ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO TO-DAY

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 29 October 1941, Page 4

ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO TO-DAY

A NELSON CHRONOLOGY | 29th October, 1841: j Observed this morning the water very ; much discoloured owing to the heavy ! rain of yesterday. Calm and fine. At 9 the Arrow weighed and ran j down to the Kaitiriiiri and anchored] outside the cove in order to receive the Chiefs. At 11 went down with all surveyors j then on board and the masters of the | ships. At 12 the Chiefs came on board— ] Charlie or Etui. Ewaku, Epo, Eporewa, j and Etongo. Epiko, Emanu and Erie. ] were not present although included in j the number. I told them I should j [ give them a present upon settling on j the land called the Taitap. although it! had been purchased by Colonel Wake- j [ field from Te Raupero and Hiko two j years ago. They said Te Raupero had | never given them any of the trade and ! | that they therefore had nothing to do 1 with the sale. Upon my saying 1 1 : should give them a present equal to I their proportion of what they ought to have received from Te Raupero. they i I said that was very well, although they ] I did not like to talk about Te Raupero’s j i having sold their land without giving ! j them a share. When I named the i i articles they were perfectly satisfied i [ and went away quite pleased upon my I I giving to each of the twelve, notes fori ] the articles, viz... 10 blankets. 2 axes. 1 i I double-barrelled gun, 121 b of powder. I ! lewt of tobacco. 1 cwt biscuit, and 300 | ' pipes. Epiko’s absence arose from a feud i ; between him and one of the other ! . Chiefs. Enake, respecting the latter's ! daughters, but lie had agreed to ac - j quiesce in whatever the others agreed I upon. i Returned to the ship and made ar- j I rangements for going over with the j j chief surveyor to the Waikatou to ex- I amine the site for the town and sound j ! the harbour, having now decided on j ] fixing Blind Bay or Tasman’s Gulf, an i ■ only hesitating as lo the harbour an i i site of the town between the entrance ! I of what is called the Waikalu and the; ; Kaitiritiri. — Captain Wakefield’s Diary. 1 For list of presents and their value , j see Parliamentary Papers 203. p.p. 46-48. ! j Ship Bolton, 540 tons. Captain I. P. : j Robertson, sailed from Gravesend with ! 1 289 passengers and emigrants aboard, j ! The Richmond Patriotic Dance Com ; mittee will hold its final [dance for the j ] season on Thursday, Gth November. A ] ! free bus for town patrons will leave ] | the Suburban Bus stand at 8 p.m,* j