SHERWOOD DOWNS
GENERAL NEWS. This year, the annual school picnic was held in Timaru, Many people availed themselves of the special railway excursion, and both parents and children spent a very enjoyable day on Caroline Bay. An effort is being made to organise a junior football club in the district. Matches could be played against neighbouring districts, and also against Fairlie clubs. Recently, while ploughing a paddock on his property, Mr J. Butters unearthed a Maori stone chisel. The tool is about six inches long and one and a half inches in diameter. The stone of which it is made is exceptionally hard. Oiie end of the tool is shaped for a handle, and the other end has a beautiful polish and a very keen edge. Moa bones have also been discovered in the same paddock. Moa crop stones were found alongside the bones, and it appears that the Maoris had held a feast on the spot. The discovery of these relics gives some support to the legend that a tribe of Maoris once crossed over the Two Thumb Range on their way to obtain greenstone in the Griffin Range, Turiwhate, North Westland, the only known greenstone deposits in New Zealand.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19758, 27 March 1934, Page 3
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