Saturday, November 19. meters., as soon as we rowed our selves along side Wairoa River to your Western european city of Clyde or Wairoa. Right after paying a rushed stop by at the sole Latter-big date Saint loved ones on the urban area (Cousin Hans Meters. Mortensen) Elderly Gardner and you may myself got exit of all of the parents just who was all of our last traveling companions (Hoagland, Allen, and you will Lambert) and boarded the little steamer Te Kapu and sailed regarding the Wairoa wharf on 6:forty-five p.meters. Immediately after sailing down the river around three kilometers, i passed more a risky club on their lips on open sea. We’d a great trip along the bay (Hawke’s Bay) in order to Napier, thirty-five kilometers regarding Wairoa, and you can arrived from the Saliva wharf during the p.yards. We stayed onboard till early morning viewing a great night of other individuals.
Wednesday, November 20. With Sis Jane Mortensen, who was simply an other passenger with us regarding Wairoa, Older William Gardner and i also visited their unique aunt Samuel Mortensen, whom lives along side lake within the a tiny city called West Spit. He’s the only real person in new Church kept out-of an excellent small branch and that Older John P. Sorenson from Sodium Lake Area increased right up inside the Napier and you may area when you look at the 1880. This new part is actually planned uel Hansen given that chairman.
Nebeker, the fresh new presiding elder about Hawke’s Bay Area. We also grabbed a walk-through the tiny city of Napier, which contains about eight thousand populace and has now somewhat an enchanting problem with the seacoast. Continue reading