PUBLIC REJOICINGS.
Our settlement has been considerably enlivened during the past week by two public demonstrations of the satisfaction universally felt at,, the removal of Captain Fitzßoy, and the appointment of Captain Grey as his successor. It was intended in the first instance ,to have had a festival in Nelson, at which it -was hoped the whole population of the settlement would have assembled, but at the suggestion of the labouiing people in the Waimea, who could not bring their families into town, and were yet desirous that they should par- , take of the public enjoyments, a separate festival was got up in that district. The spot selected was the tongue of land between the two rivers, nearly opposite the village in Wairaea West, and on Saturday last a good dinner and tea was provided, of which about 300 persons partoojk v ''All the gentlemen of the district were present, and the day was finished with racing, jumping, and other sports. In Nelson, the festival took place on Thursday. At the first dawn of day a salute of twenty-one guns was fired from the hill beside the fort, and from that time all was active preparation for the day.
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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume II, Issue 60, 29 November 1845, Page 2
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199PUBLIC REJOICINGS. New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume II, Issue 60, 29 November 1845, Page 2
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