John Arnold<p>_The Evening Post_, 4 December 1924:<br> A VERY OLD IDENTITY<br> Probably one of the oldest of Wellington’s old identities at present living is just now on a visit to the city in the person of Mr. C. <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Whebby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whebby</span></a>, who was six months old when he landed in <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/Wellington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wellington</span></a> with his parents by the ship Clifton on 18th February, 1842. Mr. Whebby, who has been engaged in <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/goldmining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>goldmining</span></a> all his life, has never been out of New Zealand. He was amongst the first at the Gabriel’s Gully and Dunstan’s rush at Otago in the 60’s, and was for many years on the Lyell (West Coast). He has many stirring recollections, including a narrow escape from Burgess, Kelly, Levy, and Sullivan, when these notorious Maungatapu <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/murderers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>murderers</span></a> were operating on the West Coast.… Burgess, Kelly, and Levy were subsequently tried, found guilty, and executed in Nelson Gaol, while Sullivan, who turned Queen’s evidence was reprieved.… about 15 murders were accounted for, while the exact number will probably never be known. For the last 35 years Mr. Whebby has been residing in Mahakipawa, which is expected to again become a big gold-producing district. During his visit to Wellington Mr. Whebby is the guest of his nephew, Mr. T. W. Twist, at Plimmerton.<br><a href="https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19241204.2.135" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/news</span><span class="invisible">papers/EP19241204.2.135</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OnThisDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OnThisDay</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/PapersPast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PapersPast</span></a> <a href="https://social.vivaldi.net/tags/NewZealand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NewZealand</span></a></p>