OTAGO EARLY SETTLERS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 22519, 13 March 1935, Page 2

OTAGO EARLY SETTLERS

MONTHLY MEETING OF COMMITTEE The monthlv meeting of the committee of the Otago Early Settlers' Association was held yesterday afternoon, and was attended by Messrs F. W. Knight (immediate past president, in the chair), W. Nicolson, E. Webster, W. H. Ferens, James Brown, H. Baron, C. C. Robertson, James Wallace, and J. C. H. Somerville. , , , „ The chairman reported that all arrange'ments in connection with the anniversary reunion to be held on March 23 and 2o were progressing satisfactorily. Dean Cruickshank would give a short address on Anniversary Day, and the Rev. LB. Ncale would speak in the evening. Mr John Leech would provide the musical programme for both afternoon and evening. . , , The following gifts were received, and votes of thanks were passed to the donors: Mark Higgins, /Dunedin.— Framed portrait of his late mother, Mrs M. Higgins, Dunedin; s.s. Gothenburg, 1863. J. A. Haggitt, Dunedin. —Framed portraits of his late parents, Mr and Mrs D'Arcy Haggitt, jun.; arrived early in 1860.

S. Austin, Dunedin.—Copy of jubilee number of Otago Witness, dated 1898. Mrs W. Gow, Dunedin.—Bookcase made from timber of the pulpit of the First Church, Lower High street, Dunedin, 1848.

H. Henderson, Dunedin.—Copper trade token.

J. F. Menzies, . Christchurch. —Photographs of Mr and Mrs Robert Millar, Invercargill; Mr Millar, Rajah, 1553; Mrs Millar, Mooltan, 1849. James Cruse, Wellington.—Framed portraits of his late parents, Mr and Mrs Edmund Cruse, Dunedin; Mr Cruse, John Duncan, 1863. Charles Freeman, Abbotsford. —Framed portrait of his late mother, Mrs James Freeman, Abbotsford; Warrior Queen, 1868.

Mrs Duthie, Dunedin.—Framed portrait of her late husband, John Duthie, Dunedin; Jura, 1858. Mr Duthie was president of the Otago Early Settlers' Association from 1919 to 1920.

Miss C. Dodds, Dunedin. —Framed portraits of her late parents, Mr and Mrs Alexander Dodds; Mr Dodds, Robert Henderson, 1858; Mrs Dodds (nee Robertson), Caribou, 1867. Mrs P. Gardiner (nee Ferens), Wellington.—Copy of Wellington Evening Post, dated February 9, 1935, being the seventieth anniversary number. 18651935.

Mrs B. Thorp, Roslyn.—Framed original water-colour painting by George O'Brien, showing Lower Harbour, Quarantine Island in the distance. The following deaths were recorded during the month:— Mrs Margaret Culling, Timaru, late Hillgrove (89), Berkshire, 1850; William Hannah, Outram (76), Andrew Jackson, 1864; Thomas Christie, Allanton (81), Strathmore, 1856; Mrs Jane dimming, nee Bower (83), arrived 1861; Mrs Mary Wilson, nee Wise, late Dunedin and Invercargill (84), arrived 1861; Mrs Margaret Lowerv, nee Hislop, Milton (82), Jura, 1858; Mrs Mary Murray, nee Hislop, Milton (90), Jura, 1858; Mrs Helen Carnie, nee Kay, Russell street, Dunedin (86), Stately, 1854; Miss Jessie Grant, Glenledi (81), Ewald, 1859.

The following early settlers were enrolled: —Mrs B. D. Ferrars, nee Jenkins, 134 Somer.ville street, Anderson's Bay, Dunedin, s.s. Omeo, 1862; Charles Forsyth, Table Hill, Milton, Crimea, 1863. The following descendants were also enrolled during the month:—Miss R. Hagen and Mrs Davidson, nee Hagen, Dunedin (parents Stormcloud, 1861); Mrs F. M. Ross, Anderson's- Bay (parents Pladda, I 860); Mrs J. Cunningham, nee Riddle, Dunedin (father arrived 1860); Dr Robert H. Hogg, Invercargill (father arrived 1860's); Alfred Mathewson, Dunedin (father arrived 1860's); Mrs C. Miller, nee Hislop, Roslyn (father Palmyra, 1858) ; John Dnthie, Dunedin (father Jura, 1858); Mrs C. Basire, nee M'Kinnon (father arrived 1858); Miss L. Downes, Dunedin (grandparents Spray, 1861); Mi.ss I. Hogg, Dunedin (grandfather Henrietta, 1860); Miss E. Anderson, Hastings (father Berneeia, 1848); Miss A. Braid, Maori Hill (father Palmyra, 1858); Mrs J. Brighton, nee Bambery, Waitati (father Nourmakal, 1858); Mrs E. Smith, nee James, Auckland (father arrived 1863); David Webster, Kaikorai (father City of Dunedin, 1863); Mrs J. Tweedie, nee Whytock, Roxburgh (father Ben Lomond, 1863); Andrew Carson and Mi6s Jessie Carson, Kaitangata (parents Strathfieldsaye, 1858); Mrs J. Worthley, nee Carson, and Mrs M. Fletcher, nee Carson, Kaitangata (grandparents Strathfieldsaye, 1858); Alexander Allison, Puerua (father Aboukir, 1862); Mrs A. Allison, nee Shields, Puerua (grandparents Blundell, 1848); Mrs H. Cantwell, nee Culling, Dunedin (father Ajax, 1849) ; Mrs 0. Ibbotson, nee Buchanan, Dunedin (grandparents Philip Laing. 1848) ; Miss M. Walker, Dunedin (parents Victory, 1863).