A Far<i» in Taranaki.—/Miss Leonardo, Hate of Le Bonn's Bay has taught a 68 ( acre fairni. outside StiratfoncN where ,she 'j'nifcau'ds dairying iwi'tih t'hiQ aissis'tiaince of a. neplhetvv. The rprapenty is weilJi grassed and 'close .to a factory witlh a bar-sealed r'oiad! aillong it'he 'Tboundiary. M'any Peninsula friend's wifl'li .wish Miss Leonardo every success im her
'Ma)oi"1 .Implements.—iA. Maori mere audi -a 'greenstone aiclize, -both in an exceilten't state; 'of preservation, were found on ,Baraks Peninsula last weekend) ; by SMi* J. Jeffries amdl cithers. The Made df the mens! was noticed in 'tlhe sand on! it he floor <o!f a c arve, the .adze, heiinig found near .it.. Professor ISpeigfot, curator of 'tlhe Canterbury .Museum, when these reliics were shown t'o him, isaiidl that both (were genuine examples o ; f iMaori Sinf plements. There was no way iof ascertaining tlheflr age. The stone of itlhe mere resembled that found; in it'hie 'Chathaani Islands, but similar .stone was al'so found in Otago. In his 'opinion 'tlhe mere hiad not come •from the iGhiaJtihiam Island's, because its shape idlii'fferie'dl 'fr'om tlhat of the mere made 'by the 'Morlori.
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Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume LVI, Issue 5993, 10 May 1935, Page 3
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