HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN

Taranaki Daily News, 10 June 1932, Page 10

HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN

PIONEERS OF THE PLAINS recalling old associations. VETERAN SETTLERS AT MANAIA. “Do you remember ?” • • • the ’eighties” .. . ‘ "'hen W y clearing the bush ’ . . • • Wle e> Did they remember? A answer, to the question as i aW the pioneers of the Waimate Plains was forthcoming at the Maim’a? fc yesterday. Old friendships inter luptea a generation since were rene fl ■* . From far and near they flocked to the function. Old differences were against the natural enemies of the pioneel we ’■‘’SnTthe flood of anecdotes that flowed! In the formal programme the per sonal touch was never a . bsen /> the little bands of pioneers gatheied each had some tale, joyous ® ad or sniring, of which to remind his heaters. The pioneers of the plains are scattered now, but they have not forgotten. The following almost complete list o a’i Z atteSdedshows how = o the snirits who laid the foundations of the prosperity of the richest corner of WE?rallied to too bogle <»1 of old associations.. Ma " y '’^ ere in the great ’eighties when the; vir bush was acquired by the settlers. Pro minent among a gathering notable for the presence of the S rAnd ®} d , the past were Messrs. J. McCarthy and the “dairy king,” Mr. J. J. Paterson.

THE ROLL CALL. Among those present were: T. Herbert (1894), Hawera, A V. Tait (1881), k'nnnnra D P. F. Malone (1893), Ka pongab W. P. Wallace (1885), Waverley S. C. Mcßae (1884), Patea, Hilda Spratt (Mcßae, 1884), Waverlcy, P. A. Mcßae (1884), Hawera, M. Franklin (1888), Hawera, M. y ’ 1895), Inaha, A. J. Brennan (1890), Opunake, Evan Jones (1892), Hunterville, Mrs. Jack Leslie (1882), Kaiwaka, Mr. and Mrs. Sprosen, Waitara, R. Hutchinson (1882), Manaia, Robert Hutchinson (1900), Paeroa, F. L. Dudley (1 92 P naia) the Rev. B. Dudley, F.R.A.b. ?1929), Manaia, Mrs. E. G. Betts (1902), Manaia, E. G. Betts (1884), Manaia, H. Betts (1883), Manaia, H. L. Betts (1884), Stratford, Miss R. F. W. Betts (1884), Manaia, W. H. Corkill (1924), Otakeho, J. S. Greenhill (1910), Otakeho, I. J. Bridger, Eltham, K. Bridger, Eltham, C. G. Foreman (1890), P. Skoglund, Stratford; Janies Byrne (1887), New Plymouth, James Meuli (1891), E. B Young (1895), Hawera, Mrs. J. S. Young (1895), Hawera, P. Hammonds (1907), Manaia, Wynne Dale (1925), Hawera, E. R. R. Dale (1925), Haweia, F. N. Frances, New Plymouth, Mrs. Smillie (L. Milroy), New Plymouth, J. Meuli (1884), Manaia, Mrs. J. Memi (1884), Manaia, G. H. Meuli (1885), Manaia, Mrs. G. H. Meuli (1912), Manaia, J. E. Meuli (1888), Okaiawa, Helena Topless (1885), Urenui, M. Gall_(1880), Strathmore, J. M. Clague (1905), Manaia, Mrs. J. M. Clague (1912), Manaia, E. Clague (1905), Manaia, K. Clague (1905), Manaia, A. J. Christie (1902), Manaia, J. H. Hansen (1915), Manaia, D. Mourie (1882), Opun’ake, P. Bond, Hawera, W. D. Gulliver (1907), Manaia, A. J. Paterson (1906), Manaia, C. Tait (1882), Kapuni, G. R. Smith (1883), Kapuhi, A. M. Stoddart (1921), Manaia, Mrs. H. H. Mead (1895), Manaia, H. H. Mead (1907), Manaia, L. J. Stoddart (1894), Manaia, R. Miller (1927), Manaia, Mrs. R. Miller (1927), Manaia, A. R. Bates (1888), Kaponga, John