FIFTY YEARS AGO.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 1, Issue 67, 11 February 1913, Page 3

FIFTY YEARS AGO.

Ode of Appreciation. In Auckland the other day the anniversary ot the arrival of the ships Devonshire and Gertrude, fifty years ago, was celebrated. An odi: was written for the occasion, and as the sentiments are applicable to our own especial pioneers, about whom articles have been appearing in the "Times" Intely, we reprint it:— Greetings to those who, fifty years ygo, Entered this haven of a favoured clime; Keachir.g the bind which they desired to know, Therein to dwell for all earthly Resolved in this r.ew realm to cast their lot, Unshaken by disturbing doubts and fe-irs; Doing their duly, and repining not E'm when their joys were widened by their tears. During the years which since that distant day, i in its tur. , have joined ttie changeless l'ast, Veterans have toiled along Life's dusty way, Om to the end which waits us all at last. Stirred by old niemoriis, surging through the hi art. Hold in clijsu gra.|. warin and fri ndlv t'a d In hrn.f !<.'iiiion. 1 hen, cctore we par:, Recall all tin se wh", numnered with the hl'-st. Enjoy caep peace and everlasting rest!

The Vaikato Far ners' Lo-oper;-tiv Facors Co adverti-u dates at wh.ch they ari reviving p i^a: iuakau and Pineki he This lirni has lately b.xn extending its business considerably, and the local repretentative, Mr A. Mckae, is enthusiastically pushing his firm's inte:ests. In order to n.eet the demand for fruit for jam-makir.g purposes, Mr T. Askew ha? made arrangements for large consignments, whicii can be purchased by the case or in 1 lb lots. The fruit—comprising grapes, pears, apples, nectarints. peaches and plums—is of the very finest quality. Tne New Zealand Dreadnought Gas Company has had a very successful run in Waipukurau, and an advertisement eslawliere states 'hat Dreadnought ha? been adopted in corr.petitio i vith *ll other forms of lighting by the boroughs of Taumaranui and Rivtrton, ard the town district of Otane. Fjkekohc Borough Council is ronsiderirg Dreadnought, as an iliuminant fir this borough, in connection with the public lighting proposals.