An Old Identity.
The death at Stewart Island of an old man, who was the lapt represent* tive there of a class identified with the p.«rly days of th» settlement, is reported by the Southland Times. Captain Wiliiam Sherburd was one of the old Pakeha-Ma^'i whalers who, between 1830 and 1840, settled u;;on the Neck, and, frr their own security, among othrr considerations, took to themselves Mnori wives. These men have left on < ffst ring of half-castes, whn, with their families, and with a spriuk'insr of fullblooded Maoris, now constitute the main (opulation of the havinghad the district parcelled out actiong them by the Government.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 175, 30 June 1883, Page 3
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105An Old Identity. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 175, 30 June 1883, Page 3
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