HISTORY OF THE COLONY.
[BY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION".] Ellington, Tuesday. Speaking at Masterton, the Premier <• y.pressed tin* opinion that steps should be taken before it is too late to acquire from old inhabitants of tins colony records and experiences they have in -their possession for the purpose of writing in an interesting form the history of the various districts. His idea was to send some one paid by the State to the homes in which they live to tak" down a record of their e.\)>erieiioos and embody them in a history of the colony. The. same system might, he added, lie employed in questioning old miners of the West Coast so as to get the result of their early prospecting experiences, and combine that local knowledge with the. scientific explorations now being carried out.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13160, 25 April 1906, Page 6
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