Looking at the West Coast June 1966 (2024)

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VOLUME II No 8 June 1966

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We reached the head of the Hurunui, a
wild mountain torrent, with scarcely the
slightest plateau of its head and an immedi-
ate descent on the other side, where the fine
river Teramakau rises._ The soil seemed
to change and after an hour of bould[...]o -patches of trees wild scrubby
little bushes, with soil at the roots which
was simply liquified mud. It was impossible
to (sic) for any of us. to ride here for the
tangle of the roots under the mud, made it
terrible for the horses and my husband was
sorely afraid they would hurt or break their
fetlocks and was particularly anxious about
the pack horse. Several times both he and
Scot had to lighten the load and carry por-
tions long distances. We wer[...]our ankles in mud, and once or twice nearly
up to the knee. I had luckily two pieces of
American cloth to keep of (sic) the wet from
my sketch book and these Ibound round my
legs like putties, and so really did not get
very wet, but my boots well I thought they
would never reach l-lokitiki; but they did.

I thought the boulders were dreadful, and
rejoiced when we could turn from them, but
the mud was worse and seemed endless. The
track was the only one, and over it passed
any cattle or sheep that was going to the
West Coast, and although but very few went,
still they completely worked up the ground
_and the running water, kept it in a constant
sluch. We emerged at last as evening was
fast coming on, then had to make the first
crossing of the Teramakau. It looked nothing
at all to do and most picturesque, but it was[...]e moving boulders

and all more or less slimy, so that one had
to be on the look out, and make ad-ash at
a given moment.

My[...]was intently
watching. and just starting,-' when -the

wretched‘ lawyer, ,a hanging Plan? With .1°’{§.j'

reversed hook or thorns all down its long
spray caught my hat and my[...]a nice bit of ground at any rate
wide enough for the horses, and we hurried
on and on, anxiously looked for a resting
place. This was at last found, a flat sandy
kind of Island where the river had opened
into open ground. We crossed the shallow
water and were indeed thankful that day was
over.

The horses were tired and we also, and
they were soon let free (but of course
hobbled) and commenced at once to nibble
the short herbage there was to be found.
Whilst putting up the tent, Scot observed
that he had seen a sheep on the side of the
track. It looked as though it was lamed and
had been left by the drovers. He thought he
could find it and how nice it would be to have
some mutton. How he ‘meant to get the sheep
into mutton, I do not know. At any rate Nico-
las ever ready for a discovery, started off
with Scott and took some rope etc. intending
to get the poor lost one. They left ere, the
sun had se't, and they were away 80 10118 that
it began to get quite dark and I really felt
they must have lost themselves. My P05111101!
on this Island, by myself with four horses,
was a rather strange one, and they were so
long, that I became quite more and more
alarmed, and I saw also the water was higher
where they crossed, so I got out the longest
rope we had and lighted the lantern and there
I sat, and I coo’ed and coo’ed, but no reply.
After long waiting at last Iheard a faint
"sound and then a reply. After long waiting
at last I heard a faint sound‘ and then a reply.
There was no other sound there save the

flowing (now) river over the open pebbles.
They came at last‘, and had to wade the river
up -to their knees _or much -higher but no

Today you drive[...]car on a
well-metalled road.- But- many years ago this was a different sort_of
journey. And what better way to tell of those early times than -

the reminiscences ei
Mn; tt.Che:.IaEiea' - lfihti

-———!
sheep with them and I was very glad it had
not been found. Scot[...]l ground, on gravel, quite dry, and all
our muddy things we passed through the
rtmning clear water and hung them over the 5
bushes, and made a roaring fire to dry
them. My improvised gaiters proved most
successful, keeping out the water as well -
as the mud. My habit was in a miserable ‘
plight and I looked at it in dismay, forl
thought it would not possibly be dry for the
morning. Dry or not it had to be put on. We
made a most comfortable supper and again
I cut the bracken and our beds were soft. I
The aromatic pillow, I had become accus-
tomed to, and slept most soundly. The music
of the river was our lullaby, and the singing
or chirping of the birds our morning song.
My husband sketched till he could no longer ,
see, and Scot nodded beside the blazing fire.
I-low grand the range looked over which we ‘
had crossed, wild and beautiful, but I had no
desire to make that experience again. Riding
was bad enough, walking , worse but‘
struggling through up nearly to one’s knees
in mud worsest. At this camp the inquisitive
little bird the weka? came at once, prying
in and out, looking so cleverly at everything; 1
pulling it, and pecking what it could eat.[...]ow Scot to knock it down-, which he longed
to do. Then the wild birds did not fear man,
thought no doubt he was a man and a brother
— and came around .you and when Y0“
sketched hopped even on the book. One day
a robin jumped on to the large drawing b°a1_‘d
Nicolas had on his lap and looked at 1115
work, I hope approvingly. Now alas, the)’ are
not only frightened, but gone!
The horses had a good time here, and the

morning. being very fineand N. notfea-T1113 '

change in weather, we lingered long
and I was glad of the rest for days
in saddle are very fatiguing. The river
Teramakau now began to widen out
and showed that after the melting
of the snows it was very wide, rapid, and
dangerous. On one little islet we rested

and the horses found good grass. The’

saddles etc were overhauled, and packing
don[...]and we started in a
very happy state of mind, on the left side
of the river riding quietly till about one
o'clock when[...]distance
of smoke rising. It was a pretty sight,
the curling smoke, and the anticipation of
who were we to see. Standing higher than
the camp, we epied two men and their
horses and in about half an hour we
astonished them as we emerged from the
bush. They were drovers, and returning
to Hokitika, rough men, and poor hard-
worker. They looked at me with the
greatest astonishment. They rose at once,
and helped me to dismount, gave me the
best seat (a stone) near the fire, and then
went to assist the artist and his man,
easing the pack horse and aiding us to get
our mid day meal[...]se
etc. But what ‘did I see a frying pan and in
that frying pan, some mutton. - I-had no
sooner exclaimed the word than frying
pan, mutton and all were handed to me
this their dinner, they gave all at once
to me. The generous lordly way in which
it was done, was better than any banquet,
of costly viands. ‘And it was with great
difficulty that I could persuade these poor
fellows, that the smallest piece was more
than sufficient. The cooking was not that
of a chef, but a good appetite is better
with the roughest fare than dainty dishes '
and indigestion. I remember so well how
they dried my soaked gloves, and indeed
my garments generally were damp from
the soaking of yesterday and days before.
One never thought of taking cold, but went
on in a most matter of fact way, indeed
there was nothing else to be done, and
when evening came and we got a good
camp fire then hang around on sticks and
bushes such garments as were not dry.
Soon these two men) wen on, and in half
an hour we followed. Scot regretted N.
had not asked them for some slices of
mutton for I had can the remains of a
leg of mutton in a sack that they carried,
therefore N. gave him permission to ride
quickly after them and buy a little. How-
ever they got over the ground muchfaster
then we, and soot soon returned in a
downcast way, said he could not over take
them. We journey till sunset and arrived
at a small accommodation house, where
the road forks to the Otira Gorge, having
been directed that this house existed, we
were all looking forward for[...]lly looked most inviting, a pretty
little place with a square front and a
skillion back. Of course of wood but a
big chimney. The proprietor a young
fellow came out immediately to vmlcome
us, but what was my disappointment to
findtheonlybedroomhehad,wasjust
taken by a man and his wife and three
children, a rathther furni-
ture. Still it was a covering from rain.
They were common people journey (sic)
on the road to Hokitika, there hoping to
find work or make a fortune digging.

We now struck the coach road which
had been made by Arfliur Dobson, and

whose name was given to the pass over '

the Otira Gorge.

We were all too tired to travel farther
and the horses done up, so Nicolas de-
cided to take what we could get, and
really it was much worse than camping.
The house consisted of a front room for
eating and a bar, over it the one sleeping
room, behind, a skillion kitchen with big
fire, and one end of this skillion had a
kind or! shed, or one would call it a
stgblg. It was-divided from the kitchen
bf’bo"ard or slabs about an inch from

_each other, and against this was put twc
- flat slabs to form shelves for people to

sleep on. The proprietor showed us these
with great satisfaction and considered
they were mot desirable sleeping ac-
commodation and[...]big
price for some oats for our horses, and
give them very little. We had to accept
this or go on and find a camping ground
anditwaslate and we weredoneup.
so we Impacked and stored the things in
the shed and the horses were hobbled, but

_ PAGE 3 I

_-‘An 1866 painting of
.Upper otira Gorge. T
‘Probably the. work of '
Nicholas Chevalier. _
{(Alexander Tnrnbuli '

from that momenE"N. had no rest, for
horses and addles were most valuable
in these quarters, and there were a set
of horrible fellows, squatting about
drinking and smoking, and they would
think nothing of taking horses or any
thing they could lay their hands on. In-
deed during the next few months occur-
rences showed that desperate characters
were on those very roads’, for poor

Arthur Dobson mentioned above was.

murdered by a set[...]who mis-
took him for a store keeper returning
with gold dust. And one of the dreadful
rascal turned Queen's evidence and ack-
nowledge they had killed 20 or 30 (I
think) poor unfortlmate people. You can
imagine that the faces of these kind of
men gave you fear, but I had no idea that
they might go on with the horses. Had
they done so, we were undone. Wegot a
kind of supper, and some tea, and Scott
had his pipe.with the party of diggers

and rascels in the ldtchen. Our supper '

was taken with the family party, and I
really was greatly interested with the
poor woman and her nice little children
what a l[...]e and what he-
came of her I have often wondered. The
terrible things I heard ‘of after,frightened

me for any women's lives thrown in such
places.

GONTD. ON P. 42[...]

