FIFTY YEARS’ AGO
The following items of interest are taken from the Bay of Plenty Times of 50 years ago:— J The unusual occurrence of six steamers and a man-of-war being in our harbour caused quite a stir last week. We hope the time is not far distant when this will be tlw rule rather than the exception The natives belonging to Rangawaea, Motuhoa, Matakana etc have been bringing a lot of’ wheat into market during the past week for the purpose of raising funds to travel to Huntly with On Friday last‘the reef on Clark’s Freehold was further opened un The stone is of first class quality and mil o ., sulohides. In some places gold is visible in the stone ' A shark fourteen feet in’ length and eight feet in girth was caught near Guard’s Pass, Pelorous Sound the other day It had one hundred and fourteen hard teeth, in seven row-s, besides two of soft teeth—that is growing teeth. The largest tooth measured 1J inches. The of watS 8 ° aUght in only ei ® ht
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 14640, 8 April 1948, Page 4
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176FIFTY YEARS’ AGO Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 14640, 8 April 1948, Page 4
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