Old Colonists
m> A -tro-gefforfc is bein<* madeby Messrs T. McKonaie and J- H. Wallace to get ap a commemorative luncheon, at which settlers who arrived in Wellington prior to; the year 1850 could meet together. These geatlenen, who are doubtless wellxaeaaing ia their way, do not appear to lukve very broad views on the matter. They have omitted altogether to offer amy invitation in any shape or form to the settler* of the Wairarapa, the East Coaat, er Rangitikei and Mauawatu, who were ia point of fact the real pioneers of Wellington province. It was the men who went into the -"wilderness with their lives ia their hands" who mnde Wellington " what it i« - not those who dwelt securely oa the shores of Wellington Harbor.
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Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 4, 10 January 1884, Page 3
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126Old Colonists Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 4, 10 January 1884, Page 3
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