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… thievery and drunkenness'. After his regiment had been posted to Manawapou, South Taranaki, in March 1865, Bent …
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… early twenties, clerks in the local authorities, banks, the post office and the Loan and Mercantile Agency. These men, …
Type: Biography
… assistant under secretary at the War Office. In the latter post he set his clear and powerful mind to think about …
Type: Biography
… his party's inaction in these two fields he resigned his post as government whip in 1893 and became an independent … but he demurred. Ward, the senior minister, was away at a postal conference in Rome and Hall-Jones felt that James …
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… returned to teach at Hyde Abbey but quickly accepted a post as tutor to the two sons of Sir Charles Henry Coote of …
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… the townspeople petitioned to have him removed from his post. Kinder was subsequently interviewed by Bishop G. A. …
Type: Biography
… celebrations of the Catholic church in New Zealand. The apostolic delegate came from Sydney, and was joined by many … ordained the first Maori priest, Wiremu Te Awhitu. With the post-war drift to the city by Maori, he encouraged the Mill …
Type: Biography
… – joined the Liberals. The following year he was given the posts of minister of agriculture, minister of industries and …
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… and retained the seat until 1908. He was twice offered a post in the Seddon ministry but his conditions – the … to wait until everything had been collected would be to postpone publication indefinitely. In December 1913 McNab …
Type: Biography
… downgraded the position by comparison with vice-regal posts elsewhere in the British Empire, and meant that it no …
Type: Biography
… his unparalleled stature in trade and agriculture in post-war New Zealand. …
Type: Biography
… was followed by ‘Christchurch Railway Station’ (1944) and ‘Post Office Cathedral Square’ (1945) – cityscapes rare in …
Type: Biography
… in 1949, the first composer in New Zealand to hold such a post. In Wellington Page soon began an enterprising series …
Type: Biography
… discussed. This was followed by a succession of prestigious postings, including command of his own fighter squadron …
Type: Biography
… sharks. Grey became premier in 1877 and offered Rees the post of attorney general; Rees deferred to the more …
Type: Biography
… Association ( Remedy for present evils ); the New Zealand Post Office Union ( Along the line ); and the Auckland …
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… probably on the orders of the director general of the Post and Telegraph Department. The leaders of the Coalition …
Type: Biography
… a militia were organised. Swainson urged that the bill be postponed for six months. In the absence of disciplined … became chancellor of the diocese of Auckland. He held this post until his death. Swainson lived at Taurarua, a frame …
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… pā, Pukearuhe, was the first safe refuge and staging post south of Kāwhia. There Te Ākau, Te Rauparaha's wife, …
Type: Biography
… career in 1901 with the Wellington daily, the Evening Post . His right-wing views led him to switch to its more …
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