MR. MASSEY'S JUBILEE
FIFTY YEARS IN' NEW ZEALAND. Telegrams of congratulation reminded the Prime Minister (Mr.- Ma6sey) on Saturday' that just fifty years had elapsed since he first set foot in New Zealand. Mr. Mnssey, then a boy of fourteen, landed in Auckland on December 11, 1870. He had come from Ulster, and had mad» the voyage from England in tho ship City of Auckland, a vessel of fewer than 800 tons. This sailing Bbip had mado a good voyage, but luck deserted her in NewZealand waters. .She caught fire at the Auckland wharf and had to lie sunk in the harbour. She was refloatod, but later wns wrecked on tho beach' at Otaki, whore her "bones" are still to bo seen. Two fellow passengers, whose congratulatory telegrams reached the Prime Ministed on Saturday, were Captain tone (Marine Suporintendcnt of the u.s.n. Company and the Rev W. fe-wiresident of the Methodist ConferMr!Massey had;beon 33 y.ars in New Zealand when he became Leader of the Opposition in 1003.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 67, 13 December 1920, Page 4
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167MR. MASSEY'S JUBILEE Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 67, 13 December 1920, Page 4
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