NELSON. [From the Nelson Examiner, March 3.]
Harvest Home. — The small farmers and cottiers in the district of Wakapuaka, having safely got in the whole of their crops, met on Tuesday last, at the house of Mr. Attwood, near the black Bull public house, Suburban North to celebrate this happy event. A substantial dinner was provided, of which a large number partook, embracing nearly every family in the neighbourhood. Previous to the dinner a plougbing-matcb took place, which was followed by shooting matches and other sports. Then the presence of music made most of the cxJTflp&ny dancers for the time, and when, a little after sunset, we took our leave of them, it seemed as if they were only beginning to enjoy ihemseltes. A festival of the same kind is to be kept up, we are told, in the same district, on the last day of February in every year. And long may it be so : and may the sons and daughters of labour throughout the settlement have always as light hearts as we I witnessed at Wakapuaka on. Tuesday last.
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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume V, Issue 378, 17 March 1849, Page 3
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181NELSON. [From the Nelson Examiner, March 3.] New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume V, Issue 378, 17 March 1849, Page 3
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