MR MASSEY’S JUBILEE
FIFTY YEARS IN NEW ZEALAND
WELLINGTON, December 13. Telegrams of congratulation reminded the Prime Minister (Mr Massey) on Saturday that just fifty years had elapsed since he first set foot in New Zealand. Mr Massey, then a boy of fourteen, landed in Auckland on December 11th., 1870. He had come from Ulster, and had made the voyage from England, in the ship City of Auckland, a vessel of fewer than 800 tons. This' sailing ship had madb a good voyage, but luck deserted her in New Zeulanjd waters. She caught fire at * Auckland wharf and had to lie sunk in the harbour.: ;She was (refloated, but later was wrecked on the beach at Otaki where her “bones” are still to be seen. Two fellow passengers, who congratuJatcjry telegrams * reached the Prime Minister on Saturday, were Captain Bone (Marine Superintendent of the U.S.S. Company), and the Rev. W. J. Williams (ex-president of the Methodist Conference). Mr Massey had been 33 years in New Zealand when he became Leader of the Opposition - in 1903.
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Hokitika Guardian, 15 December 1920, Page 3
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