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Gisborne Times, Volume LXV, Issue 10392, 9 May 1927, Page 4

DON’T MISS IT! DON’T MISS IT! WHAT ? WHAT? THE GISBORNE TIMES SPECIAL ILLUSTRATED NUMBER GOLDEN JUBILEE OF BOROUGH OF GISBORNE AND OF COOK COUNTY 1877-1927. 34 PAGES 34 PAGES MOST ELABORATELY ILLUSTRATED DAILY NEWSPAPER EVER PUBLISHED IN THE DOMINION.

230 ILLUSTRATIONS 230 ILLUSTRATIONS 230 ILLUSTRATIONS SPECIAL FEATURES: “COOK’S VISIT IN THE LIGHT OF MAORI TRADITION.”— By the late Bishop W. Williams. MAORI RULE ON THE EAST COAST Stirring Incidents on the East Coast when the Pakehas feared Expulsion. “A RECKLESS, GODLESS PEOPLE.’* —Life in Poverty Bay before the Advent of the Missionaries. “OVER THE SlDE.” —Story of Wiremu Parone (William Brown), the Runaway Sailor. “COMING OF THE CHURCH TO THE EAST COAST.”— Days when Laymen Conducted Christenings, Marriages, Burials. “FROM BUSH AND SCRUB TO SMILING PASTURES.”— Development of Cook County. “WHALING STATION TO CITY.”— The Romance of Gisborne. “A MAN OF MANY PARTS.”— Life Story of the late Mr. Crawford, Gisborne’s first Mayor. A PAKEH A*S RAMBLES THROUGH POVERTY BAY IN 1873. “THE PIONEER SCHOOL.”— lncidents recorded by the first schoolmaster, Mr. W. Deane Lysnar. ADVENTUROUS LIFE OF C. A. BETTINGTON, who Recovered Body of the Prince Imperial in the Zulu War and was Knighted. INTERESTING INTERVIEWS : “LOOKING BACKWARD.’* —Mr. Frank Harris describes Capt. Read and other Early Settlers. “REMINISCENCES —GRAVE AND GAY.” —By Mr. H. J. Clayton. “THE DAUNTLESS THREE.” —Brothers Price recall early events. “A PEN PICTURE OF GISBORNE IN THE EARLY ’7o’S.”— By the late Capt. Ferris. “BACK TO THE ’6o’s.” —Mr. William Parker's Earliest Recollections. “UNDER THE STARS.” —Mr. Bobt. Goldsmith tells of the search for the Hau Haus. “V/HAT PATUTAH S WAS LIKE IN ITS INFANCY.*’ —By Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hills. “A RED LETTER DAY.’’ —Opening of the First Section of the Gisbornenorth Railway. LIFE STORY OF THE LATE MR. W. L. REES, BARRISTER, STATESMAN —AND IDEALIST. —By one who knew him. “EXCITING EXPERIENCES IN THE ’GO’S.”— By Mr. Itobt. Thelwall. “THE DUTIES OF THE A.C.’’— Told by Mr. John Walsh. “EARLY LAND PROBLEMS.” —By Mr. C. A. DeLautour. “DAYS OF THE PIONEERS.” —By Mr. George Poulgrain, who landed in Gisborne as a babe 77 years ago. “STORIES OF THE PAST.” —By Mrs. W. W. Smith, Bushmere. “HOW THE WAIKATO WAR BEGAN.’’ —As told by Mr. Ezra Smith. “HUMOROUS EXPERIENCES OF GISBORNE’S FIRST POSTMAN.”— By Mr. “Joe” Fyson. “THE LAIRD OF TOANGA.” —Mr. Ewen Cameron’s early days. TALKS ON OLD TIMES.— By Mrs. John Townley, the G.O.L. of Gisborne, Lady Carroll, Mr. James Erskine, Mr. Fred Hall, Mr. W. Good, and others.

SPECIAL ARTICLES: THE BUILDING ©F THE GISBORNE-MOTU' RAILWAY. CENSUS OF POVERTY BAY RESIDENTS IN 1885. LITTLE MINNIE PARKER’S BRAVE DEED. HOW KING SILT WON THE FIRST LONG ROUND OF THE HARBOR BATTLE. THE MENACE OF SCAB DISEASE AMONGST THE POVERTY BAY ' FLOCKS. HISTORIC ASSOCIATIONS OF WHANGARA.— By Mrs. E. J. Smith. POVERTY DAY’S PROGRESS TOLD BY PICTURE Sketches and Views from Cook’s Day. Maori Canoes on Turanganui River. Bishop Williams’ Sketch in Relation to Cook’s Doings. Gisborne in Primitive Times. . Picture of Notorious Te Kooti. Photos of Military Officers who took part in the East Coast Wars. Gascoyne’s Plan of Siege of Ngatapa. Kaiti Redoubt at Time of Massacre. Waerenga_a-hika after the Fighting. Poverty Bay Martyrs. Capt. Read’s Famous Pound Note. Mission House after the 1865 Fight. Early and Modern Views of Town and Port PIONEERS AND VETERANS. ~— $ The “Times” Photo Gallery includes Photos_ of scores upon scores of Pioneers and Veterans, including— BARNET BURNS, The Tattooed Pakeha—lß29-31. CAPT. J. W. HARRIS—First Whaler and Trader—lß3l. Thos. Halbert (senr), Richard Ponlgrain, Hirini Te Kani, Karauria Pahura, Tutu Nihoniho, Henaro Iveepa Ruru. n. Sir James Carroll in Boyhood, Lady Carroll in Early Life. ■ Early Church Leaders, “Happy Jack,” the Whaler, Capt. Read, Mr. and Mrs. W. Parker J senr.), Mr. Alex Munro .(who surveyed the town), Mr W. Deane Lysnar'(father of Mr. W. D. Lysnar,- M.P.), Members of the Tail' and Uren Families, Rowley Hill, V.C., Major Ropata, Etc., Ltc. ORDER EARLY ORDER EARLY. Readers, Please Note— OWING TO ENORMOUS FURTHER EXPENSE THAT WOULD -BE ENTAILED A RE-PRINT OF THE ISSUE WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE. ORDER EXTRA COPIES NOW; AND SAVE DISAPPOINTMENT. PRICE 2d ■' PRICE 2d.