Early Otago
FIND each of Dr. McLintock’s broadcasts on Otago history of greater interest than the last: The name of Tuckett, for instance, woke no echoing chord in me-but he was the man who actually selected the land which was to house the Scottish settlement. As Dr. McLintock presented him, Tuckett was a firm-willed man who took dictation from nobody, and he chose Otago in preference to tracts of land lying to north or south of it, not because he had been ordered to do so by superior agents thousands of miles away, but deliberately, because it was the land which best suited his purpose. Land was wanted for settlers with only medium means, land suitable for dividing up into small holdings, agricultural and pastoral. When at last Tuckett literally hacked his way over Mt. Cargill to the beauty of Otago Harbour, he chose it as the centre of the settlement, we were told, with due regard for its glorious climate! (This, I think, is sufficient to substantiate the statement of the Dunedin’ man in Challenge of the Cities who astonished even the folks of his own city by saying that he has never worn an overcoat!) Dr. McLintock presented Tuckett’s choice as though he thought some listeners might be inclined to dispute it.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 443, 19 December 1947, Page 11
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214Early Otago New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 443, 19 December 1947, Page 11
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