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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 February 1940, Page 12

Coinciding with the Centenary and the interest in the recovery of so many of the old treasures, the first plough to be made on the coast came to the Alexander Museum, writes “The Post’s” Wanganui correspond■ent. The plough was made in New Plymouth in 1849 by a Mr. Woods for Mr. Trewick, who was farming at Kai Iwi, and is of very primitive structure, apparently made with any material available. _lt has handles, but there was apparently no head to carry a share. An old ploughman who saw it said that it must have broken up the ground, but could hardly plough a furrow. The late Mr. John Morgan, of Wanganui, bought it at Mr. Trewick’s sale some 60 years ago, and the old plough was used for many years at “Newton Lees,” in the Wanganui district. This is the second historic plough to be . housed at the museum. The other was the first to be imported into the district. It was the property of Mr. W. Bell, who farmed Sedgebrook ih the 40’s. The constant menace of Maori raids made Mr. Bell leave his farm and depart for the Nelson district.