NEW PLYMOUTH IN 1841-43
A STARTLING ESCAPADE. * ■■"- 1 —: -14' v.<X-i But to return to the New Piymmifll 3 ■ of 1841-43 . . . Upon a lower terrace oi Mt. .Eliot there was a small cottage built of clay, originally for- the use oE ■ a gardener or catretaker. When M®. Wicksteed arrived he' found two of Captain- Liardet’s nephews-named Wright occupying the cottage. They had come . from England to‘join their uncle, and were natuarlly disappointed when they found their unde had gone to Sydney en route to England. Both youths had < VC) been midshipmen in the naVy and felt that their plans had . been hopelessly frustrated. Soon afterwards they left themselves for England. _ . '■'*) But the cottage is associated with • > v more important piece of. history than that. Mrs. Wicksteed’s maid, Turnafj ,> j married Richard Lowe; it was whfls
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1932, Page 15
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134NEW PLYMOUTH IN 1841-43 Taranaki Daily News, 23 December 1932, Page 15
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