HISTORIC GUN
MAORI WAR RELIC
GIFT TO TE AWAMUTU
The presentation to the Te Awamut , _ Historical Society of a field gun which . was used at the battle of Qrakaii in th ~ . Maori Wars was decided upon by tn Auckland City Council last night. 1 xg was stated that the gun was at preseM on loan from the Old Colonists' Museum to a film company which was making a picture dealing with the battle, the Te Awnmutu Historical JC asked if the council would consider _ p r scnting the gun to the society o part of its collection of Maori relics, as the battle was fought only » few miles from Te Awamutu. - A report from the Parks Cornim ® stated the policy of the Old Colomste | Museum had been that it sh ° u primarily contain articles of interest w the City of Auckland and secondly w Auckland Province. At the same tun y-, it had always been understood that tfl« v, best place for an article of interest was the locality to whiich t; ' referred. If a guarantee could be ° tained that the gun would be placed and cared for by a recognisea authority of a continuing nature, SUOTJ|| as the borough council, it was rec ®T< ', mended that the request bo granted i and the council adopted this courses
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19380520.2.61
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23042, 20 May 1938, Page 10
Word Count
218HISTORIC GUN New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23042, 20 May 1938, Page 10
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in