THE REAL RUSSELL

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 12 April 1928, Page 2

THE REAL RUSSELL

"NEW ZEALAND'S FIRST SEAT OF fiOVERNMENT

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“Inures lit l would <loulit loss receive lull min ks (stsit fs t In- Ain kln mi "Sun j. 1 merestlug intoi'iniilioii ns to tin* site of tho iii-jrt .~r;ii of (!ovi*fiinit‘iil is given 1 1v Mr (icongo I’.. Smith, u pioneer of the I’.iiv of IslinuU district. mill now residing at Albert Street. Unrhungii. Mr Smith, who is 16 vein's i• t nge. ntid ullo

sjHMii ii jpvut deal nf ;i sun-iniing li •’»'* in jinrl around I In' Huy of Islands. is nt pivsent ilu: ownor of 1 in* original land upon which was »•!■*■••?t>< 1 i iovenior Hobson's olfioial township.

OR !< iIX AI. R 1 KLL It w;ij? (Inventor Hobson s first itit (,'ttlit'll to establish t tH‘ «_apit m 1 at Koi ova r«*k:i. but suiiirient bind not being avai la i»ii“ at tin- lime. In- purchased from Captain ( lendon 1 1 i> trailing, station nt'ar Roman''* Pa. lb- numod llu' new town Russell and hiking possession id the house upon it lixi-ii the lieudi|Uurlers of the < Invent an nl l here 'lbis ian-ed mine di.-»ol!-I, ■; 11 the part of the Ra\ of Island.' eoinniniii . and later the oliiei.il sehetue ua-, a hand I ami I lie, nan I Russell ami I lie lieadi jiiai I els of the ( transl'ened to Komrareka. Mr Smitli enme into possession ol tin.; site when lie purehased the parrel of land ennui tiling approximately 50 at res from the (lovernment in 1890. la 1889 tile property- was smveyed bv Mr Wheeler, (doveruinent surveyor, who in his report staled: "One of my duties was the eti I ting up into market aide sections of tin 1 (iovernuieui area at the mouth of the M'nikare inlet, opposite (Jpiia. Iktv of Islands. wltieh was hi ought—with. 1 understand, some buildings on it —tor the. seat- oi the ( hivernment. and railed Russell, lor till'* sum ol .016.000. l-'i-o-m other soilives it is ascertained that the I Inventor. being without iutids, t/ftei wards granleil t aptain ( lendon 10.0G0 acres of In ml ineluding part of tiie rich Pa pn tort in* and Manurewa districts. on in count ol this purcliasr.

first n f.w zf.at.axd da or. Air Smith .‘••t.-tted that upon the pvo-pi-i;v 1 lii' ii.niiiJiiii.jns ol’ xlie okl Govi-rn-iiiciit liiul.lifi"'- 'it- 11> Li- sten ri..r (' :i t e Still lemnani ui the first X.-w Z.-nland Caul rVell lo the bucks v.iili v.liu ii tin- il'A.i was p.iYf! ; and the ohi stoJtaiU* v.'lndi ioun. .l pint .A the defensive scheme can still U- ruiccd if/iUid

On t 111- u! tin- ii.il a hul- ab-AU tit. deep and bit in iiiuii.i‘U'l v.hcf(.b .'Vei (ejl iti.-b-'o/l 11 c! ‘J *i.it 1 i lu I lilt-1 ly U'.vJ. and til tin- bai.i: L.i tbi.‘ section UK- tilt- l. ilia.lrt nl til'.' -iiat.'l. i'a witb , t : ,-i v i ..(iipi.ii- .-tystirm o! n oik.lh.--s t , f ., | ~t 1. . - 1 ra,i \.l ill 'lit ill 111 ia I tt.> 'I it : - U lull ill!' land '.I-' pill ( llil-a-d tl'-'in ii,t> Guverntinnl ii a.ivo riv in ;..in«iHiit t -i't iri in 1 1 •• i. 1 1- i'i i!ii- bay I 'i Islands ilia! s.iuli mi Jilsi*n ii-iil a|i"t si H ill It I la- allowed t• > pass inti, juiviit I* hands.

Allliougli .Mr Smiili is inuiul io own l!ns 1 ;tiul. wlii.il r.-|n'l'SiMil.- nil.- .it tin* |iii*Uiost spills in llu' liny. Willi .itlit'is 1,,, j i‘.i ii*l S I lull it Will n,,1 lci.pl an t*s«-1 V«'