LEFT: The present Post Office at the corner
of Shell and Bridge Streets. With, increasing
activity in farming and forestry the town will
see more growth yet. And then there are the
tourists. No doubt the coimty office is acting
as an information centre to ensure that they
enjoy their tay in Reefton, or to outline the
district's attractions - or is somebody else

_ planning to help the tourists?

fjhunging Reefion

The years have seen many change in this town _
that started with gold. And most of the changes.
are good ones. «
BELOW: See the old plate photo taken at the -.
corner of Bridge St and Broadway. (By courtesy I"???
Ken Shannon). -
RIG-IT: Today the same National Bank of N.Z. is
there, but see how the streets are sealed and
the buildings are painted. Here is a town you must
visit on your next holiday.

LETTER

The letters below have been made
available by courtesy Mrs Harvey oi
nutherglen. ,

erglen).

PARAR SCHOOL.
MY DEAR FATHER. _

I was at the hall on Saturday night by
fine school masters place Mr Thomas,
and we had cake there, Ginerber and we
had Bu:-berry and water and Lollys and
we had ale and Mr Gilbert camein with
some Brandy in is pockets and Mr Gil-
berth was playing the fiddle while the
others where danceing and my aunt was
danceing to and Harry was‘ danceing to
with Mrs Gilberth and Gardner Wilson
and Charly Montegou and they where
half thick and they went out in the road
and began to throw handsfuls of stones
on the top of the house and it fright the
life ontofus and theschoqlmasterwas
siiuting and he said that he was going
to leave ten of_ and he wanted Miss Lich
to shoot and then myauntandthenhe
that straight in the room and then he
rang the bell and we came home at two

clock in the morning and I was not
aleepe atall.

Written by[...]TZENS,
A PAROA scHooL GIRL IN EARLY 1880s

April 9th. 1885.
HY DEAR FATHER.

I hage got toothace today very bad.
Mrs Wvmanwas at our place at Sunday

An early view of Paroa ' -
showing the old school '
at the right (By cour-
tesy -Mrs Harvey .Ruth- .,

. ‘g - 5' L To "
night. We had[...]ing. My uncle and
Archie are chopping wood today. The
book that you send me I didn't like at
all because it was[...]and she gave me some black-
'berries I was at Mrs Thomas with her
milk this morning I am quite well and I
hope you are to.[...]a fine stock of
wood now. _Mr Hans Gloy was here the
other day my aimtie found a nest with
three eggs in it and I foimd a nest with
12 eggs In it, it was Mrs Seebeck hen
that layed them and so she took six_gut
and let six in and we though they was’ent
-very good so first she broke one and
then the other and they where every one
rotten andwedid laughbutlwastoget
two for tea for finding them'but now
they where all rotten and I only got one
and I think it was quite enough. My
auntie got such a lot of things for her

birthday that she did I'iot.expect got a
thin: to put cabbage in and a candle tick
.and a hal[...]or garters and
my auntie said it was her best birthday
in all her life. And to fine letters from
Greymouth. Me and my Auntie and mrs
Seebeck went down to Mr[...]uce
came home from his work and made

th us the

hold afternoon. I will clos my letter now.

Please ‘give my best respects to them all
ANNA LOUISE GATZENS

some teaiorusandstoped

RUTHERGLEN ._ May 19th 1885’.
MY DEAR FATHER. 1

I was at school yesterday All the child- '
ran in the fourth class got the stick today
except nellie Dillon and a boy and'me
because they did not know their New
Zealand geography. Miss Gillrople is
back[...]every night. I might come into town on
Saturday with the tram. We burn some of
our ratter now. We always have fire in
the school now of a morning I slept two
nights at my aunties down at saltwater.
this morning I went to meet the two girls
of spencers and so I met them coming
along the road and so I said there is such
a lot of water along the tram road and
they said -that they where running along
behind the tram and so the water was so
high they had to go back agoodwayand
then go along the road. . they had both a
umbrella and one was broke jist like
mine was. Mr Hughes was driving up
some bullocks this morning.

' Could be you will find yourself in this photo
if you look hard. The beach picnic is on the
fine sand that was once to be found at Blake-

town. CBy courtesy D. Moore, Greymouth). wwe<%

Taken from the o_ri_ginal manuscript as
written to Mrs Isobel Shearer of Hari-

,l-larl. Reproduced in this West Coast
magazine by kind permission of Mr Carl

I-lende - th
pioneer

e son of a South Wetland

Dear Cousin Isobel,

You have on occa[...]ive some more
correspondence. Well as most events that
have happened here in recent years are
famniar to you it would seemthatthe sub-
jects available tome,that might have some
interest to you are decidedly limited.
Probably a chapter or two on my ownpast
history, with a few distinct detans
may serve your needs meanwhile.

I have decided on this subject while
standing on the topmost point of Mount
one One. Looking round at Gods creation.
The snow clad bins in the distance.Nsar-
or at hand the terraces" and valleys cover-
ed with dense forest and not far distant
the river. And stretchingaway towardsthe
setting sun, the restless ocean, and over-
head the blue arch of sky. Glancing back
through the years to my happy boyhood,
when the pleasures available were very
few and simple, and entirely among our-
selves, as there were no near neighbours.

My first recollection of schooling was
in our own home. The late Mrs J. Jones
being our first teacher, fonow[...]aving our school married Mr G.
Park and became ‘the Mother of Mrs W.
839118 Jnre

Mr Scott Robertson succe[...]omestead until a central school was built
to suit the Ferguson family, Petersons
and ourselves. And un[...]eted my education, attending school
for twelve months after passing the sixth
jstgidard to study some specialised sub-

e s.

of my parentsIcam1otspeaktoohigh-
iy. Mother had a kindly loving nature
always thinking of others and trying to
create pleasure and happiness. Father
was very considerate and just, and the
time or ‘two I suffered correction at his
hands I no doubt deserved. Wasthere ever
a boy. that did not want correcting occas-

At a very early age I learnt to at-
tend to the ferry, milk a cow or two,
butcher a sheep, or do anyotherjobs

casionany totara bark. For a number of
years I was occupied part time pro-
ducing -timber with the pitsawoutfit be-
fore I left school, and for sev[...]was to have a picnic out

on a river island. Boil the hilly and play
around. 1 am atram (anu’_now regret)
put of our pleasures were shooting with
the shanghai andbow and arrow andthe
birds were the targets.

On my getting old enoughto carry a
gun, Dad gave me his old single barren-
ed muzzle loader. This had a broken
stock, too badly broken to be repaired-.
I made a new stock for it. I stillhave
that old gum with the stock‘I made when
a boy. In my young days Dad would
taine three or four‘ pack horses through
to Ross for provisions, taking up what
butte[...]us
boys and girls had to carry on in his
absence. There were five of us boy
and two girls. I remember on one oc-
casion while Dad was north, a heavy
flood came on and the ferry boat was
washed away. When he arrived down with
the horses he could not get across, so
he went back and procured another boat.
I believe from Urquharts and snigged it
down with some of the horses. The mail
in those days was fortnightly. In later
years when the road was improved, suf-

once a week. Long befor[...]ttage, which I
used until I eventually left home. The
one great occasion of the year for us
children was Christmas, when Dad al-
ways saw to it there was a Christmas
tree.Thisusedtobesetupinthelargest
room in the old house. Where school used
to be held, and commonly called the big
room. Mother always arranged that there
was nghted candles all over the tree and
little presents for everyone. I still have
some of Mother's little gifts. I always

home ducks, pigeons,[...]myself a small boat, which I had on
Ifiainekhéanthe for a considerable time.

al over there shooting on holidays
and thinking nothing of the fourteen miles
walk, carrying my sporting outfit and
E31116.

For some tdme Dad had several‘ bas-
kets in the lake for catching eels and my
brother Peter and I used to ride over
there every few days to attend to these
bringing back the fishcaught.Anythat

gets his water supply) to be taken out.for

us[...]smoked. llowever,every-

one seemed to’ weary ofthisdietandthe
eel factory was abandoned.
I will mention in passing that the first

trict by-our family.

We always used to grow a good few
potatoes. The ground had to be dug over
by hand orgrubbedover,bnt a-goodcrop
always resulted. Frequently in the winter
time the cows would be given a bucket
full each night and[...]Ilie life Of 5

well I would be about five and brother
Jim about three. Dad had been
potatoes and it was our job to scratch
them out of the ground and pick them up.
Wen it was a tedious back brealclng Job
and the sand flies so I struck._IgotJim
by the handjustafterlunchtimewhenno
one was looking and lugged him right
dpwn to ‘Pat-nrsens.

In tnose days there was no proper
roadway. What had been was mostl[...]ore. It was just toopainful andl
had togo back to that beastly potato pick-'
ing and get eaten with sandflies.

When the school was built we of course
had to taloe our lunch with us. MothThey were a Black
bird a bit smaller than a swamp hen and
could scarcely fly at all. But had nasty
claws and were always ready to use them
as I well knew. Wen Jim had our pie,
carrying this time, but wanted to have
a close lookatthe crow.Andgotjusttoo
close. The crow grabbed into our pie
with both feet would not go.Event-
ua11lr,‘he let'gowith‘one'cI'aw"aii'vitook;
Jim by thehandwithit.Thingswerejust
too had. We were pleased to get rid of
that crow, eventuany, and see the last of
111.!!!» I guess so.

