A NONAGENARIAN

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 267, 4 August 1908, Page 11

A NONAGENARIAN

■i SCENES OF-LONC ACQ.

.IN INTERESTING LETTER. .'■:; Mrs ipotlier of' a well; -'■'>:\knbwri'jamilyji inc]Mng*'Mrs; •' *W,: Widdop, • :■ ''Mrs.j.'BliW. Stafford* Mrs.' Murray, (of Grey-, town); < Mrs- C. D. Macintosh; Mrs. Charica' Hill, anil Mr. J. Kinmburgh, of Wellington, celebrated heriliinoty-first birthday on Satur- , day ~ ' J : ' »■;.(Tlio.ifld. lady,• who rcsidos-with Mrs. Hill, *pf; sl43ramaijCrescent, came to ■■Wellington . ' from |nßland>nv tho Bhip tGoorgo File in ■: 18i2,' :iid is'therefore one : 'of ;tlie few —tlio ; ~ very f^v— who landed hero as > adults, and car) ■ ronemboi* what "Wellington was like in its infiiic}. ."'iindig;thtfigovoral Totters, dud r Wio old-.lady vecoi>ed was a .-lettoH from:-..the t Rev. -Wm. -J. A\ atkin, v.a Weslomn,.minister, living, m retirement at ■ Auclilflnjti■:" and a brother. ; of ,tho Rev. J. W^fiirj.^.li6aj i ;of 1 --.the;.--Twga' ; Frco ; Ohurch, ; Sjjrustß'd,! advi^er : 'pf> ; Kinp George. , Ho ■ wrofo.-a& ;folldws■ , kr iixsi lunniburgh,—iou are one , " ' F 'lnei'oldest ? 'inhabitants . of -Welling-' • •V ' it's' a -long. loot-back; to the day jvheii.jTib: George .Fife.,anchored in Port MiAllilson,%\d-you, with your good litis- - ■ - .tha rhills. that rose bc-.;/hiiigi-the,: site of the* little town that ■.\ ■ $1$ jb't&ntS'ft'crowded-.:cit£> Then.-lyou _ bsbame;a v, BoUlorj;'.; .antfli^uesiaon';jf s tlKsro.. half a ieSffi'ivho-can recall -..tliat.voarly. year.: Printer •Tom-' M'Kenzia still sur-; ; 'Vivps. and can go a .little. farther back - thin you; : Wars and .'rutaitrß.ofSwar.'Havo:disturbed the long •> cbmpa'D'y-.' of, soldiers bf, the ■/. ■. •t9sli]l'' ,, Roglment;'(Caiftailv .'Eaton, - I.iou- . V ■ -i— and r l ittlfe! ign Ccr'v an tc s.. .6fficer'«);' \l»m . sora':aHer;-o'9uf./tfmval.-'-Vl t wa»..- ; in.."t.Bio. that.-1 first' s£in'Wcllington.'-You 7 , yroitf:living .noar-Broadbent's—his . shop - facing :Manners''Streot-T"JJiircb, -tho baaway;: , Houghton's,-, and . 'Crqiitlier's u( Willis Stteet, and Wil»kiwi's; Rftdp'isfojifs a^ittlo,. further up. ; - iAVpfJt boyai- C°f- Fmemorp!s. School used . - ■- tflV&ss .• Vtfur-' doopi.thrco:.,or.!-four-4"rt«> • I 'remember/wbl] v-wh.at a..; ,' jlffiiiioy -pair! of'tjhildrenV Lizz'io - ; ' lnfti were .in .their Sunday ,You -ftiJr?-on'/ August-il,, L be,' a'?lo ,to -count ,'Jfiue j,oara on "earth' as 91 lou can "pi-will /yaws-homo- iiwEngland,-and tho-. ' • -V. .fSo'uds; jbfc; youri'jyouth,'; . your: marriage .'• wiSJfr nortabl]o;,dayr-tlipn panio thoughts-.,: - -«dfi'Smigratiugv tlion' the .decision to .como . toSNcw 1 - Zealand—packing: taking . v' '',\f6yto, \tl& •" sight; ,ofland, v thelarhour reaohedi-the anchor dropped, -V, , ' and .theii, with your, fellow-'passengers, . -m-tho . boat Si.,, I 'havq a , ■ ■ ' boot on.early:3Nen'',Zealarid. j Ip it. theio ; ■ list'-'of'-thoiw: wherioamo• mtthe. early. ■ • - 'ilfi's, and-'the vessels .they camo. by. . I r have -just looked over .it, and. thoie. are. . " nearly thirty namesi . Those ljest known V..wfio : caffiß'6y®^6iiS.