Where the Sea and the Sunshine Linger Nelson, New Zealand’s Historic City.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIII, Issue 16, 20 October 1909, Page 24

Where the Sea and the Sunshine Linger Nelson, New Zealand’s Historic City.

Nelson, the <dmd town in the provincial district of th.it name, was selected by tin* New Zealand Company as tin* site of a settlement in 1.841, and the first settlers arrivr’fl and is one ot the most charming towns in the Dominion. ’l'lie place is well laid out with cleanly looking buildings, picturesque suburbs, ami well kept up. The Anglican fl unexpected attack of the natives is a striking feature. Tasman, in his famous voyage in I<J42, rounded Cape Farewell and anchored his two ships in what is now kno'fl the right of the picture fl

■’ Blind Bay in April of that year. Surrounded on all sides, except tin* north, by mountains reaching an elevation of 35(M)ft. Nelson possesses a magnificent climate, ■ j’ l hedral. built on the summit of a central hill, ami memorable as being tin* site of fortifications ejected in the early days of the settlement for defence against an ■ i,s Tasman Bay, near Nelson. Our illustration gives a tine view of Nelson from Wakapuaka, and shows a large number of the public buildings. In the foreground on ■ h ‘ mudflat rifle range.