Houston, Hawera, Mrs. J. Houston, Hawera, Anne Bates, Kaponga, Mrs. J. Mabel Craig, Fitzroy, P. Tarrant (1881), Manaia, Mrs. A. Gamlin (1913), Kaupokonui, A. Gamlin (1885), Kaupokonui, Mrs. J. Joyce (1892), Kaupokonui, J. L. Campbell (1882), Eltham, E. J. Righton (1892), Wellington, J. D. Proffitt (1892), Alton, S. J. Hird (1890), Patea, R. *N. Hird (1890), Kafamea, R. H. Donald (1892), Hawera, J. E.'McNie, Rapanui, C. Benton (1890), Auroa, C. Campbell (1881), Otakeho, M. N. Hastie (188'1), Manaia, J. Browning (1931), Manaia, G.' M. Anderson (1886), Mahoe, G. M. Anderson (1909), Wellington, A. G. Ogden (1882), Hawera, M. E. Frahm (1882), Hawera, L. M. Reardon (1894), Inglewood, L. M. Silver (1890), Eltham, F. E. Silver (1907), Eltham, H. Thomson, Stratford, P. Thomson, Stratford, F. Mourie (1881), Manaia, I. M. Glenn (1882), Hawera, W. S. Glenn (1882), Wanganui, Mrs. W. S. Glenn (1882), Wanganui, T. C. List (1902), New Plymouth, Mrs. J, T. Clague (1909), Manaia, J. T. Clague (1904), Manaia, Mrs. E. C. Dudley (1885), Hawera, Mrs. S. V. Washer (1896), Inaha, Mrs. P. Barleyman (1896), Manaia, Mrs. V. H. Hobday (1887), Manaia, Mrs. E. A. Mitchell (1884), 'Manaia, A. G. Bennett (1894), Manaia, J. S. Gamlin (1885), Manaia, I. Smith (1887), Kapuni, Mrs. E. Smith (1882), Manaia, Mrs. J. S. Gamlin (1920), Manaia, Mrs. F. MePhillips (1899), Manaia, Miss C. MePhillips (1909), Manaia, Mrs. E. Bennett (1928), Manaia, Mrs. Welham (1892), Manaia, Mrs. H. Wells (1882), Hawera, Mrs. F. Old ,(1882), Hawera, R. ,E. Old (1884), Hawera, A. G. Bryant (1888), Tangarakau, L. G. Nielsen (1904), Manaia, J. J. Meldon (1902), Manaia, A. E. Moss (1921), Stratford, Mrs. M. Butler (1879), Manaia, Mrs. F. Sattler (1895), Kapuni, C. P. Crowley (1882), Kaponga, Mrs. C. P. Crowley (1908), Kaponga, B. McCarthy (1881), Hawera, E. MePhillips (1891), Hawera, T. Joyce (1887), Okaiawa, Mrs. T. Joyce (1883), Okaiawa, P. G. Knight (1883), Tataraimaka, Mrs. P. G. Knight (1879), Tataraimaka, Mrs. P, A. Bourke (1894), Whenuakura, C. E. Franklin (1894), Taumarunui, Miss M. Franklin (1895), Ma--naia, A. Franklin (1894), Manaia, D. J; Hughes (1880), Normanby, D. M. Waddell (1894), Tongaporutu, J. J. Patterson (1870), Manaia, E. Christie (1900), Manaia, W. A. Duckwortn (1883), Hawera, Mrs. J. Glenn (1881), Otakeho, Mrs. W. A. Duckworth (1889), Hawera, J. Glenn (1881), Wanganui, E. Bourke (1882), Inaha, Aka Mann, Nganeko, Rangi Phillips, Whakatutu, Ihaka Rei, Takamori, Miss J. Stoddart (1884), Manaia, Mrs. J. Gilmour (1884), Fitzroy, Mrs. H. Young (1881), Stratford, A. Hastie (1881), Normanby, W. Sutton (1879), Manaia, J. R. Sinclair (1885), Manaia, C. B. Fitzgerald (1903), Hawera, C. A. Stackhouse (1881), Feilding, M. Mannex (1885), Manaia, T. R. Mannex (1883), New Plymouth, J. McCarty (1878), New Plymouth, Mrs. J. McCarty ,(1884), New Plymouth, C. Mitchell (1881), Manaia, E. A. Mitchell (1881), Manaia, L. E. Corey (1892), Hawera, E. E. Jones (1892), Manaia, C. Jones (1892), Manaia, Mrs. Collins (1881), Hastings, Mrs. J. Borrie (1879), Manaia, E. Hunger (1889), Manaia, Mrs.C. Hunger (1894), Manaia, Mrs. J. Deacon (1884), Manaia, Mrs. E. Godfrev (1896), Hawera, Mrs. J. S. Wilson fl 898), Hawera, Mrs. E. MePhillips (1886), Hawera, Mrs. Stenlake (1880), Otakeho, Mrs. Mannex (1884), Eltham.