FOXTON.

Manawatu Standard, Volume LIII, Issue 265, 6 October 1933, Page 3

FOXTON.

(From Our Own Correspondent.) ' FOXTON, Oct. 5. Mr and Mrs A. G. Thomson arrived in Foxton on Thursday afternoon. Mr I homson lias been appointed to the position of gas manager here. . . • ' w , There passed away at Pahi atua on W ednesday evening Mrs Mary Ann Martin, one of the pioneers of this Dominion, at the age of 92 years. Her husband predeceased her about four years ago. Mrs Martin arrived with her parents from England at the age of two years in the sad*

ing ship Martha Rldgway. Her father, l ; Eli Cropper, was among those killed at the ! Wairau massacre, when To Rauparaha and a band of his warriors lield up the . survey party and subsequently came into conflict with Captain Wakefield and his men in 1843. The laic Mr and Mrs Martin settled in the Wairarapa and their descendants number upwards of 100. Mrs FI. Berry, of Thynne Street, Foxton, is a granddaughter. The annual report of the Foxton Cricket Association states that six teams — Oroua Downs A and B, Fire Brigade, Fox-ton-Druids, Young Maori Party, and United Maori Party—participated in the local competitions. Foxton-Druids, the previous

I'scason’s winners, were again successful,. rci t'.'Mitio* the Austin phiohl. Only in one representative game did the team fail to proiinyi.u.ig like its true form, but • that the association is 1 only in its infancy the display on the . whole was very creditable and reflected much credit upon tlie selectors. ... -