Gannet Island.

Kawhia Settler and Raglan Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 342, 13 December 1907, Page 2

Gannet Island.

About 12 miles tram tbs main laud lying due wait from Taranski. Point, between Kawbia end Begfiat,"isGannot X.tad—a single rocky prominence of a few acres in extent cropping out of Ilia deep ass, the home and brstduig pl«d of thousands of se* birds. lit, 8 >e weather it oan-lte plainly efeaSroaS the deck of our local steamer, that when calling at Kawhta from either B-glsn or Onehuiaga posses raidway h.tweeu it nod the coast. Ocossiona'ty ft is visited for the hapuku that ab ;und < io its vicinity. One or two visi ‘b have been tn ide if wi'b a view ot getting guano, but ibe deposit is not lirga and caw roly be collected from the crevipye of tbs rocks, the heavy s ■ a and ■ raw during winter months prevetftiog any accumulation. Tbe rn>>s> nbtpiued at auy.ooa lira* was by the late Captain Fairchild on the 11 nemoa who at the end of a summer SKtwn managed to fill 10 sacks. ’ Toe Europstns who first settled ui Kiwhie and Raglan believed shat save ral wrecks took place at tb>e idawd : it in y be of interest to oioe of your raiders, who now fill tbe wide gapin ide |n the ranks ot the fi-st arrivals, if I put on rec >rd the names and par tic-ilats of these wrecks er given tn m,i I by uo means guaren’es the o wrect na.»e of alt that I'll ,Wr, but simply re port whit I have ber-n told, al various i tones. I Tan first vessel supposed to have I biro I ~:tr there wee the Maori Q isen. a

fore and aft bcboot>»« of 80 too- ituu I tr«ue<l hulween Ouehnagr* and Port Cbolmerei. Between 67 aud '6s cbit vtHeel otlfed into Roglao wi’.b eight j ahusrd on ths w*y tu the ' Ouago diggings. She bad board ’ very little freight and wa; light du the k ■ water. It was understood '.hat she ’ called to wait for favourable weather _ ' and to replenish her barneea and 1 water oaeke. While in Raglan all j bands, passengers and crew had a pars j ticuiarly merry time. They, according L ‘to iwaounis given me, were a hard I ] drinking bt, at a time* when hard 1 I drinking w more usual than now, 3 'an 1; they painted Radian ruby red ’ j That this was so can ce confirmed to j L j acme extent by Mr Jamei Phillips a, ’ | veteran Raglan seidsr, who rh*n a ‘ i young man wiaffiid b try. hia fortuuea ; »i on the diggin'gV, itifT hearing ?.f ihe ; • I vesseL detection in Riglan went there ) to take passage by her, but the state uf j • ! things-luckily for him did not meet j : ■ with bis approval, and he stopped be- j 1 I hind. As the vessel lef&Ragl in it wan < remarked there, , was hardly a sober [ man aboard. Thai day the schooner was seen by. the late Captain Swat from bis placet Papauuj, and the erratic way which the vessel was handed excited the oid sailor who watched her through his teiescipe •all day until night ricus. He~ remarked that the crew ware either lubberly or drunk When be lost | sight of bar at dark she was tacking ' about in thKTtoto Jt Breakrof^tbs following day L und the I GapfaliFonoe ’otf look out, but t he could getuo sight other, and it was ! . ills opinion, when, aho was reported i missing, that she was !t List with all ! •« ih&nds oa Gannet Island. .Tho-Mton | Queen was never seen or‘heard of aher i Gaptsia Swan lost sight.of bar. . ’ i j Between’6B ’7Q the nw vessel i | is supposed tT : navie Wen 'Kat—tbs ‘ Abeona, a topsail schooner of 40 i previ usiy jwued by the late Captain ' Fairciild Ciptain Marks wa? in i charge at that date, a very old I identity who had many friends at the ■ various ports he visited The Abuona ■ was going South and h&d on board ’■ Georg* Wright, a settler who liyed at j Kawbia and Aotea, who married a native woman and wm tho father of Whakaahua and Matete, now well kmwn in Kawbia. After being sighted off Raglan fhisvessel was never seen or heard of again, and pari I of bar wreckage was picked up on the I Abtea beech. ■The U.ma. a,top- ' sail! anawt 50 cons. She | t wn? owned try her skipper, yho.c name ■J'T • nud '■><*9 a- -r«galar I -rider bet end 3 r..th port 3, , Jijie cW;U«.-oajb'or.>-d nqq * S ; '-P

: a oj. -catp -at Lyttle tot), and after leaving there was never sighted again. The weather w*s bad at the time she would be off ; tbidooaak, was a particularly I heavy gale'. (Jo incident~~with that I lime a lot of drowned cattle came j ash-ire at Ruapuke, -he cover of bar | wheel chain, and on U board, that was ! believed to have been nailed to her ! rowf, hn: carried aw- : y, ;X-he ivi'ers K»q f . Waikato- Stock' Sales #lt« ZWALXND LOAN St MBItoANTII.BI AGENCY CO,’B RBPOBT. Ou I*teesday- yarded 80) hsad ->(. ciftle at - t’hih’pb, when >frow« wte-ri in fr«sh e-»nuiUvn b >ld well throughout, but • y«»ang oatlle were ewier. Forward 31-year a '• •'•b mad-i from £6 15n to J3-‘ 19e; fr»ah 3y ol h, B 5 5a to I7s 6i; 2j yw, jgi 4b to i> 4 I'-Ja ; 18 months to 2-yr Bteera, £3 14’ to £.l . ynuritegi, IB to £i 7s :in XO>i " • .-’'ux« 4 X'p to V 3 Oe : onipv he'.fens, 1 . ... . • -_ < inbi-Ur" »• • i • , i ->■ » ; »n: ot Me, s ... ’ \,5 r - . • •• ry ub njhi. .t , The'■ ’j wait) ucahseJ fwa* A? to £l3 IS* averaging •ver ha'f-bred Ayrshire heifers £2 14a; freoh o>nditinned oows £3 15s; vehicles, iinplerueuts etc . rea’ e-d very satisfactory prices The po.-itinn of referee at a fuut-bail •natch is a i iecure ootirpar 3 i wi,fa th i of umpire at a baseball lt t ok fifty policemen armed With clubs and pi st.ls to rescue the unfortunate holder of the latter Office at a St. Louis match recently. He was so badly mauled that he was not expected to recover.