The Maori hens used to be extremely
plentiful, they were a brownbird andcould
not fly, so we used to have alot of sport
chasing them. Outside of a habit ofcarry-
ing anything unusual to them away into
the bush and robbing hens nests theywere__
not troublesome. They did not eat grain;
or trouble the garden andno doubt account-
ed for a lot of grubs and spiders. Us kids
used to make gardens away inthe scrub
at the school andtalneaprldeinwhatwe
could _grow. The Maori hens always had-
ahabit of fonowing along anytracks.So
IthoughtI'n dig apit onmytrackto
the garden and cover it over lightly and
see what I[...]trap first time was just too bad. He con-
demned the trap on the spot. One winter
time we had found some waterin a road
drain thickly frozen over with ice and we
were having a lot of funslidingabouton

. I suppose it would have been achain or
more long, with apiece of drydrainatthe
end. Mr Robertson strolled alone onelunch
time to see whatwewere doing. Whynot
take a run, andjumpontheiceandslide
I'll show you he said. He
took a runalongthedrydrainandar-
rived on the ice, but something was mis-
calculated, his feet went from under[...]t of some dry road

planks, we had a lot of fun with this and
many a wetting.

Carl Hende. . .

other birds beside the native crow and
Maori hen that have disappeared are the
native thrush. This was a very quiet bird
about the ame size as the imported
thrush. '

Also the saddle back, called so-from the
marking on its back. There usedtobe also
little colonies of canaries probablytwenty
or so together travelling together through
the bush. And also small colonies ofbirds
that we -used to call Dlts because of their
call.

Another bird that isveryscarceifnot
extinct hereabouts, is the Parakeet. They
used to be plentiful, often kept in cages
as pets. could be taught to talk well.
The native bat seems to be about extinct

any evening could be seen flying around,
catching insects. They used to get inside
and flutter round the ceiling and couldlight
and land on almost anywhere upside down.
The brown teal duck appears to be nearly
If not extinct.

I have not seen. one for manyyears,they
were very tame compared with an the
other members of the duckfamilywhichno
doubt accounts for their disappearing.

The first bees to be established in this
district were broughthere by Mr H._Pet-
ersen. Later on a hive established itself
in a large white pine tree, not very far
from the school, the honey comb was-
plainly visible from the grotmd. The hole
into the hive would be about twelve feet
from the- ground. Now this honey used to
be very enticing and I had heard itsaid
that beeswould not sting youifyoukept
wen in ‘the shade in thebush.IthoughtI
would try. for a slab or two of that honey.
It was all thick scrub aroundthetree,I
procured a suitable pole as I thought for
the job in hand and shoved it wen in;
among the comb, and bees, and wrenched
it about to procure the desired result.
Wen down came showers of bee, an[...]utlwas immediate-

maldng a counter attack. -

As the pupils coming to the school
from either side were fairly evenly divided
we started a sp[...]somewhat in turns. one school be-

ing let out in the afternoons say, we
would make off for home andthe Ferguson
clan _would try andcatchuponus and shove
us off the roadintotheferns.Itwas all tall
bungey ferns along the roadside. Wen one
afternoon the Ferguson outfit got well away
and I made after them, flat out.Ica1fght up‘
to Enen and gave her a shove, she went
over the top end of the culvert at the foot
of the inn and disappearedfor ashortwhile
under water.

I had not thought of ornoticedthecreek
when I gave her the shove. But say, was I
anxious foradayortwo astowhat might
happen to me over this. Well nothinghap-
pened.

one of the first cats booked up for Hen-
des Ferry started[...]wanted

a eat so dealt for one. He;al_sg witi_1_ other
goods and sundries wanted a barrel. Wen
the handiest place to pack abarrelis as
top load, lay a bag of flouronsachside
of the pack saddle and the barrelontop
wen strapped.

Well now — the cat.

Dad had a brain wave, put the cat in
the barrel, with a bag over the end,
great, couldn't bebetter,no soonertbought
of than acted on and for the first few
miles everything went to schedule. When
crossing the Macanui river the cat let out
an uneasy meow or two,thehorse got rest-
less and Puss got some more nervous and
called out some more. The horse bolted
through and scattered the rest of the pack
train and eventually rid himself of cat
barrel, groceries and an. The cat was
abandoned or diappeared. Dadnever
seemed to care much for cats again, don't
think he wanted it back in that barrel.

Sometime baore I lefl: school the tele-
phone 1i.ne was brought down as far asour[...]our can
ring was four short rings, Urquharts was
three shorts and Ferguson two long.

I had met and admired!-‘lorrie Urquhart
and used tothinkherthehandsomestend.
best dressed girl I would ever meet. I.
will mention that agoodpartofherclothing
was made from flour and sugar bags, but
always[...]amophone.Iusedtogetgreat:
pleasure out of playing this over the tele-
phone for.Florrie. About the time I left
school I got a bicycle (a crude affair) and

I Theoldcoachoutirde
__ -Urquharts Waitara

PAGE 19[...]e a

usedtorideuptoseerlorrieonafine
Sunday. With I believe our parents good
wishes. But ofcourse,Ihadnoprospectsof
a home then. Charlie Evans hadobtaineda
section oflandupthewaitahaandwen
Florrie was not for me. Andthrough-the
years I have labonred_ alone andnevermet
another woman I caredto make mypart-
ner until: too late.

I am afraid Inearlyslippedlntothe
last chapter before Iwasridofthefirst.
Wen, my first job away from home after
leaving school was putnng up alength
of fence for my brother Peter.

‘He had obtained agrant ofthesection
that thellarinarihotelnowstandson.
While Fergusons had obtained the corner
section that Mrs Adamson now resides on
and it was required that the

fence between the two sections be erect--

ed. so Iprocured the necessary posts and
material and erected Peters -sha'.re. Itwas
all scrub covered land with no timber at
an suitable for fencing. so the timber bad’

My next job was helping to renew a
bridge that had beenbrohendownbya
pinetreefaningonitonthe roadgoingup
the Waitaha settlement. Trembaths now
have a waterwheelinthesame creek.

Mr c. shearer being. in charge of the
work, for the County Council. Ittooksome
weeksto repair,aswehadtochopoutthe
stringers ‘and smaller timbers by hand. I
used[...]bought ablockofcar-
roway seedcalue. Anditmightnothavebeen
the cake but I became awfully unwen. Just
too unwen to have enyinterestin .

The rest ‘of the gang wenttoworkand
left me to my misery. I thought that it-I
couldonlygetgoodandsicklmightbe
better.

Having heard that salt and water would
produce this result I mixed up aliberal
quantity of some warm water and drank
it with no result. I got a bitscared, think-
ing that the amount of salt I had swallow-
ed might be quite a dangerous dose. The
only thlnglcouldthinkofwastomake
sure of getting sick by havi[...]

