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… in the 1920s and developed into a dress shop in the early 1930s after Trilby Yates’s untimely death. Julia Yates was … and Louise Tilsley produced hand-printed textiles in the 1930s and 1940s. Writer A. R. D. Fairburn took up textile …
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Part of story: Fashion and textile design
… Canterbury with the rest of Canterbury from 1872 until the 1930s, when the present road bridges on State Highway 1 were … in 1881, and village sections were offered in 1886. In the 1930s the main road south from Christchurch was diverted …
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Part of story: South Canterbury places
… of Emily Gibson, who was corresponding secretary until 1930, that it kept in contact with the international body in Geneva. After the WILPF split from the Labour Party in 1930, Emily Gibson resigned from the women's branch but had …
Type: Biography
… committees, he was president of the Dominion Conference in 1930 and 1953, and editor of the church's monthly journal, … Education, an interdenominational venture founded in 1930 to provide training for Sunday-school teachers. He was …
Type: Biography
… for the diversity of her achievements, and in the 1930s became a national celebrity during a sponsored walk of … patented several inventions for domestic use. In the early 1930s she earned up to 10 guineas a week as one of the …
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… North. While visiting Australia with a YWCA group in 1930 she saw her first studio pottery, and in 1932 she … by friends; she was cremated at Purewa cemetery. From the 1930s Olive Jones helped establish a sympathetic climate for …
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… St Patrick's Church, Panmure. The marriage was dissolved in 1930; there had been no children. Kosovich was vice … Library in Auckland, re-formed as the Yugoslav Club in 1930; he remained a member until his death in 1958. Between …
Type: Biography
… were seldom realised.’ 1 The economic depression of the 1930s and the Second World War enforced a mentality of ‘make … of the availability of canned fruit and vegetables in the 1930s and later frozen vegetables. During the Second World …
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Part of story: Unpaid domestic work
… specialisation became more widespread and varied from the 1930s. Training Until the first local medical school opened … workforce. They were 7% of registered doctors in the 1930s and only 8% in the early 1970s, but 42% in 2015. That …
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Part of story: Health practitioners
… where Miller had found a job with the Press. However, in 1930 he joined the growing army of New Zealand workers laid … distinguished career as a regional historian. From the late 1930s to the 1990s he wrote more than 20 books, including …
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… published in 1917, Gathered leaves in 1922 and Thirdly in 1930, very shortly before her death. Painting was another … was walking home from a concert on the night of 1 October 1930. Vital, witty, with a powerful, memorable laugh, she …
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… securities in London. During the late 1920s and early 1930s the financial situation in Australia was much worse … official of the Bank of England, went to Australia in 1930 to discuss the financial crisis with the Australian …
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Part of story: Reserve Bank
… North and Marton hummed with constant activity. In the 1930s the writer Robin Hyde joked that Marton Junction … mosaic floor tiles, remains New Zealand’s finest. In the 1930s large new stations were built in Auckland and …
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Part of story: Railways
… had been isolated public funding for writers before the 1930s, and art works had been shown at international exhibitions, this was expanded from the late 1930s under the influence of Joseph Heenan in the Department …
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Part of story: Arts and the nation
… by Turner in his own teaching and writing. In 1929 and 1930 he made pioneering geological expeditions to South … Doubtful Sound. Turner was married in Auckland on 29 August 1930 to Esmé Rena Bentham, a teacher at Otago Girls' High …
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… Basic 2-, 3- and 4-speed bicycles became popular from the 1930s, and by the 1960s they were the norm. Christchurch as … to 50,000 of the 250,000 cycles in New Zealand in the late 1930s. 10-speeds The 10-speed, invented in the 1970s, had …
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Part of story: Bicycles
… During and immediately following the depression of the 1930s Allum expanded his involvement in public affairs. He … College board of governors, which he chaired in the 1930s. His presidency of the Auckland Kindergarten Association, begun in the mid 1930s, was to extend for 33 years. He served as honorary …
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… New Zealand Athletic Union’s name change. By the end of the 1930s the organisation was called the New Zealand Athletics, … a little easier. At the first Empire Games, in Canada in 1930, Bill Savidan (6 miles) and Stan Lay (javelin) won … Olympic team. Elaine Martyn (in 1929) and Thelma Kench (in 1930) both equalled the world 100-yard record – although, …
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Part of story: Athletics
… moved to Nelson. As a pupil at Nelson College from 1925 to 1930 he received some instruction in art from Hugh Scott, a … artist. He was also in the cricket First XI in 1929 and 1930, and was a competent rugby player. In 1931 he went to … was notable both for his portraits, especially during the 1930s and 1940s, and, after 1960, for landscapes. Among the …
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… campaign which saw Walter Nash elected MP for Hutt. In 1930 he was appointed to the Legislative Council by Sir … was a member of the Labour Party's national executive in 1930 and helped draft its manifesto for the 1935 general … leadership and a close friend of Savage. From the late 1930s, however, the combined impact of miner's phthisis and …
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