xhe arrival of the Ely from Lyttelton has confirmed the apprehensions which previously existed, and imposes on us the melancholy duty of numbering among those who have perished in the illfated Mara Mr. Deans of Riccaiton, and Mr. G. ?• Wallace of Wellington, two old and valued colonists. Mr. Deans came to Wellington in 1840 in the- Aurora, the first emigrant vessel, and after remaining some years in this settlement, removed to Port Cooper where he was joined by his brother and established a flourishing sheep and cattle station; Mr. Wallace also was weh known and respected as one of the earliest colonists. Their melancholy fate has excited the deepest feelings of regret, and increased the pain and sorrow which has been occasioned by this distressing calamity-
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New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 626, 2 August 1851, Page 2
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126Untitled New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 626, 2 August 1851, Page 2
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