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Hokitika Guardian, 10 November 1924, Page 3

Tin* romance of prosperous 'lnrnnaki is told iu the Special Commemoration Number of tlu- “Taranaki Daily Nous that has reached this ofiive. It contains sixteen pages of interesting narrative and illustration, winch overs fullv the S:i years’ life of the P 1 ’ (,vl"'e•uni tells the absorbing story "f the breaking of the primeval lorest to give wav to the husbandry ol men, of an effervescent prosperity giving place to a period of dark despair, ol a prolonged and nerve-shattering conflict " ith • savaoe race, and finally the gradual rise of a province and a people. o\eicoming all diflicult.es and erne ? triumphant.” Comparative photographs id- the three mam t «' vns Plymouth. Huwcra. and fetratfoidshmv the remarkable development since the Maori wars, and the pictures o redoubts. pas, and stockades are to'chlc reminders of those strenuous ihns < t the crowth of the province. I hut is evidence in statistics which state that in the last decade the popu'at.i i li.irisen hy 110!) a year to the |» « J figure 08.173. Honour is t >;,l<l r , neuiory of Frederick Alonr.o Can iv on. who when he founded a.a uk oresaw that the richness of the land vouhl overcome the natural drawback ,f a poor harbour. How Ins prophos> jf 1811 lias been fulfilled is ills plated in the 108 d photographs of the .shipping it New Plymouth.