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Henry F. Wigram – Cathedral City Of The South
“It is a far cry from the ancient cathedral cities of the Old Land, hoary with years and traditions, to a busy Colonial town, raised in little more than half a century, in the midst of a tussock-covered plain. Yet, as the years roll by, something, perchance, of the stately repose of Salisbury, or of …
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Jane Deans – One Large Flax Swamp, So Soft And Boggy…
“The road round the foot of the hills, and from Christchurch, was little better than a track with large holes here and large boulder stones there, in the middle of the road. The Ferry Road was not much more than wide enough for one carriage at a time, with deep ditches on both sides. From …
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Samuel Butler – I Thought It Very Beautiful
“I thought it [The Port Hills] very beautiful. It is volcanic, brown and dry – intervals of crumbling soil, then wiry tussock of the very hardest grass. Then perhaps a flax bush, more crumbly dry soil mixed with fine grass, then more tussock. Volcanic Rock everywhere cropped out sometimes red and soft, sometimes black and …
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Dr. A.C. Barker – We Can Scarcely Imagine A More Picturesque Spot
“The entrance to Port Cooper [Lyttelton] is very grand. As we sailed slowly up it, we saw high on the cliffs to our right, the workmen making a road [Sumner Road] to the plains, an undertaking, alas, far too great for our infant colony. Just at the moment we passed a little headland, and there …
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