mouth. It was some weeks before the passengers across to Ngaliere. Then several pipes put down) stopped. or only all drowned. Piss and sheep shared the
fraud was discovered. coal was found in great quantity at Roll. a small amount came through. Later on same rate. one farmer and his family
At one time, my father was up at cion- Moonlight was named after George Moon- thousands were spent on machinery but spent the nisht on the root. The lower
more with his son prospecting. The Ar- light who found it to be good gold-bearing it was or no avail. Any piece or wood or and of Greriuouth was under Water and
nold River was often called by the dig- country. They also hadaferryfrommoon-' fern placed in the now of the susher several houses were swept out to sea._
gers, "The pierce Molyneux” on account ught to Aucu;-3, much was 3139 n digggng became petrified. Nothing will grow close one two-storied house was swept over
of its running so swiftly. A minor being community. There were several hotels to the water. The earth all round the the bar with all lights still burning. and
duffered out, as a[...]r and butchers — and Elisha!‘ 18 -like stone. The water from the for some time it rode the waves until it
caued, was working at Deep Creek when it was a busy place. Then the gold was susher is seven time saiter than sea reached the heavy breakers. then it sank.
he wrote these lines. worked out and people left the place and Water- 011° °i‘ W0 men 80* 5 W91 *0 SW6 "hat
Farewell to Deep Creek with its mys- a number of chinamen startedworkingthe At one time there were five saw- they °°u1d- They took oofiaa and biscuits
tical gold, claims the old diggers hadleft.Thensaw- mills working around Kotulm and it was with them. All they could save that trip
In looking for which I've been awfully milling started. At‘ one mill the huge loss quite 3 little 'fi0Wii With si01'e.1ill‘Eeb09-l‘d- was 3 5°“: she was h°1dmE °“ *9 3
sold. ‘were drawnbybuliocks.oue ofthebullocks ins house. and urine hall. aliictures once Vine which Was out of the water. They
Farewell to Clonmore and the Fierce refused to move so the man who was ii1°1'tiii8ilt- 30* her 13"’ the b°31- The men EW9
Molyneux driving them held his hat in front ofthe Gold niinins was also carried on about he!‘ Somofiioouitsa but diuuotoiiei berths
1 am off downthe river inLangdon's animal. He made a dash at the man in the Kotuku districts Kotuku was once hot ooifeeo B! the same flood a his tree
canoe, ms anger, but he got the log out “the called Clonmore, was washed near the shore at Kaiata,
mud and safelyto the mill. The bullock’s In the early days a family had their With 3 Ciii rliliilliig backwards and fol‘-
While my father was up at clonmore name was Sally and a vicious beast he governess, as there was no school on Wards Oil the tree 38 it floated abolit-
the mother was in Brunner. Five girls was. what is now the otira Line. some of the someone not a rope. and hauled the treeto
were left in the house, the oldest aged Reefton became a big reefing centre,[...]tm‘ 311°” and 357°“ 9“553'- '
14, when the house caught fire. The e1d- very rich gold was found there in the with grown up families. In.those days, A 511113 ‘"39 Washed oil the bar at
est girl, knowing there was a keg of quartz and a great number of men were timber Was not much in demand for there G"°5"n°“*h- The ‘"3795 Were m°“n*31"
powder upstairs, rushed to save her four employed. I remember some of thenames was no way or transport. Timber is very high. The crew was saved but the ship
sisters. It was a cold night, the ground of the reefs were the Lone star, Keep-1t- valuable at the present time. Was 3 'W3'°°“-.N9*t 1'i''°1'mii€ “"1911 “WY ‘V9111
was white with frost. The chudren reach- Dark, wealth of Nations and Eureka. When the old Brunner Mine was work— the? found the ship's oat curled up on 3
ed .a place of safety, when the roof oi.H,—e- A road was made from G1-eymoufh[...]nharmed. It Was used Maundei-is store and bakery, the School GREYMOU-I-H
muse blew om They an knneled down ,0 Reeffon do then one travelled by _c°,,ch_ going to work with a fresh ndt would find afterwards as a mascot. where Brunner Bridge now stands and Mr
thank God for their wonderful deliver- It was a long ride and one was very tired it iii-‘lled to one of the posts. Bun hats Taylor-’s store. on the other side of the In 1339 them came to G;-eymcutu,
once, not, like St. -Paul, from a watery .when one reached the Journey's end. The Wore till the fiish-i0ii iii those days. 80 CHINAMEN SW99‘ 5*°°d S°3*°“'5 H°te1n °1°59 *° the George Thomas Nowell Watkins,anAngli-
grave, but from a fie[...]ai:Ahaurafordinner,_wmcn before taking it to work they would cut mine mouth, Ronson,Wilitamson,Gregory nan minister mm at once endca;-ed mm-
Eers heard the report and saw the fire. “'35 the“ ablisl’ p1ace.Capleston,orBoat- 0!! port of the brim. It was safe than. when the Ma‘-“is mg” t° dwmdk‘ °1°39 *0 “*9 b1'1°1‘Y‘“'d5a R“"P1‘o Kenna“: self to the whole of the community. He
They took the chudren to their hut and man's Creek. as it was generally called, in the early days or Greymouth bul- ' away. Chiuamou 99°33“ “‘"“°’°[...]Bali. -iohues’ Hotel. Armsiroheo came to Greymouth at the request of
went to meet the moththe iirst Church
The La.ng'don’s stayed in the hut untn :1 also found there and anumber on-ncn cm- Wanganui. They were landed at what was his kitcileii with 3 huire f11'¢P1909- The mond, Wilson, Kilmartin, Richards,Scott, of England clergyman, Rev, G, Beaumont,
place was got for them, the men going ployed. crushingtou and Black's pouu called the cattle Wharf. A chain was put father was away from ii°m°- . Tomkies. Daddy Loos (carrier)andCiai‘k- who collected enough funds to build the
three miles to get lodgings themselves, were also reefing places. around the middle of the animal, then he The? E‘‘—''“5‘'9113' “'3 when “fining ha?’ After the 3111109? and 09191‘ 11111195 first Anglican Church, wherethe present
But help was soon at hand and a tempor- one day I was looking after the flowers was thrownlnto the water and from there P°"5- 1* was “*9”? dark and 3' 5"°”“[...]11011595 Wei?-biii1i3110V91‘ church stands, on the ground given by the
on home was secured. when a new up- in the greenhouse, of which I was very into the cattle yard ready for the butcher. iiisht- Who“ the d°°i‘ has “dew °P°“‘ the hillsides Wherever there was roomfor yiaori Chief, Tainui. Mr Watkins, by his
to-date house was built the children were fond. Looki.ng at the lovely flowers I be- When the otira Line was being laid ed: *9“ Chinamen Walked 1“; 93911 hliuiilfi a house. Then all the houses on the river ndet_ and earnest way of giggling may the
told to drive the pigs out of the garden. came very thoughtful and began to wonder from stillwater there was a good number 3 SW33 find Slime D95 3 103d 0f me" side of the street were pulled down to 3001- and lowly, gamed the ccnnacnce
They missed the pigs but hit the windows. what life had in store. For I thought w1th- of men employed on its construction -~-. A W°°‘3o T1193’ 3315 “WY W031“ 110‘ him make room for the bridge, the co*ke 0119115 of the whole of the people. He was always
My mother while living at Langdon's in myself, "Perhaps m[...]of huts was also in evidence. 3"3’°“°s but they were 3°“? t° 59°“ “"3 the Working 01 the miiieo Then the generous to a fault. Often he gave away
Ferry, 2% miles from Brunnerton, had a may not be veryfarfrom me atthe present Jokes were often played on each other. 319 “*8” in the k1*¢h°“- 5° they “did School Was Shifted to 'i‘3l'10l'V111e[...]d himself. On one occasion
sick child and brought the mac one on time." After finishing the flowers Iwent In. one but one evening solne men sat their SVWSS. 30* Out their T139: fried had its 75th birthday in 1951. be gave away ms only winter coat, gut;
horse back to see adoctor. (They did not inside and found a young man waiting to playing cards very earnestly. Before ththis door
come to you in those days _ not under see if he could get a pound ofbutter. so visitors came, the owner of the hut sood meal. then. epreaiiiua their blah“ and its good workers. Mr Kennedy. who without any name of the giver. He in-
gzo anyhow), M.-5 Lawn... nu. up a. after that he came regularlyforhisbutter. prepared six pigeons, wen stuffed and hate on the floor. Shoot the uiahto At owned the Brunuer mine. was once asked tended having a trip to his home towniu
the Melbourne Hotel (now Albion). 1.. me Then time went on untu I went to share placed in a camp oven, over a steady diirliaiht they all left and Peace reigned in Wellington. what[...]ers were 1879. He became in and passed away
night the place took me, Mr. Langdon his home, a small hut. The husband was fire. some youths outside got a ladderaud supreme. 'i‘hov1eit a good supply oi fire- his men. “The very best,",he answered. the night before he was to leave. There
gave the alarm, picked up he!‘ 51¢], cnud, working at the victory Quartz reef. It - placed it at the top of the chimney, which ‘V005 which We WP-looms. if the donors In the early days, Brunner was like ahlg are times when a single death brings
and rushed out the buck, nopmg to reach was impossible to get timber to build a was a wide one. The boys got a long were “°*- 5°!“ “W9 W91‘: 0“? °f W913‘ fitiillly. 11’ any were Sick they were always sadness to a whole community, as on the
a friendis place her house as reefjng is unce[...]house 9-bag of Visitfid and Werfi Often death Of Mr watkhlS’ W110 the
she got into Tidal creek, not in flood, time. We had a dog and cat and after a They reached down and got the camp oven birds and fish. They had expeotedto reach in the early days. Rcgattas were held on truth of God fearlessly and courageously.
and wondered cbout nmid the slush nntu while, a baby. I just wish to picture the with the birds, and tied the oven with a Blackwell but 30* beiiighied. Such cases the river. Racing skiffs were owned by At that time, Tidal Creek, when the
daylight, when she was able to and her homecoming of the man,who wouldbeelght large piece of flax at the top of the 35 that WW9 110* iiiiilomiiioil in the sari? different ones, Mr A11‘ and Char-liecurtis, tide was in, flowed past where Mr Mc-
way out, My mother just reached the hours away. The wife would not even see chimney, then departed. For three weeks days °f the west c°a‘st' and w- -7- G1'e§°i'.‘I'o and[...]lWOrih’S BOW Stand. All
home of her friend when the cnud died a strange dog during that time, no neigh- the man wondered where his dinner had It was q“i“’ °'°°mm°““'m"gthatwhe" the ‘’“n- R“m'i1i1E.}iiml3iilE.‘h'1'¢5t1iil€.i1iidb0X' ii-illbisii from the $0V~’ii found its V8?
in her arms. Word was sent to her hus- hours being anywhere near. When 4.30 gone. Then one day thThe there. To form the Streets. 531310“ and
band that she was missing, she was so ~ came the dog wouldbe up the hill waiting the oven came down the chimney but w°“1d3°t mb°‘°"° thther
stunned by the dam, of her child and for his master, (Gladstone was the dog-g_ inc birds were gm] «ugh,» -Toilii Wits[...]t 80 heeot it lawyer Bob Gregoryarerecalied among the prom- thing were used to build up thefoundation.
the mghtss shock and exposure, that she name), a mud lawn, down the nm the young 31,-15 were very scarce in the to plead for him. Thelawyertoltihlm when merit swimmers. Chess and draught clubs There is an old gentleman whom nothing
forgot now ....,.u,.,, he, nnnn, ,nd ,,.n._nd, cat would be waiting also. Then-at the hut early days of the Wet coast. A young 3'9 "38 asked 3'15’ ui§,e9t1°nS in oourito Sol’ had many members. Among them were pleases better than to tell about when he
would be. when she went back to the would stand Wife and baby. I am sure the man wished to gain the favour of a cer- ‘ity tity, ity‘ tity, which he did. The watchman. 5. Arhueiiie. T. Moore. T. A. used to[...]t houses today could not produce tain young girl. This girl was very un- Jiidfiensiiid. He is made, take him Smith, J. Connolly, J. O’Loughlan, Tony The front street of Greymouthwas
and others looldng among the ashes for greater love and happiness. Maori hens tidy about her hair. The young man SW83’. So that Was iilridiit and John W88 iiagee, Denhard and others. some of sometimes used as a racecourse.
net 1-ennnns, There was great n,,,,n_ were very plentiful, they became quite asked my father what he come buy .10.. . Very pleased. A few days after the igwyer ghescsporting activities have given way At that time there was no church. The
tulness on the part of her husband when tame and fed with the fowls. At one time present to the girl, 315 friend, mowing 031164 501' his 169. ‘It?! titty. it)’ fit Sold :0 the games of today and tennis has be- Wesleyans deci[...]t of a hall.
she turned nn sage and W911, a hen with nine chickens would be in the the temper of the girl, suggested a hair the Cmn9m3n- zome the order of the day. When the minister would give out a hymn,
more the bridge was nun, across the hut, if not kept out. brush. so the best brush in Greymouththere was only a was bought. It is needless to say which 353° °-"‘“‘* ‘°" ~""“-"“"g‘ The "§§"5° 5”‘ man up the Grey River was Mr H. Wick. “Euchre”. Sometime aiierthisthechurch
bridle track on the cobden side of the _ KOTUKU head the brush was used on. "°"“,,I ‘me Y0“ °“° P°“i*d- Me "0 rho afterwards bought afarm up theGrey of England was being built, but before it
me[...]noon, 1.. un, Grey 31.9,, A gsbigy. I said John. Then the Judge said. valley. was completed a dreadihi gale blew the
damn sc.,,,e,.,_ The nee,’ fem,’ and In about 1905, a company took up some the old Man Flood and the Jubilee Flood , 5° “ V5”-‘ mm 33°“ 933[...]down, whichwilibeneariy
moss grew on each side of the road. land at Kotuku, about fifteen miles from were considered the biggest floods. The mum’ 31° mu‘? 53“ "°h“- Y°“ 5315 sengers across the GreyRivernearMoon- 80 years ago. I often wonder ifthe young
For manyyearsthere was omyone note}, Gi'eYili0iitii- At first oil was got in quite water covered all the lower part of coal °"§’np;’,:;’d' light. Mr Olsen, of -Kaiata, was also one folk of today ever think of the early
Kmsenass’ two mnes from the Blackban; a quantity. Barrels were filled, and e[...]°':;l-'7 "33’-" °f Bflmmr *1 3131‘i'°W of the early Boatmen, His daughter mar- pioneers who went through hardships to
they did a roanng trade in the bar’ available vessel was filled, then suddenly driven to the shed for safety, but the 1 e r“ “"-9e”"‘°h°“393-°“*h9r“'[...]untry was we
meals were also 5en,éd_ Aferry took the flow from the pipes, (there were -flood rose to such a height the herd was 5 de were Heff°m‘m' c°d°“[...]

