STORIES OF THE PENINSULA.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume VI, Issue 593, 21 March 1882, Page 2

STORIES OF THE PENINSULA.

No. 22.—Thomas Richakd Mqoue, M.D

( Contributed by the Rev. R. ft. Bradley.)

Here is the name of another celebrated old identity. Dr Moore arrived in this Colony by the Sir George Pollock, about the year 1851, and bought land in Charteris Bay, where he settled, but, not being up to the rough-and-tumble life of a colonist, he was finally obliged to sell out to the present owner, Mr R. R. Bradley) the whole of his interest in that Bay. He afterwards settled in Christchurch, and devoted himself to his profession, where he would undoubtedly have reached the height of his ambition, but death stepped in, and he died suddenly about 22 years since. He was a man of bright intellect,

with which he adorned his profession to such an degree that if any case seemed hopeless, the cry was always "Send for Dr. Moore ; if he cannot do you good, no one can.'' On his arrival in this country, ami with the intention, as noted above, of turning farmer, he brought with him four celebrated cows, that have since left their stamp on many of the herds of cattle on the Peninsula, Mr R.Rhodes,in particular, owes not a little to the bull Brother Phil for the improvement of his stock at Ahuriri and Kaituna. The names of the imported cows were Flash, Duchess, Creamy, and Old Dunny (an Alderney). Mr Rhodes purchased Flash at the doctor's sale, and also Brother Phil, and remnants of their stock could almost still be traced in Mr T, H. Parkinson's herd. About 10 or 12 years ago, when a person bad a beast to sell, and could only say that it had been bred from Dr. Moore's stock, it was thought quite enough to establish its quality. One person really did obtain possession of a female calf, the doctor being obliged to part with it instead of wages ; but on the whole, like most wise braeders, he was very careful about parting with his female stock. The doctor's cattle eventually became a mixed lot, but such was the celebrity of the above-named imported cattle, that any cow that came from Charteris Bay must be good. We have heard that the doctor, previous to leaving England, had practised successfully in Salisbuiy, of which city he had been mayor. His widow and family a>'e sti'l in the Colony.

[The continuation of Mrs Brown's memoirs will appear in next Tuesday's issue