THE FIRST PLOUGH
USED IN NEW ZEALAND
(By Telegraph—Per Press Association
WELLINGTON, Sept. 23
An account of liow a plough was first used in Now Zealand was contained in the photograph of a letter written on May -3, 1820, by J. G. Butler, a missionary, was presented to the Early Settlers and Historical Association by Mark Maxton, of Grey town. The Governor-General gave instructions that the photograph should be framed in native wood, the setting 'being his gift to the association Butler’s letter written over 110 years ago described how a plough had been put into the land at Keri Keri in the Bay of Islands. “I felt much pleasure in holding the handles behind the team of six bullocks which were brought down by the Dromedary.”
Butler wrote:—“l trust this auspicious day Will be remembered with gratitude and the anniversary kept by ages yet unborn. Every heart seemed to rejoice on the occasion. I hope it will still continue to increase and in a. short time produce an abundant harvest.”
The Dromedary mentioned by Butler wars a schooner, evidently plying along the coast. v
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1930, Page 5
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185THE FIRST PLOUGH Hokitika Guardian, 23 September 1930, Page 5
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