon, and was driven around Claremont by a local, W. Evans. He got a look at the steamer Flora, in which he would sail from Christchurch to Wellington a week later.

In the evening Sam gave his “At Home” lecture in the Theatre Royal to the most “sparsely peopled” audience of his tour. During the lecture some dogs got into a fight. Prices had been reduced to “popular holiday basis of 1s, 2, 3s.” Sam claimed they were still celebrating the Prince of Wales’ birthday.

Reviews published Nov. 12: North Otago Times; Oamaru Mail [Shillingsburg, “Down Under” 23; At Home 142].