"The Big Nose"

'My dear reader, don't laugh. The above is what I intend writing about. Is it not better to havea massive proboscis than no nose at all? Presently you will understand why I have taken these three words - "The Big Nose" - for my text. Mr. Reeves, the gentleman of whom I am about to write, has a very big nose - not his own facial appendage, but in on of his possessions - a point in the river very much resembling an enormous snout, which is called by the Natives Ihunui the name by which Mr Andrew Reeves estate at Tologa Bay is generally known.' The Telephone, "Our District and Our Settlers - No. 15; A trip up the coast; by our special reporter", 23 Feb 1884, p. 2-3