THE REGATTA OF 1839.
Active measures have already been set on foot to render this Annual Gala day equal, if not superior, to that of any that has gone before. Regattas and Sailing Clubs are matters' on which the English, above all nations in world, especially pride themselves, and in that great National sport, the nobles of Great Britain employ vessels of from ten |Q we hundred tons burthen) and built,
manned, and equipt at a cost of many thou-! sands of pounds. ' The yacbi fleets and sqttadrons are the glory of Englabd ; they are magnificent vessels and some thousands of the best of England's seamen are required to man them; and when the Queen, in August last, at the invitation of the Empe. or of the French, proceeded to Cherbourg to witness the opening of the great Naval Docks there, amidst all tbe splendid ships of war, French and English, drawn together upon the occasion, tbe most striking feature of the Maritime display was universally admitted to be the Lordly yachts of England. America, an offshoot of Eugland. is fast following in England's footsteps in the construction of yachts. And in Australia, Tasmania, and every British Colony, Regattas, the promoters of maritime skill, and the improvers of the sliip-wrights art, are sedulously cultivated. As a maritime people, destined to be second to none in the South Pacific Ocean, Regattas should find especial favour and support from thfe inhabitants of New Zealand. And we are happy, therefore, to learn that the Regatta of 4849 promises well. Two meetings have been held,, a general and special Committee, with an hon. sec. bave been appointed ; and, as two ofour Native friends are zealous members of that Committee, we feel persuaded that they will not only take care to acquaint their brethren with the proceedings, but animate.them with a desire to take an honourable and prominent (act in the business of the festival, which not only affords a day of much enjoyment, but leads to great improvement in the construction of all sorts of boats and vessels.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume V, Issue 24, 15 December 1858, Page 4
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344THE REGATTA OF 1839. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume V, Issue 24, 15 December 1858, Page 4
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