NINETY YEARS OLD
Although New Zealand as a whole is now celebrating its centenary, the province of Canterbury must wait another 10 years for its own centenary. Canterbury was 90 years old hfst Saturday. On December 10, 1850, the Charlotte Jane and the Randolph arrived at Lyttelton, where the Governor, Sir George Grey, and Robert Godlev, founder of the province, were waiting to welcome the colonists. The Sir George Seymour arrived on the following morning, and the Cressy on December 27.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20125, 20 December 1939, Page 11
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81NINETY YEARS OLD Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20125, 20 December 1939, Page 11
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