UNKNOWN

Spoaldng.o% 110 (loath of Nicholls, senior! To on Thursday la«t, which we re<^^H in our last issued tlio To Aroha says:—D.ieoasodV arrived in Zealand about thofyoar 1840 by^H " Aurora " —Capfc. Vfoalc—laudiuj^H Wellington. 110 ns a native of^^J mouth, Cornwall. Aftor mni^^| several I"I pa to Sou A A'norica 'VflH clipper " Mail Ikigs A that rog•■ imu botwoon Falmou»h and - Amoriea. 'lio canio to\N°''> T -^'^^^^B wlmvolio rosiaod over s\i^c i, wl^|^^| cxooption of a s\i)v'c tap fV> Molb^^^B so; 110 years ago to soo <^^^M volotious. ' 110 was a coaclfl buik^^^B trade and assisted to buiM thoJ^^l Qovoramont buildings at AuckL^^H llnally settling'in that province. i^^H a fiiw yoav.* l-osideneo in Auctlau^^B caaxo up tlio Thames River, settliu^^B LNiru I'aru, near where the Prej^^| ■bridge'crosses the Upper Thames i^^B Matamata to Tauranga, that woulc^H about '45 1 He was the first mai^H bring cattle from Tauranga byX^^| Wait ore traclr, wlr.ch was a difl^H matter in those days owing to'^^H atovmy winds in tho district. (wo^H ; than aTe Aroha g?!e); and,, havi^H his house-blown-down, he left Kikowhakarue, near Ooromandel, built several schooners, which lie s^H to the Natives, one of tlio vesseV^H sold to the MataraataJSatijs^ -JM block of land, which after .some y.oaM he sold to the late Ur Firth an! formed the nucleus of the MatamaM estate, About 41 years ago lie .agaM rbLu-ned to Matamata, aud. startoH grazing and trading with the vNative.^ until ho was obliged to lefive jus.t before tlio Waikato war, having great diinculty in getting his cattllo to the Auckland market; the Natives (stopped the Waikato road after the fir^t lot. ol cattle were taken down —he \hal to the second lot by Piako, jbassiug tlirough were Mjorrinsville now! stands to where the Miranda "Redoubfr stood and then striking across the cjpuatrj for tho Groat South Road ; they thoi jdosod the Piako road aud tte re i^kider he brbught down bW th west* bank of Waihou river, ,i^uall; shipping them at Hikutaia for Auck land. He also bought ■• grea| qi^anti ties o&Kvheat from the-'.Natives'gifew at Wailjaiakeke, Matamata, andP*ri which was brought "down the rivel." 1 largo canoe 3to the head of navigamio for sailing vessels. Te Aroha wt| regular stopping place. Aitor ■■ war he was trading at Piako Hauraki, finally settling down Te Aroha.

Deceased was the father ot Mi G-. Nicholls of Paeroa, Mr J. 'Nich, Mrs Deavlo, Mvs Smallman and Cartmau, of Maugaiti.