The Early Days of the Settlement of the Colony.

Otago Witness, Issue 2690, 4 October 1905, Page 43

The Early Days of the Settlement of the Colony.

This is a fair specimen of the houses of the native chiefs m New Zealand. They are usually surmounted by figures of male "and female deities, and are surrounded by a strong palisade, which in their wars would piove a very effectual protection against their enemies.

Cook as a counterpoise to the pigs and potatoes.

Pomare, the proprietor of this house, is the son of the chief whose tomb is depicted on the preceding page. The picture shows the various lines of palisading which surround it. The figures seated in front were the wives of Pomare, and the one to the right was suffering severely -at the time the sketch was made from the effects of a severe beating she had recently , received from her husband.

A native tnoe is said to have taken refuge from their enemies in the cavern a.t the back of these falls, and were there discovered, murdered, and eaten. The trees in the foreground are the tree-fern, which grows most luxuriantly all over the colony, the roots forming an aiticle of food with the natives.

(Photos by J. H. Daroux.)

AX AUSTRIAN WARSHIP IX NEW ZEALAXD WATERS: SOME VIEWS OF S.M.S. PANTHEk AND HER OFFICERS AND CREW AT WELLINGTON

ZUr F. Sliipinan (repieserti j: Ihe Jessie MncLach'.ai Conrert Party) Jl r T. E. Robson (representing the Westminster Glee and Concert Party), and ilr Spence • Jones (lepresentin^ the Walkm Mills Conceit Party). The three managers, all hailing fioni the sam;; town in Cinada. had the uniq ie experience of meet rg a tew week* aao, in far-away Dunpclin.

The cio=s indicates the exact spot where tl 1 c Chinaman. Joe Kum Yung, was shot by Terry, on the evening of September 24.

The self-accused murderer of Joe Kmn Yung, at Wellington. It is stated that Teriy explains that he picked out Kum Yung as his victim because he looked old and decrepit, and as if life were a burden to him.

The northern end only of a beautiful stretch of beach is here seen, divided from the Waikouaiti River by Karetane Peninsula (in the middle distance), while stretching away on tihe left, are the sandy shores of Waikouaiti Bay, the home of Otago early settlers.

Tbe dark shadows on the water are sand banks, which, at certain states of the tide, prove most vexatious to boatmen unacquainted with the channel (Photos by Geo. Skey.)

The Dealer: "Oh! there isn't much ado with the horse; 'c's only all that you would notice — down in 00-ndition, an' you can 'aye 'im for thirty bob!" Wayback: "I'll gie ye twenty-five!" The Dealer ••Wei], I can 'ardly afford to give you five bob, but I'll tell you what; I'll throw in his mate!"