Alter lying in the Wanganui Museum for the past 30 years, minute, but' necessary repair's have been made to the plaster of Paris cast of an historical Tamil bell, Speaking to the director, Mr. J. K. Burnet, a reporter was informed that the original was was found by tlie Rev. Colenso in the Hokiangu district during the early days of the pukclia. settlement- of New Zealand. It was discovered among ftho roots of a tree ..which .had been blown down by a storm and the find was a matter of some surprise. A missionary had once read the inscription written round the hell arid had declared that . it recorded the name of a vessel, its captain and evidence that it! was made in the fourth century, said Mr. Burnet. Nobody knew how it came to New Zealand, -but it was surmised that tbe CJii 11iso liud visited this -country at some time or another prior to European settlement. f' Mr. 11. E. Napier } manager of the N.Z. Fruitgrowers’ Association, lias been invited by the local association to visit Gisborne in the course of the next few weeks to discuss matters affecting the approaching export season. ' • T? I Nip it in the bud) 4 few doses of “Coldenz?,” taken as soon as ; tho first sign of & cold is felt wiY* stop it,
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11767, 14 October 1932, Page 4
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