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… short distance to Wetherstons near Lawrence. Judging from letters written in his adult life, and from family stories …
Type: Biography
… using aircraft to spread fertiliser. He did this in a letter to his MP in 1926. But on 8 March 1941 Alan Prichard, …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Topdressing
… addition of a roundel (a curved decoration) containing the letter ‘E’ and a crown. This flag was flown when the Queen …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Flags
… Wellington and her life there can be reconstructed from her letters (not all of which have survived), supplemented by accounts of her activities and feelings, based on her letters, which Charlotte Brontë and other friends exchanged …
Type: Biography
… Selwyn, the church and Māori rights. Extracts from his letters were published in the Colonial Church Chronicle and … governor should be directed 'to act in accordance with the letter and spirit of the Treaty of Waitangi'. In April 1861 …
Type: Biography
… overtures to him, to which he responded by demanding a letter of resignation. The real motivation behind … in January 1932 with the reputation of a successful man of letters. His satirical 'reports' on New Zealand, from the …
Type: Biography
… plays. Her personal following was evident in the number of letters she received from listeners. Readers' contributions … were encouraged. Stories, short paragraphs, hints and letters from readers all received payment. Another …
Type: Biography
… could read ‘between worlds’ perceptively too. The letters and journals of Samuel Marsden , edited by J. R. … the manuscript of Old New Zealand to Donald McLean in a letter of 25 October 1862, F. E. Maning wrote: ‘it is …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Non-fiction
… the construction of a railway, wrote of the charm of her letters and of 'evident gleams of the unfolding of a mind beyond the average'. In a December 1875 letter to her brothers in New Zealand Dolla Richmond wrote …
Type: Biography
… a Masonic installation, and the next day received a letter from the cathedral authorities pointing out that 'a … Choirmaster'. In angry astonishment Squarise sent the letter to the Otago Daily Times for publication, and this …
Type: Biography
… government (1957–60). In January 1958 he wrote an angry letter to the prime minister condemning the imposition of … and unwarranted attack on the wage worker'. He signed the letter 'Yours disgustedly'. When it was leaked to the press, …
Type: Biography
… Notices almost always gave the baby’s surname in capital letters first. Early notices included the father’s name and …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Pregnancy, birth and baby care
… as Bill or Billy, had some education; his few surviving letters are well written. He may have served an …
Type: Biography
… allegiance to Her Majesty [Queen Victoria]’, and then his letters of naturalisation were issued. Today’s requirements …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Citizenship
… an abacus, and a few school books – some embossed in Moon lettering, others in Braille. She taught herself Braille, …
Type: Biography
… kept in contact with friends and relatives by dictating letters to her children and grandchildren. After her husband …
Type: Biography
… Leetspeak ‘Leetspeak’ users replace ordinary alphabet letters with keyboard characters when they communicate …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Knowledge-based industries
… public holidays he wrote ‘Waikuku Picnic Bus’ in huge white letters, and collected queueing picnic parties with their …
Type: Story Page
Part of story: Coaches and long-distance buses
… were cramped and they suffered from cold and hunger. In a letter one of the women related that Mrs Furley, keeper of …
Type: Biography
… she provided advice to families and received 3,000 letters of appreciation. Hay and her colleague, Dorothy …
Type: Biography