EARLY HISTORY
RECALLED BY.DEATH ON MVTAKANA ISLAND. (Br TEIESR .PH.-SPEC'.U TO THE I'OST.) - ■ ■ ,■ • AUCKLAND, This Day. A lew days ago there:passed away afi Matakana.-Island 'the well-known" half- 1 .caste chibt, Joe Murray. The deceased's father was a .well-known trader, shipwright, and boat-builder, who settled Jii the Bay ..of Plenty •nearly. ICO years ago, being one of our earliest settlers' lor many years. The deceased and his brothers assisted their father in ' his trading operations and on the tvndin" vessels, including the cutter Karawa. one of the largest cutters on the coast of kew Zealand, which was afterwards converted into a ketch. They, at that time, had interests at Boat Harbour, near Tairua, and on Tauraaga Harbour. Deceased was a factor for good amonIns Maori people, and a> keen sup" porter o£ sports of all kinds, including an annual, horse-race..meetiug near his home on the island. Many of his descendants have made their names in the athletic world, especially in Rugby and boxing.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 131, 6 June 1925, Page 6
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EARLY HISTORY
Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 131, 6 June 1925, Page 6
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