To-day.

Nearly 70 years have passed since Jackson's Bay was the subject of golden prophecies. To-day, after many disappointments and much loss, fulfilment is in sight—a wharf is to be built at Jackson's Bay. A short time ago it was noted that the motor vessel, Gael. sailed from Greymouth for Jackson's Bay, in South Westland, “where the Government is to construct a harbour, enabling the opening up of a vast timber country.”

The pioneer settlers of 1875 were almost completely cut off from the rest of the world; but now—aeroplanes fly over Jackson's Bay, and the men engaged in constructing the harbour, will be supplied with a radio receiving and transmitting set.

So opens a new chapter in the History of Jackson's Bay.