Mr (blank left here) congratul[...]t on our narrow escape, and told
us how dangerous the rapid rising of the
river was, and how many accident there
had been. lie was a most gentlemanly
and charm[...]d one wondered
how he could. be in such an out of the
way part of the world. --His on1y-com-
panion, Mr Aitken also a very nice young
engineer.

The latter proposed riding with us to
Hokitika and showing us the way, because
when the coach road came to the ca, one
then had to travel along the sand. No
road was made there, but nature’: road.

After our comfortable b[...]soon on our horses, which were
quite frisky after their good night. We
must have travelled a great many miles
for we did not strike the sea till it was
almost dark, and rain had commenced
to fall, first slowly then heavily, and
in fact, we were met by a terrific thunder
storm. There was no shelter save in the
bush, now at least a coule of miles be-
hind us, and on our left only brush wood
thick and difficult. Press on we must.
Mr Aitken ass[...]but he could have ridden fast we were
hampered with the pack horse and my-
self now very tired and excee[...]had never in my life been
out in such a storm of thunder and light-
ening that was bad enough, but the wave
from the Ocean rolled in in immense
breakers, they rose or seemed to rise
as high as myself mounted as I was. The
horses .were frightened and the pack

horse bolted inland over the tangled
brush wood, Boot and Nicolas having to
-follow and get him. It was pitch dark save
for the flashes of lightening which il-
lumined all around. The rain came down
in torrents and we were all wet through.

It was a moment of horror for me, and
when we came to a stream that flows
down to the sea, which rushed down, and
the waves with high foam rushed up and
raised the water very high, my horse

would not face it, tu[...]ourage could not make him
take it. I determined rather to ford it
myself and slipt off my saddle, when
Mr Atkins dropt off his caught me round
the waist ‘and seizing the reins of my
horse carried me across just between
the surging and rising waves. It was a
horrible moment, and I thought it must
be the last for our party. Nicolas by
this time with Scot came up with the

pack horse and we pushed on again,
the storm still continuing. As theflashes
of lightning came we could make out
the wild coast and see the mountain
ranges and than all pitch darkness, but
we strained our eyes to see the lights of.
I-lokitika, alas in vain! At last we did
spy a single glimmer, and all shouted

“there it is", and we stumbled on over
the sand hiliocks and brushwood and
beating waves. On and on, just as we

were nearing this enchanting light, it
vanished like a will 0 the wisp. What
could it be, where was it, was it imagi-

nation? Nicolas undertook to find the
point and at last he did come upon (it)
in the darkness, it was a small hut, but

no lights. As each horse came to the
little place, we began to talk and won-

der, and at last my voice, the voice of
a woman, evidently made the inmate

stir, and we heard a movement - and

then someone opened the door. All dark-

ness inside. Its inmate was a poor lone

woman and two little
sleeping. The poor lonely soul, so
frightened, at hearing horsem*n riding
up, and all alone in that dreary place. She
had quickly put out the glimmering
candle, dreading the dreadful diggers, or
bushmen, that were about, and when a few
months after was diclosed to the world
the terrible gang that at moment (sic)was
going about in this district, one wondered
how she even had the courage to remain
in such a place. Possibly her husband
found some small digging near, and with-
out doubt, he was that night and many
others in I-lokitika spending what little he
had earnt. The cruel lives such poor
souls pass, we women can n[...]she at once
told me, reasured her and she opened
the door and begged me to enter. I die-
mounted and went in. It was a wooden hut
and had an open fireplace, with wood
burning, a couple of boxes for seats and

a table, and in the comer on a heap of
muddle lay two- dear little children. Only
the earth for a floor- and as I walked,

my habit lef[...]We had hoped to have found
some shelter here for the rest of the
night, but that was not possible, we were

four persons and then the horses could-

not be left out side in the condition they
were. So after finding the distance it still
was to get to I-iokitika and having as it
were taken breath, we turned out again.
Of course there ‘was nothing to eat or
drink, for wet and tired as we were[...]ff our
soaking garments. Having left a trifle
for the little ones, and cheered up 'the
woman, we all mounted and now were off
for the last few miles, and I think in
about another hour, we had reached the
desired haven, but not yet one of rest.

The main street ran parallel with the
sea, and we passed house upon house of
course all wooden (there was but one
brick chimney in the place and that be-
longed to a gentleman who had taken his
bride from Melbourne from a good home,
and had given her the luxury of a brick
chimney.) All the houses were small
drinldng place (sic) and just[...]or_ diggers. Mr Aitken under-
took to take us" to the best, we arrived
at it and he entered and brought out the
proprietor, a queer looking individual who
eyed me up and down, and then informed
me that his house was full and he had no
place for a woman. That was very evident.
So back we turned and coming to the next
biggest street, on the right angle, we fol-
lowed it up a long way, always these little
tenements drinking dens, or small stores.
Presently we reached quite a smarthouse
with a flag staff in forth ('2). a doorin
the middle and a window on each side. A
palace for the neighbourhood with an
upper storey. Here we topped, I in
breathless wonder, whether a bed was
likely to be found. Out came the pro-
prietor a Jirman G . . . . by name. He
also[...]t. Nicolas" spoke to him in
German. He hesitated, then suddenly said,
"Are you not Mr scohler of Melbourne."
"Yes," was the reply. Well of course I
will put you up and then came all sorts
of explanations and my husband w[...]ourne
and at once made himself quite at home,_
to the delight of the owner ofthe inn. A"
big fire was quickly made and a room
given for us, and glad was I to change
my soaking clothes for the one change I
carried in my little wallet. As soon as’
the horses were stabled for they really
were here put under cover and could lie
down and get some oats. Then N. made
his toilet and we actually went dowr
stairs to our supper. That was a good
supper indeed. Served on a table covered
with brown American cloth (no table cloth
you may be sure) but whatever we had
was really nice and hot and good coffee.

The proprietor ,did it all himself and a
man whipped (wiped?) the table and
washed the. plates and cups and saucers.
Mr Aitken stopped with us, andscot ‘and
the rest of the company (not the most
select) sat down with us or rather we"
sat altogether. It was so funny how in-
terested these rough” men were with us,
and how really polite and attentive in
their way to me, and for the week we
stopped there I always felt how softening
the presence’ of a woman was to such
hard working men.

The house was really a good sized_
wooden one and ha[...]k, a
long passage run from front to back and
on either side of this passage were
small rooms or cublcules we should now
call_ them. There was only a’ bedstead and
a chair in each, and the space left by the
side of the bedstead was only the width
of the chair so that we two had not very
much room. At the end of the passage
was the jug and basin for every one’s
use. But Mr A. s[...]arge room, looking
glass one did not need. Indeed there was
not such a thing about. All our wét clothes
had to be dried and most of it was hung
aroimd the eating room for there was
no other place. Some hung up outside
but the air was wet and damp, and I had
much trouble to change them about. I
remember, whatever we ate, was popped
off the frying pan or the pot on to adish
on the table or else put on our plates.
No ceremony, and the dish washer,'gen-
erally sat down in the middle of his work
by me, and carried on a conversation,
leaving every one to wait his pleasure.
The proprietor was delighted to have N.
to talk Germ[...]ered
little we slept well and soundly, and
woke with excellent appetites for very
very plain food. Thankful to get it. I
cannot remember what food we had, but
bacon .and cheese I know was there and
all the goods were brought by ship, and
ships often came. It was a good market.
I do not know what population but there
were 90 public houses, but then nearly
every house was a public one for drink-
ing. There were a few nice residents.
About a dozen I sho[...]t here) also Mr and Mrs (blank
left here) sent by the Government. I
think they were called commissioner,
and magistrate they had to keep-order
and to allot the mining operations and
diggings. It was_a very wi[...]r dreadful men were about. Des-
perate characters they looked, Mr Alt-
ken quickly told the two or three fami-
lies that we were there and how quickly
did those two or ththeir
houses, also only wooden. The lady with
the brick chimney I did not see,‘I forget
why, perhaps she was away. All these
settlers had come by steamer and looked
upon me as a wonder that have riden by
the Hurunui and Teremakau and crossed
the rivers and camped out etc etc. I had
but the one little thin silk dress (silk
because light to carry) and with this I
had to be very smart. When the habit was
dry. I wore that, and so managed to be
quite smart. We had quite a pleasant
time, and whilst Mr Chevalier went to
Greymouth and other places I staid with
them. They were all so good and kind to
me. Scot had plenty to do to look after
the horses, and to look after the diggings
and he wished to return there, and dig
if he felt it would pay. I walked up and
down the banks of the Kanieri the river
on which I-loidtika stands and watched the
diggers who were working all along the
river banks. This river like all New
Zealand ones has a bar at the sea, and
a dangerous bar it is ,there were the
remains of two wrecked vessel lying-at
its mouth, and they gave a most miser-
able sad impression to the places. Al-
together it was far from a lively place,
and commissione[...]d never imagine it would grow to
be a big place.

