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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2396, 11 January 1909, Page 5

Grizzled and grey, but still with youth in his eye, a very old Well nigton resident is now (says Dominion”) on a visit to the city he holds dearest. This is Mr. H. E. Owen, conductoi' of the “Whakatan© Country Press.” He left Wellington in 1876. and now, naturally enough, is hardly able to recognise the capital city. Newtown, for instance, in Ins day. tvas “No Town,” and many another spot now selling at fabulous prices was only a savage blur of raupo and fern when he knew it. Having travelled wide, especially ,m Australia, Mr. Owen naturally lias a fund of reminiscences.i and, perhaps his most interesting is his version of the Maori prophet now enjoying the usual ephemeral Maori reign of’ popularity. “Rua,” says Mr. Owen, with the ring .. £ m Tii.e ■cvSioO' ( HO tool • of conviction in Ins voice, He knows the immense potential value of the lands lyin" south of the Bay of Plentv, and it is (to say the least ot it) surprising that more people cannot see how very correct Rua is. _Few parts* of New Zealand have such a certain future.”