They Weren't All Bad
ROBINSON : Attempts have been made by a certain class to brand all traders here as little better than a band of brigands anxious to earn money out of the degradation and blood of the Maoris. But take, for instance, fellows like Clendon, who tried to put down the traffic in grog. He, with Lieutenant McDonnell and others, did their best to prevent grog being landed. Clendon emptied the easks in his own store, and forced a visiting captain to empty the barrels he had on board.
. JONES: Polack, too. Everybody knows what Kororareka was like. Probably visitors have blackened its reputation rather too much, according to some of the accounts I’ve read in the Sydney papers. Still its reputation was none of the best, and isn’t yet for that matter. Polack tried to institute some semblance of law and order with his Vigilants Association. Admittedly the methods used were rough and ready, and resembled American lynch law. Still, after one has been tarred and feathered, or gaoled in a sea chest with gimlet holes bored in it to let in a little air, I think one would be inclined to be rather more peaceable and law-abiding -(" The Background of New Zealand-Traders," 2YA, July 1.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 56, 19 July 1940, Page 8
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208They Weren't All Bad New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 56, 19 July 1940, Page 8
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