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… (1855–1915). Labour leader and politician. A new biography of Millar, John Andrew appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on … Staff Corps. He was sent to New Zealand in 1870 to take up sheep farming but went to sea instead and rose to become a … MILLAR, John Andrew …
… (1835–1902). Philosopher and author. A new biography of Butler, Samuel appears in the … He came with the intention of increasing his capital by sheep farming, but by the time he reached Lyttelton all the …
… associated with large overseas concerns. Social, economic, and technical reasons underlie the relatively slow growth of … The meat industry, which for all practical purposes is the sheep-farming industry, has been wealthier than dairying, with …
… Cows in Milk County Cows in Milk Dairy Cows in Milk per 100 Sheep Shorn 1960 1921–22 1951–52 1959–60 Otorohanga 19,888 * … 75,259 .. *Separate figures for each county not available. Land Occupation County Average Area of Holdings 1960 Area … 585 625,337 Taumarunui 826 657,713 Clifton 459 178,584 Sheep and Breeding Ewes County 1921 1951 1961 Sheep Sheep …
… Te Puke is situated some 5 miles inland from the Bay of Plenty coast on level to gently … Maunganui, 14 miles north-west, is the nearest main port. Farming activities of the district are dairying, sheep raising, and fat-lamb production. Fruitgrowing is …
… Ngaruawahia is situated at the junction of the Waikato and Waipa Rivers in the central Waikato basin. To the west … servicing and distributing centre for a predominantly dairy farming district. Sheep raising is practised in the hilly country to the west, …
… (1868–1960). Soldier and sheep farmer. A new biography of Russell, Andrew … then in 1892 came out to New Zealand to join his father in sheep farming in Hawke's Bay. His pastoral pursuits did not … RUSSELL, Major-General Sir Andrew Hamilton, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., D.S.O., etc. …
… was one of the earliest settled parts of the North Island, owing to the fact that much of it was without bush, or … was joined to the port by rail before 1885. Many of the sheep stations maintained communications by coastal … was quite unsuited to the preservation of the small scale farming. The Alfredton area provides an excellent example. …
… of Sargeson, Frank appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. p> Frank Sargeson was born at … on 23 March 1903. As an extra-mural student of Auckland University College, he qualified in 1926 for admission … travelled about Europe on foot. After returning to New Zealand in 1928 he spent 18 months as a public servant. During …
… of Ormond, John Davies appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. J. D. Ormond was born in 1832 at … in Hawke's Bay were made, Ormond resigned and took up a sheep run near Waipukurau. For some years he busied himself … in that year his sheep tallied nearly 28,000. By 1907 his sheep and cattle operations alone were reaping him a profit …