A STORY OF OLD NEW ZEALAND.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVII, Issue I, 4 July 1896, Page 10

A STORY OF OLD NEW ZEALAND.

A correspondent writes :—

To the Editor : Dear Sir, —I notice in the issues of your paper of the 6th and 13th inst. an interesting account of the wreck of the barque ‘ Harriet,’ and as no mention of the fact is made therein, I presume you are not aware that one of the principal actors in the small tragedy recorded, and probably the only survivor, is still alive. I refer to the boy child, who with his mother was held captive by the Maoris. He is now residing, as he has done for many years, at that picturesque spot, Port Underwood, Cloudy Bay, and is well-known both here and in the Sounds as ‘ Old Jack,’ or ‘Jack Guard.’ I have no doubt he could, if asked, give some interesting accounts of events which occurred in ‘ Old New Zealand ’ days. It may be of interest to your readers to know that he is still in the land of the living. Yours, etc., Poneke. Wellington, June 14th, 1596.