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… Ranges 15 miles away. The Manawatu Plain lies to the west and south, while to the north the land rises to the hills west of the Ruahine Range. The North … district, but today its main rural activities are dairying, sheep farming, mixed cropping, cattle fattening, and market …
… Harbour on the banks of the Hatea (or Whangarei) River and is bordered by hills on the east and west. The suburbs … in the district include citrus fruitgrowing, dairying, and sheep and cattle farming. The district was long famous for kauri timber and …
… writers have consolidated what had been won. Good novels and stories cease to be rare. While the exploiter of New … and social conflicts, all within the narrow society of the sheep-farming foothills of Canterbury. His characters, like Lady …
… The land claims included one for 20 million acres lodged by the … 14-year terms in 1851 at an annual fee of £1 for each 1,000 sheep depastured. Investigations into purchases of land from … land title position and held up the progress of European farming. At the same time, limited funds available to Hobson …
… Grace, Thomas Samuel appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. T. S. Grace was born at … son of Thomas Grace, of a family of Huguenot descent, and Sarah, née Cox. After a brief grammar-school education … not having actually convened the meeting. Grace encouraged sheep farming by the Tuwharetoa tribe, opened a boarding …
… Owing to the economic importance of soils in New Zealand, many organisations are actively interested in various … studies fertiliser requirements of soils, pastures, and farm crops, and has field trials for this purpose on farms …
… Thomson, John Turnbull appears in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography on this site. J. T. Thomson was born on 10 August 1821, at Glorum, Northumberland, the third child of Alexander Thomson and his wife, … intention of practising his profession, but decided to try sheep farming in the South Island. Such was the then limited …
… when the first motor truck was imported into New Zealand, but its usefulness had been well established by 1912 … numbers during a time when New Zealand was extending its farming frontier. This called for fast, efficient, and … that it has decisive advantages over its rivals for moving sheep, pigs, and cattle, even over long distances. It has …
… (1801–71). British Resident and early settler. A new biography of Busby, James appears … Hunter River where he planned to start wine making, and as farm superintendent at the Male Orphan School near … family, Busby had acquired more land and embarked upon farming and trading. By 1838, he had imported several …
… (1809–1901). Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Henry Barnes Gresson was born in County Meath, Ireland. … and Ireland in 1876–77, and on his return retired to his farming property in Canterbury and devoted himself to sheep raising and agriculture. Like a later Chief Justice, …