SHAKY KNEES.
Turiwiri. Dargaville. Dear Tinkerbell, — Havo you ever been to Dargaville by car, Tink? Well, if you have you are sure to have passed our little district, Turiwiri. It is a plain beside the "muddy Northern Wairoa River, with many hills at the back. As I sit up here on the top of the Turiwiri Hill, from which the district derives its name, I allow my thoughts to stray across the land to the Budget Family, of which I last week bccaine a member, and wonder if they, too, love so much the little dairy cottages and farms. Soon I look towards the neighbouring districts of Dargaville, Mangawliare, Aorea, Aratapu, and Te Kopuru. On the farms close by are some lovely bushes, and also a reserve. Many people wonder why our district has its name, which means "Shaky Knees," but there is a story told of two Maoris who climbed up here, and on reaching the summit one said that his knees were shaking, so perhaps that is the real reason. I must close now, with best wishes to all from / A sincere Budgetite, Miriam Brown.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 299, 18 December 1935, Page 26
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187SHAKY KNEES. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 299, 18 December 1935, Page 26
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