"THE EARLY DAYS."

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXII, Issue LXXII, 21 December 1916, Page 4

"THE EARLY DAYS."

SOM^l RECOLLECTIONS.

Fifty-one' writes: Your Remarks on* ! the death o f Caddy Davies takes meback in thought to the days when New llymouth was nearly all grass and! everyone knew everyone^before in. fact, any "blue blood" made its appearance and caused the line to be drawn. ! ihose were the days of true enjoyment,, wien the whole of Taranaki was one family, an<l "Jack was as good as hisWK 1' wS addJ Da^ s (as ™»■■» hibrother Will.and a sister) was a recognised member of the Sharland family (three boys-Fred, Jim and Charlie-l-and several girls; not forgetting 'J Q e" bharland, who, although a full-blooded Maori, was a pnviliged servant of thefamily, and addressed those outsideJH heads >y their Christian names). [ Caddy Davies, like many of those boys, who resided m the town in the early WJ—namely, and Frank Stanl4 lsh. Jom and Will 'Humohries, Oliver and. Ed Sam«el. Allan Douglas R C X* W^r Hnghes, T. K. *«& John, bkinner, the Chilmans (including Solomon Grundy) Charlie Redhead and. others—received a grounding in education at.Beardsworth^s School, on the old Market Place., having for a playground what is now town as the nost office-": | block Caddy was always a cheerful; and staunch schoolfellow, and was ever ready to champion the cause of the* weak against tne bully—for even m .those one family days the disposition to. I make a butt of some unfortunate' I youngster was strongly developed in, several of the elder boys. I know for 1 was pne of the youngest boys in theschool, and although I dare say that cnt many occasions I deserved what vas promised yet Cadd r had to be reckoned with, and as.a result the chasrirseu^nfr was .postponed indefinitely Caddy Danes was. always a good sort; and I cannot help adding my mite to big. memory. When the time came he readily gave his services as a vulunteerdunng the Maori war, and he was just as much esteemed by all with whom hecame -n contact as he was at ««iooL<: Regarding "Joe" Sharland. After the^ war, he. went to Stony River amongst his own and took unto himself a wire The change was not a beneficial" one. He practically forgot all r.he Trghsh he knew, and in other ways wpnfc