These kind people arranged a picnic
up the Kanieri river as the vegetation is
wonderfully fine, immense trees allover
grown with lichens and ferns. The kidney
fern is perfection and climbs the trees
to the very tops, giving them a lovely
fresh green colour. The river is very
pretty but fined with fallen trees, snags,
which make it quite dangerous for a boat.

We were all in one boat I think about
10 of us, and were heavily laden indeed
I scarcely enjoyed the journey for we

picnic we were very wet. We all made
the best of it and enjoyed every thing in
spite of the many disagreeables and re-
turned to Mr (blank l[...]ire and supper; From
I-lokitika Mr Chevalier took the grey mare
and went to Greymouth, sketching a good
deal. and after several days exploring
around and sketching the ranges covered
with snow which are very imposing on
this side of New Zealand we began to
’.Pi‘e‘ha'.re for our return journey. The
fiords North of Hokltika were not known
‘in those days, no vessel had been near
and none had entered them. There was
no steamer to undertake this journey,‘
and it was unapproachable from the land.

Therefore we bade adieu -to kind friends
after about a weeks stay and started for

Christchurch by the coach road that is
via the Otira Bealy and Walmakariri.
We traversed the sandy beach in lovely
stmshine and beautiful curly waves rolled
in very different to the mighty waves and
high seas, with the ththere. Nothing of
any importance occured, our horses were
all in good condition and the mare so
frisky that when N. mounted her and
chanced to touch her with his toe, she
gave out such a kick that might_have_
been fatal.

Whilst in the town, we met the two
drovers who had given us the piece of
mutton, their only piece of meat, and
now N. wished to thank them, so he took
them into a public house and ordered a
good supper and beer for them and for
which they were most grateful. Indeed
they had behaved better and more un-
selfishly than many a man in far better

' position.

We pushed on that night for the Sur-
veyor's camp, there we staid and had
a very pleasant evening till each and all
told their various experiences, and were
we all promised (sic) and hope to meet
again in some part of the world but that
wish never was accomplished. Every one
was scattered in after years. From the
Camp next day we went on to Alexander’:
accomodation house and it being rather
early we only got some refreshment and
pushed on for the opening of the Otira
river. On our.way we passed many lovely
sc[...]es
and streams. Every conceivable ferns
(sic) was there in all its beauty and
corduroy roads made of the lovely fern
trees, and as they lay, they shot forth
their lovely green feathery fronds. It was
uch a beautiful sight, in those deep
glades, with giant trees over hanging
foliage, ferns, and the ripple of the
running river. Now and again the call of
a bird or the rustle of reeds. No other
sound to rankle and disturb the peaceful
Nature. In such places would we camp
for our midday meal and rest for horses,
and now they generally found some fresh
pasture. Mr Arthur Dobson had given
us instructions where to pass[...]t had not been very explicit,
and never mentioned the number of miles
or about the time such and such a pass
would take. The result was that we often
on this return journey got into difficulties
with regard to time. The distances were
so much longer than he had indicated. He
had been the engineer of the Road and
knowing each mile no doubt thought it
quite short when once made, compared
to the time he saw it as a wild entangled
bush and brushwood and motmtain torrent.
For such a wild and difficult country, it[...]

band was full of admiration of it, and
appreciated the great difficulties that Mr
Dobson had surmounted. The pass itself
some 2000 ft about sea level is called
after him “Arthurs Pass"

keeper bringing down gold. This occured
about a month after we bade him goodbye

her up.
time that they shall leave such surro1md-
ings.
alas

All these people only live for the

for the horses, and what next mightdetain
us. To push on[...]in I-iokitika and stirred New Zealand from pass the Arthur's pass on the Otira

end to end for these horrible men had
murdered a very great number[...]l we even did'not
know of_ such an awful state of things.
But to return to our entrance of the exit
of the Otira river, which pours its waters
into the Teremakau river

ly always expecting to come upon the
smalraccomodation house. Night crept

. in and darkness seemed" doubly dark

Gorge, and descend on the Bealey, and
that must be done on the day as there was
no place for camping, only the narrow
coach road on the rushing river gorge.
The day was simply lovely, and I well re-
member the beautiful rainbows formed

the torrent over the boulders, roaring
and rushing.

The ascent is steep and the pack horse

under the overhanging foliage which is felt it and would Iain Stop t0 rest. but

here very dense. still we were on the
road and like the night of the Surveyors
camp, we were always fancying we saw
a light or heard a sound. Dobson had not
told N. that the house was on the other
side of the river, and it was mere chance
that we had not gone on and-never dis-
covered a break on the left. Indeed we
did pass it, but after a little N. consider-
ed he'd return and see what it was. He
than called on us to return, this we did
and found ourselves scrambling over
grea[...]ing water. Such
a road or crosing place was it, with
some great branches of trees thrown on
either side to mark its way even in the
day time. Dark as it now was, Nicolas
managed to get on the wrong side of
these rough land marks. But his horse
so cleverly discovered the dangerous
stone and rose high up on all this mess
of rubbish of trees and stones, and leaped[...]companions. Now we were
again all four horses together and on we
went to be quickly rejoiced by the sight
of a light — and one that did not go out
this time. We had reached the welcome
little accommodation house called Racy's
(?) store, and a bright little house it
was. There Mr Ray ('2) came out and
there was his young wife, and little child.
She was such a nice kind creature, and
both so superior to such a life. l-low they
possibly ever took it, one could not
imagine. She had a girl -help, and was not
really so lonely for the coach passed
twice a week, but the kind of men that
were wandering about and the desolate
feeling at night amidst this wild tho’
grand scenery made me shudder. Here
we were a[...]r of ham and eggs,
such luxuries, and shake downs that were
positivel; most comfortable. I sat and
chatted with her tili quite late telling her
all the none I could think cf and cheering

we only waited from time to t[...]P. 23 —

fatiguing day for man and beast. At the
top it was very weird and bleak, and that
fluffy flower kind of cotton plant grew, as
I have once seen it on the St. Gothard
Pass. There in the small pools or water-
shed, it opened out its little fluffy flowers
like balls of‘ cotton or feathers. All
arolmd bleak weird and dreary, no trees,[...]d scrub, and patches of
snow. Boulders rounded as though worn
by water and by wind and one could
imagi[...]ter snow storms raging
and whistling and twisting the telegraph
poles which had already marked the pro-
gress of man in this wildemess. Here
we camped for a rest, and were[...]e were gradually
descending into milder parts and the
vegetation increasing every mile, and the
scenes becoming more lovely, for the
distant mountains now took such lovely
forms, every turn a picture in fact it was

with difficulty N. could satisfy himself by
slight sketches.

Here the West Coast portion of the
story concludes. (Alexander Turnbull
Library).[...]Dear Mr Campell.

MANCHESTER
Sept. 14 1904

Mr Matheson left me a few days agoto go-to Invemess
on bu[...]business is to call personally on
Carnegie to get the £2000 for our library. I fancy he will

occupy the site. - Ed.)

I bought in. London a motor van to take the place of

the horse and dray.

I think it will reduce the cost of

working £2-0-O. per week I bought it for £81-0-O.
The duty and freight I expect will bring the costto

about £ 140-0-0.

Altogether it is worth trying for ifit

does not answer, which I have no doubt, but itwill

sell for more than the
carriages/as a private

cost. I have also bought 3 motor
speculation

(see photos on Page

23). I expect the 3 cars will cost landed with duty paid

£250-0- 0.

Respectfully,

J. HAMBLETON.

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of the same so I mixed up what Icon-
sidered a kill or[...]when I leave carroway seed cake alone.

I believe that it was immediately after
this bridge job that I helped J. Petersen
to cut the timber for his cottage. This
was cut up Johnny Walkers Creek on the
Poems and the sawn timber carted to its
destination by H". Norman who used toown
the 100 acre block beside Petersens
section. I also worked on a bridge job or
two on the south side of Mount Hercules.
I applied for and was giv[...]I was of ago. Mr W. 'l‘hlele
Jnr_is now farming this area. ,

I held this for some time, but as Ihad
no means could_ not do anything with it.
Bar doing a little clearing on aholiday,
or very wetday,whenDaddidnotknow that
I was away. Iwantednadtoletitbe im-
proved and used bythe family,buthewould
not agree to this. I held it for some two or
three years. When Louie Pedrazzl asked
me why Iwasdoingnothingwiththesec-
tion I explained that I had no means and
working at home most of the idme I could
not doanything.Headvisedmetolethim
send down the necessary _wire, staples,
etc., "and he would wait until Icouldpay
him.Statingthatifthewirewasonthe
ground Bad might kick up, butwouldletme
go on with thefenci.ng.Andsoitturned out,
I was allowedbymyselftofalla half chain
wide stripof bush roundthebounda.ry
and when this wasburnt,to erectthefence,
again by myself with the exception of a
day or two when I arranged for Peter to‘
118113 mg. ' .

