The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 80a
Whangarei
Whangarei.
We left Auckland on the night of the 14th March in the steamer "Wellington" for Whangarei, and arrived there next morning.
Descriptive.—Whangarei Heads. Remarkables. Puriri-trees. Hedges of orange-trees. Mr. Dobie's orchard. Met by Mr. E. Thompson, M.H.E., and leading settlers. Left to hold Native meeting at Poroti. Accompanied by Mr. E. Thompson. Description of road and Whangarei Falls (see Star's report). Premier meets gumdigger; determines to see mode of working. Takes spade and spear from digger, and works hard for a quarter of an hour. Digger says, "Not first time you have handled spade, I can see."