OTAGO ANNIVERSARY
NINETY-FIRST BIRTHDAY LONE WOMAN PIONEER ?Pitr Press Association.) DUNEDIN, this day. Glorious weather was experienced in Dunedin yesterday for the celebration of the ninety-first anniversary of the province of Otago. The principal function was the annual gathering of early settlers, but advantage was taken of the hclidav by many city-dwellers to spend the day out of doors and the beaches in the vicinity of the city were thronged. The Oamaru races were also largely patronised. The Albion Cricket Club celebrated : fs seventy-fifth anniversary with cricket matches, veterans versus present players, and seniors versus juniors. The first band of Scottish colonists arrived at Port Chalmers by the ships John Wickliffe, Philip Laing, Blundell, Victory and Bernicia in 1843. Five hundred and fifty-one souls were brought to these shores by those vessels, and of them all only one survives. A heavy toll has been taken in recent years and yesterday, l\Jrs. Ann Fraser, of Timaru, alone represents the pioneers of Otago.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19895, 24 March 1939, Page 14
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