The fencing by myself took some time,
having to get the posts and distribute
them, also the wire. But I had the section:
well fenced before I was twenty-one.
' I had a friendly companion almost from
the start, a native robin. It chummed in
with me almost at the start. and followed
the fencing operation right round the
boundary. It was cheering to go to workqf
_a frosty morning and hear my littlefriend
singing his verybestcnthetopmostbranch
of the highesttree about. Andhecould
sing some. I should say the sweetest
songter of all our birds. On his __
bei[...]wn to me, following my every
move, and collecting the insects andyoung
locusts out of the soil I would be shifting.
I have often wondered did my little friend
grieve or fret, when the work was finish-
edandldidnotreturn. Icertainlym[...]panionship.
Before I was twentyone I got a job on
thebuildingcfthe Waitahabridgeand
worked there from start to finish and re-
ceived a recommendation from the con-
tractor by post a bit later on, whichwould
have been useful to me had I been follow-
ing up this work. This job-paid for the
wire__a_nd in_c_igent_a_.l_s_ I had from Pedrazzi.
My next Job was several months worl-..pi_t
sawing timber up Johlmy Walker's creek
again. Jim and Iwe cut the timber for C.
Glasses first house at Mount I-Ier[...]shed for Mr Robertson andfor Fer-

‘cut-of the bush. (11.
Hence photo). _

_ sons, and others before leaving the Wal-
aha--bridze lob. Ibought agreymarefrom
Jack Deakin. The first horselownedulack
was camp mates with Jim _ Davidson.
Davidson was Flor-rie Urquhart’sbrother.
Shortly after this Ialso purchased afew
small cattle from Petersen[...]dedtoputup mycamponmY0Wl1
section after finishing the pitsawing at
Little Wanganui and not go back home asl
was usedto do. It seemed tomethatas
Dad did not seem inclined to expand as it
were, take up more land, that there was
too many in the old homestead.-, So -I set
up on my own section. Well Dad went off
the handle as the saying is about this. But
I started right out on my own. Myfirst job[...]oget
some more feed. Well in under a week I
met with an accident which might easily
have proved fatal. I spent nine weeks at
Pedrazzies at Ross under the Ross doctor
and several weeks’ at home before[...]n debt to Pedrazai again
and had to get him to paythedoctor's bill.
Good old Louie.Ihope he knewhowIap[...]ip. And_ an appreciation of our years
trading together without any frictionwhat-
soever. He used to supply me with store
goods on consignment, to sell locally.

Iwa[...]home.

A couple of years after I had started

amethat was ratherhighnpand

. 5W1nE11'|€
Jstuckthesharpheeloftheaxeinto

inside of thejointoftheleftknee.
cut ‘as not large but was very p‘ai[...]le to get about much,
knee joint set, or grew togetherin\a
and even though the cut was

I could not get along without a
crutch. And it looked like I would have to
go to the hoqiitalfor some sortofan oper-
atio . When I met with a further accident.
I will mention, it was new fell timber
from my but and out to the

broken my leg straight and was able to
throw the crutch away.

I carried on on my place, cle up
the section, and as jobs offered I used to

‘work out to get abit of cash, to carry on

with and improve the place. I got a horse
and tip dray and occasionally would get
some work for itto do, the wagethose days
wee l6/- for horse, dray and "drive.-
Eight hours work no travelling time or
other concessions. The usual pay for a.
workman was 9/- a day of eight hour and
he had tofindthetools he would .

And I certainly believe that if these old
rates of pay could have been maintained
we[...]d to keep
a few telephone poles cut and fluted atthe
road side. They were often required as a
lot ued to be smashed with lightening or
washed-out by floods andlwas always pre-

pared to deliver them and help with re-
pairs.

afford it. One time I had a sailor
chap with me for a good time, he had
been down in the South with a polar ex-
pedition, he was very interesting and -a
useful chap.

After holding the 133 acre section for
several years, and getting it well in hand,
the Commissioner, Mr Roberts suggested
that I would presently require some more
land.

Well the section, that P. Hansen now
resides on was classed as atimber reser-
vation and did not seem to be -reqniredfor.
this purpose. I got up'a_ localpetitionto
have this reservation lifted andthe area
made available for selection. This was
eventually done and I was fortunate enough[...]acres, an area of
19 acres being reserved out of the block
for a Maori ‘war veteran, Mr W. Green..
I went right on and fenced this in, and
kept on increasing my stock. I spent
pa[...]or a year or two spend-
1ng_ Government grants on the district
roads. Alas for some time I kept the
Wanganui River crossing open for traf-
fic. I used to have to locate suitable
fiords and clear the roadways to same,
so that dray traffic could get through.
Also after every rain I had to ride

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along tothe topofthe lake hill. inddo
all urgent repairs. I had to have a saddle
horse with me the whole time. Iused to
get either ‘9/- or 10/ - per day of 8 hours.
Nothing apparently for the horse. I car-
ried on with this for a couple of years
and gave it up.

Just before the building of the Wataroa
bridge, a small sawmill was erected on
my place,to supply timber required locally
by the settlers. I had well over thirty
thousand feet out at this time myself.

When it _was decided to build a dairy
factory in the district, I erected a mill
and cut timber for the settlers require-
ments.

This mill was later shifted to Mr A.
Wall's -property by my brother Jim and
C. Lucas, where the totara timber re-
quired for the Wanganui bridge was cut.

Later I purchased another steam plant,
and erected it on my place beside the
main road not far from where P. Han-
sen's house now stands. This mill was
in operation unidl I later sold these two
sections to Hansen and Son.

C. Lucas and I went into partnership
and shifted this mill tothe Wataroa, where
a lot of timber was required as’ a dairy
factory was being built there. We car-
ried on for a number of years, eventu[...]d a property.

As I have above stated I sold out_ the
133 acre. and the 200 acre sectionstoHan-
sens. But some time befo[...]d she had decided to shlftto Ross. so
I purchased the property and have made
my home on it. I then had about 75 head
cattle, several horses and ov[...]d a general store, put up a new
building close to the road,builtnew sheds.
I started a fortnightly service through the
Wataroa district, put a team the road
and did most ofmyowncal-ting.Ihad
also boug[...]ampower flax mill
at wataroa. '

To be quite sure that the engine driver
could not hold up the mill, I sat for and
obtained the necessary driver’ licence.
Iput on a manager, MrA. Ward,who knew
9. bit about this class of work and he
also was competent to drlve.the engine,
I worked at all the different operations in‘
connection with milling but the price kept
falling, so it seemed wise to close down.
Mrs Ward ran a boarding house to cater
for theemill gang. Needing a tip drayto
cart the wet fibre-out into the paddock for
bleaching and drying. I had to take[...]one. Mr Ward
advised me to take amare ofhisup for the
dray, saying she ‘was suitable to ride up,
and[...]afternoon, and starting
back next morning. well, the mare start-
ed off great, we'go't over Mount Her[...]and started down Dry Creek,
As I was going tocrossthe riverthe lower
Way I thought I would let her have a drink
before I came to the river. so stopped her

in a bit of a flat water hole in the creek.
When I wanted to start up aga1n.SheW0l11d
not shift, but volunteeredto lie downinthe
water. Well I could getnowhere, andinthe
end I had to get on the back ofayoung

horse I had tied. on and ride six miles-

across the river for one of my ownhcrses
and six_miles bac_[...]ss.

I carted some loads of fibre to Okarlto,
but the harbour became unworkable. We
had to set to carting it right ‘through to
Ross. I was a good few months carting
away fibre’ and tow. When I inept on, cart-
ing my own store goods, carting up wool,
and anything that was offering. I got aspill
off the top of aloadofwool andburstup
my ribs somewhat s[...]I got an attack of
appendicitis andhadtobetakenNorthagain
and was offworkfor awhile. Ihad a section
ofland beside the flax mill which Ifarmed
for some years. When I started the mill I
put £50 into a shipping company, called
the Hokitika Shipping Company.

our luck was out, our boat was wreck-
ed. We got another. It went onthe beach
at Hokitlka, up North Revell Street. our
finanoes evidently were wrecked also.
Never heard anything further about my
shares.

I must have done fairly well out of
the store business. I used to do a good
deal of business in the grass seed line.
one of my last orders was for 45 sacks
of seed, at one time. As there was alot
of horses in use carting milk to the fac-
tories there was a lot of horse shoes re-
quired. I used to need not less than 50
sets a month to supply mytrade and a lot
of them I would fit and nail on for my
clients. But the hours were too long_.Often
I would get no sleep at night (too tired),
and in the day I could not ride onthe
dray and drive the team because I could
not keep awake. So would have to walk
and drive them from the ground. I had
not nearly enough .time_for rest. I used
frequently to cross the Wataroa by what
we used to call the lower ford. Going
down the dry creek and many a time I
run considerable risk as I just used to

chance a ford. Drive in and hope for the
best.

situated, being 'a little too near home,[...]es.

PAGE 49

Paddy Purcell ‘approached me more
than once to stay at his place.

Well a drayman, carting all sorts of
goods is always.dusty and hairey with
horse hairs. Often late and wet. Not at
all a pleasant caller to drop in at any
time in all weathers with several horses
to be cared for also.