-vMßel7.wri , e t '.Chatl?s : -Fitzgerald. William, Fox, , -v- His; brothers. llichaj , a;£fnd William), James May, John Patters3n,t.tlie -Redwoods;. Webster and ■ ■•h the--last--two:-names.-- Most. :MvQ£6ho',§ence; : / The scripture is true, ' . : jy;hich7' One generation . passeth andtlier' generation 'come'th.' ■ • jjTWre 'wdtild. 'be ' rppm enough fn; this - aU^iwd^HHree'.-score'. and tojij the inajority?; do not livo " v -'sai6^^l^^gfheir/ t accident, • . 1 large proportion, who ■leave the'- state ; of life. ~ one our ; ii; -. ' hyiiiris says:— '; :; > ■J /''.'-.fTis ifi'felwe: shouldrtp/dii'st feturii, j Since sucll the Will of tljg'Mo&t High.' 1 ■ •' *' In .company with- your.Q.children and / j children - and .'-your ', many / '.--'.itri^d^'^,9ish ;; ybu :r a-'^ppy^eh'tide,..'. .' . and tthen-callod to depart, you will o'or-. 1 - / 'tak6*:'y6^-'f^l<fved ; from / . you so 'loiig'ago.: . . i " Yours-trulvj-. WlL* J. WATKIN " ■ , v'. .V- '.'■ ■- ■.. 7 yK' v , ; iTALKS ON SHORTHAND. •' jf; f - ' -fl ''■ - ' •-,- ■■ •• ■ ■ " : ■ - .-'-"Mirab.eau gays" Apong "the; greatest inventions'.i>l. tljp humaijr'miud-'ara writing and langiiago. of intelligence • . . self-interest.'' , -of the ■ art;d£?writirig:- ; w;as' 6rigi#ally. a?mattor ,of chisel v and the. invention of press represented ..fflaftellbusVstrides forward-in the pr6serra-'tidfiijin--^fiten^i'^dm''' < bf";tße ideas', of - tden:s. .fir; back-as .recorded history goes ..there'-existed',the 'desire ahd ; 'the means to record; ths» spoken* -word, 1 as as it was uttered.''^";'TWe;i.Ch'ineso .' . system '' of ~ sKorthand' years ago j ' th'e ; ■ Ro'm"aiis, ; h'ad v a' system: of arbitrary signs for •. 'each;-:word,-.which was practically.-- a .system .of',shorthand". - '.-.v . ' The..: world, progress:. Ahouty 1837 Gabelsberger, in. Germany,-. and-Pitman, in Eng- . land, ; of 1; shorthand'on' the .Thoso- systems represented tho"-most 'advanced, thought in this vfleld: for the.iriexfc-fifty.,yodrs. > : ;Thon Mr. Jphn-It. Gregg onginatod a system which eliminated .position writing, shading, and this slant' of the old • systems; 'Immediately . tho' new -.system' • .gaihed'"Jiead^S^,- : . althpugh-'-its', introduction was;iPugh£-6y''the; old-time systems just ag the introduction? of-, lajiour-saving millinery , was foi!ght;ia-tJip • industrial world/. In spito ofthis,;,ppp'ositi6ri,■..".Grogg -Shorthand has grown in-pppulaTity r iin'-all' parts-of tho world, ■ i I'ull: information f regar'ding the Gregg Systom . can be-obtained upon 'application- to (he; Now Zealand Sir. J. Wyn. , Irwin,-'.'G.rpgc . . Institute,'". Cuba - Street, ~ - '■■ ;■'■■_'