INGLEWOOD'S ANNIVERSARY

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81917, 22 January 1907, Page 2

INGLEWOOD'S ANNIVERSARY

To day is (] u . aunhx-ivary of several ""I'oHanv ;'™its, flatly varving in character, lint each worthy of node in iMO, sixty-seven y,,, rs a g 0 on tui3 "lay the eity oi Wellington was found- ;-;!• NX years ago today tiie Jiri t'sli hmpin- lo,t n, Queen and Edward All. |„, cami , Kin; , : 0u Sln)( ,. n -linil January, 1005, was enacted that i ml ot butchery in front of the AViu '■'-' - laliH-o at M, lYk'rsbiirgi, when unarmed throngs of tlio Czar's subjects wore liivd upon In' his soldiery though they lint sought th,ir '•Little a her" to hes«cl, kh liol,, i„ their 'lrstrcs.s. 'io Taranafci thisilnv is the natal day of h, T Ih'sl-boni On 22nd January, IK,A, fuga-wooil was born. -■MI the member; of the Provincial Council, with the exception „f Mr Car. nnglon, the Nuperinlcnd.'nl, journeyed <l»wn to Ihe newly-felled 'township and there, waited on by the employees of Alessr.-, Humphries "and Co.. partook of an open air banquet, after which Air A. Staniliuii, as executive of lieer ol' the Council, decarod Ihe name of the new town to be Ingle, wood, and confirmed (.lie baptism by pouring a libation to the Sylvian deities. lUany and great have been the changes since tlren, but there arc .still some.who, present at the ceremony. can doubtless recall vividly the scene! The narrow road clearing, the cunibvamv of log and stump, ilie shrivelled foliage of the newly-felled bush shim meniig in th« heal, the primitive aboil.- of itie pioneers, and even Jack Wngpooie's West Coast oven, whencmuch splendid bread was extracted. (One shilling a loaf cash.) That In glewood may continue a'-; she has gone so far, steadily and surely progressing. is ill'.- hearty wish of a'll who know her, and lier founders snail never feel ashamed of their work. Inglewood, many happy returns!— Contributed.