I hesitated. But in the end I made the
Purcell's home my stopping place. I can-
not express my feelings in words for
the years of kindly consideration and true
friendshi[...]ddy and Mrs
Purcell. Early or late wet or dry. To the
best they had Iwas always welcome. Prob-
ably in the winter time I would arrive
long after dark, probably wet, and dirty
to find Paddy waiting with a lantern, to
help fix the dray and unharness the horses,
feed boxes, paddock and so forth all set
for the comfort of the team and in the
home everything to make me feel welcome
and comfortable. True friends indeed. I
look back with true gratitude to the assis-

tance, friendship and kindness received
from Mr and Mrs Purcell.

When I purchased the flax mill from
Mr Henry Burroughs he asked me if I
could find a job for H. Rollett who had
been with him for some time. Harry
Collett had a very hunched back and I
did not think that he would be fit for
my heavy work. But as Burro[...]tartlengagedhim
and certainly never regretted it. There
was always a home and work at my place
for him. He worked for me for several
years, bar the spells he wanted off.

He purchased the section that Maurice
Patrick purchased from H. Ridd and used[...]in my absence, and
put any time he wished, every three or
four months, he would come along and
say I owed him so much. Never any argu-
ments about anything. He was free at all
idmes to find a job on my place and later
get paid as he required.

His brother Jack also worked inasiml-
lar way for me and used to look after
my farm at the flax mill in my absence.
Shear the sheep, dip them and anything
else which needed doing, very honest and
reliable. He never fail to send me a
card at Christmas, or rather the family
I should say.

‘ A chap at Kokitahi I h[...]t b

andasit meant ’

a considerable financial

Three early motor bikes

residence.
photo).

outside the Hendes ferry

(H. Hermie

loss to have sold the place up, I took it
over, improved it and ran it[...]nuing store keeping.

I eventually disposed of‘ the property
to Mr T. Chesterman of Kanaieri. I found
the Kokatahi and Koiterangi settlers very
friendly. There is a number of home-
steads where I always fee[...]ears. '

I have always liked horses and work-
ing them and have reared on the place,
a number of splendid-heavy horses. Also.
some light horses, and in most cases have_
broken them in myself. One of the most
difficult horses I ever worked in the team
was one that was never satisfied but when
it was pulling its utmost, it would tug and
scratch the road up when there was no
need, and the more I tried to check this,
or break it off this habit, the worse it be-
came.

I have had it choke itself inthe harness
and fall as though shot and nearly upsetthe
team. It was really only fit-to work by it-
self so the load could be regulated to its
strength, but I had no single horse work.
It was sold to a sawmiller up northevent-
uaily, and I heard no more of it. ~

Another horse I had would come along,
and reach about to get its winkers on, and
want to get into its place in the team. I
have never owned a horse bad to catch. I
had a. hack one time that even if he was
a long way dovm the paddock, if he heard
me call him, hewould come home, andwait
at the door without being tied up, even if
he'had to wait an hour or so.

One of the sorriest accidents I ever had
happen to a horse[...]g it
to a barbed wire fence. I had a "lovely
hack that I had reared on the place, a
half thoroughbred. Jet black, with a white
star on his forehead. I called him Star-[...]im broken in nicely, but if.

tied up for any length of time, he would
get restless and occasionally p[...]tarlight over.
I saw Charlie a few chains back in the
paddock working and there was no way to
.get the horse over to him, and no.p1ace
to tie him but to the fence,.which was
new.

Well, I tied him to a str[...]aid to

i 4‘.‘.--1--. ‘:7. “W .
cnarne that Ibetter hurryiback as I not-, _ o__t_u,,1n the gluck I called at a
iced my horse was getting re[...]led back amt; "rue:-e"we '*"&”i‘ew"

tors for the after-

and then jumped forward and put both noon and I was invited to sit in andhave
front legs through the fence, one on each some tea and cakes. All were seated

side of the post, and before the wires-
could be out he had the sinews andflesh
torn away at the back of both knees and
the joints cut into. No hope at all for him.
I had to take the saddle and bridle offend‘
carry them home on my back, fording the
river, and leave Glass to kill and bury.
him. I have lost other fine young horses

and older ones, but nothing that cut me.

to the heart like this. Well I miss the
team, they were friendly, honest and
willing workers, and many is the hard
days work they had faithfully done for me.
If I were feeling abit down and out, they-
seemed to know. Many is the time I have
gone out to the team and had them crowd-
ing round, shoving one another away to
get to me and offer their friendship and
sympathy. I should say that the horses
assisted greatly in my business success.

I have no doubt that alotofpeople would
say I had done well, been su[...]nd
so on. And, myself I never seemedto con-
sider the matter.

If I felt lonely or unhappy I went at my
work a bit harder to forget.

Worked the horses at times for their
companionship and in a sense making
work my religion. Always doing my work
well, never doing anything in a slip-
shod way. Always, doing my best. _

And I undertook just about all jobs
about the farm, or mill as I came to
them, and found that there was very
few jobs I was unable to do.

A succe[...]hat end?

I realise now, have done for some
time. That I have failed. Failed to pro-
vide naturally for some one to take my
place in the great scheme of things.

Too late has it dawned on me, man's
real intended place.

I have faced the past alone.

The future has still to be faced - alone.

Too well do I realise the truth of the
old proverb. That it is easier for a camel
to pass through the eye of a_ needle, than
for a man to enter the kingdom of heawn.
We come mm the world naked, so must
we leave it, without possessions.

You might ask, when and how did I
realise, that I had. failed. I have only

about on boxes, planks, etc., out on the-
grass. A happy little gathering. After-
wards, I drove two girls home to their
destination. Somehow, from this after-
noon, I have fully realised, I had some-[...]not
realise until too late my mistake, I'had
been thinking of nothing but my home,
business and work. I had been making
these things my religion. Too well do I
realise now that soon the work of my
life time will be scattered to the four
Winds. ‘

You will not wonder I think how I came
to build and name the little show boat.
Later purchasing my fishing outfit and
building the larger boat as yet unmanned.

It was not for the pleasure of camp-
ing on the beach by myself.

Right well in fancy do I see _and re-
member my first trip to the beach in
the larger boat. The difficulty in getting
the net set, having to contend with a
strong current and heavy winds. And in
a moment realising that the fine little
boat my last work, complete with ears,
rowlocks, ropes and sundries, was out
of reach and going to destruction.

How I raced along the sand to try if

ssible, to intercept it, when it entered

e river proper and found the water too
deep and rapid and I could ford out no[...]as frantic, for m yea]! I did not seem
to care if this were the last tide, the
last chapter. Finis. '

But a miracle seemed to happen, the‘
boat was carried rapidly by the wind and-
current out of the side channel, into the
swiftly running river, seemed to hesi-
tate and the wind took control, driving
the boat across and against the current,
eventually stranding it on the opposite
side ofthe riversomedistanceupthe
stream where I later recovered it. It just
seemed impossible that this couldhappen.
Some would say. divine interventiomlknow
not. Is it that in thegreat schemeof things
my work is not yet finished. That danger
has passed close by so many times and
not destroyed. Is there some object not
revealed. That the tide has ebbed andflow-
ed and injured not. Is there to be one last-
trial. Time and opportunity, for a last
and final chapter before the reaper calls

to go back some two short years. one 50 add Finlsto thisrecord.

' Like a scene from early
America is this old photo by

' _-Harold Hende, showing the
U.‘ one time I-lari-Hari accom-

..[...]ances

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In ‘Go West for Gold’, published in December 1965, was a
plan of the town of Goldsborough on page 19. This plan had been

‘signed by many of those folk who had been born in the town. This
is the list:— '

J. Cuff 1869

I. McGrath 1872

L. Tomasi 1874

Philpo Martini Oct. 18 1880
William Hanrahan 1880

W. M. Routhan Jan. 4th 1881
J. Routhan Sept._ 26th 1383

J. Goodwin 1885

J. Gambirazzi 1890

J. Manzoni 1890

Gordon Griffiths 1892 Maori Gully
Mary Ann Curtain 1897

A. J. Ge[...]A. J. Mc-
Neil, Jim Taylor, T. Lovell, Bob
Jones. The original signed plan is
held in the hotel at KumaraJunction

Kathleen Bernhardt 23-6-9
(Mrs Holstein)
W. Routhan 1910
D. J. Steele 18/2/10

Clark Carry 1911

A. Griffin 1912

Martha Routhan 1912

Edward Steele 1912

L. Tinetti 21-10-1913

? Roberts 1914

M. C. Smith 1914

Greta Kenning 1915
(Mrs Symons)

Thomas Gordon Steele 1918

Roy Francis Roberts 1920[...]le 1942

t

I

Thomas Edward Roberts 1911

Janice R. Dalkie Mar. 26 194

‘Coast over the Otira

ABOVE: At a recent if“
demonstration in the
Greymouth Electric
Power Board showroom 1 - a. -»
in Greymouth. Jennifer ‘I
Bennett of Auckland_ , ._._. .,._-[...]RE, -;. -
WHEN, and WHO: ‘
any reader identify this
photo from the collec- ' '
tlon of Joe Divis? Let's
hear from you - write i
to the editor, Box 321, '-‘B

Greymouth. ll. '7'

5 .
'=**- graceful, enticing
curves of Mt Tasman
look down on the West
' Coast's mighty gla- _f
ciers. But, say, what .
is this in the middle of
the ice-field. No, it's
not a mirage (thank
goodness). In fact it's '
quite real. But what[...]n't
as fussy about keeping F
clean!‘ I
Oh yes, the model’s “-
name — nearly forgot
it. Now le[...]why, I have forgotten. _-
Oh dear. (photograph
by the editor). -

_i

question - is this pram
ancient or modern?
Could be either couldn't .-
it? You just keep on
guessing. ‘ _
BELOW: From another '
old glass plate of Bob
Selby’s collection is
this view of Kumara in
the 1900's. Stop and -
have a look at the old '
town as you visit the

road.