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… capacity and less principle. As the willing tool of Sir George Grey, he “dressed” his paper with a view to …
… circumstances limited him more than his incapacities); and Grey, as a designing autocrat (he was indeed autocratic in … of New South Wales, whose Governor at that time, Sir George Gipps, has thus a better claim to the distinction. …
… House of Representatives on 8 November 1855 as member for Grey and Bell, and sat until 16 August 1856, when he retired … decided to oppose Brown's candidacy and he was defeated by George Cutfield. He then founded, and became principal … concurrently with his military service. He regained the Grey and Bell seat in 1858, when he defeated F. D. Bell, and …
… the Maori “King” movement. In 1847, while accompanying Grey in the Inflexible on his visit to Taranaki, Wiremu … is a controversial incident in New Zealand history. Sir George Grey was anxious to remedy what he considered an injustice, …
… hostile to the presence of Europeans in his district. Sir George Grey, who always made it his policy to cultivate influential … upon many questions of Maori affairs. In 1848, when Grey was knighted, he appointed Te Wherowhero and Waka Nene …
… a series of addresses presented by the Maori people to Sir George Grey prior to his departure from New Zealand in …
… for Riverton. In Parliament he supported Sir George Grey on the provincial question, because he …
… A number of New Zealanders were among Lane's colonists. Sir George Grey and Professor Bickerton sent messages of …
… he explored and surveyed much of the West Coast between the Grey and Arawata Rivers, providing maps and names still in … of its history – the great gold rush of the mid-sixties. by George William Grindley, M.SC., New Zealand Geological …