RELICS OF THE EARLY DAYS
Tlis proviiioial liistorical conunittees wkicli weta set up As part of tke eenteimial organisatiofiS have matiy intere&ting t&Sks ahead of them. On.e work, that of colleeting "bygones" suggested by Mr L. D. Besttall, director of the Hawke's Bay Museuin, could well be adopted throughout the Dominion. Mr Bestall emphasised the neceSsity for acquiring articles auch as otit-of-date farm imploments while they were still ob'tain-' able. Cld Coclches, ""growler" cabs, aiid "dog-carts" were als6 mentioned as fexhibits that would become valuable in the fixttire. A Stiidy 6f literar ture of the 'sixties will call to xnind objects that would be interestipg if thoy were exhibited. An early fiail, A goat-skin sieve, a gold prospector's pick, or a ptalr bf inoleskin trousers would all provide background for deeerlptisas of the early days. Mr. Bestall pointed but that many things were almbst inipefceptibly disappoaring. "In a year or two," he said, "it will be very dlffiCult to obtain one of those lemonjade bottles with a marble iA the neck, and in 50 years' time they wili be iuteresting indeed "
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 43, 13 November 1937, Page 4
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181RELICS OF THE EARLY DAYS Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 43, 13 November 1937, Page 4
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