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… curly hair, was born on 12 August 1902 in Lyttelton, the eldest of six children of English-born parents Jane … a burning passion. The couple were badly affected by the depression of the 1930s: in September 1932 Jock was sacked … – could be realised. She was an avid reader and placed great value on education. In the decades after the drama of …
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… Charles Blomfield, the son of Elizabeth Emily Hickman and her husband, William … specialising in decorative art work. By 1867 economic depression and unemployment had come to Auckland. Following … houses and sometimes rented cottages. He often walked great distances, camping in the bush or sleeping in the …
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… William Blomfield was born in Auckland on 1 April 1866, the son of Emma Watts Collis and her husband, Samuel … photography, when artists sketched their impressions of great and calamitous events. The highlight of his three … Circulation and advertising dipped sharply during the depression, but the weekly fought back strongly with the …
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… England. Her future husband, Thomas, was also born there on 20 June 1792, the son of Sarah Greenwood and her husband, William Chapman, … Terraces at Rotomahana, Anne seldom travelled. She suffered greatly from loneliness, often begging her friend Charlotte …
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… John Rochfort was one of the great surveyor-engineers who explored, mapped and opened up the young colony of New Zealand for European settlement. He …
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… born in County Kilkenny, Ireland, during March 1825. He was the son of Charlotte Bennette Clark and her husband, Thomas … returned devoid of any gold, Shearman was subjected to great public ridicule. In May 1867, by which time Shearman's … retrenchments which accompanied the onset of the long depression, Shearman reverted to control of Wellington …
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… born on 2 January 1882 in Stretford, Lancashire, England, the son of Richard Wallwork, a leatherworks manager, and his … In 1925 Richard took a year's leave without pay to visit Great Britain. He visited many institutions, reported on the … of educational purposes, and piloted the school through the depression and the Second World War. His commitment to the …
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… near Gisborne, New Zealand, on 10 October 1860. The son of the third bishop of Waiapu, William Leonard … trying times for the church: in the early 1930s the depression deepened and in 1931 the Hawke's Bay earthquake … eventual return to New Zealand). Finally, in 1917, the greatly enlarged fifth edition of A dictionary of the Māori …
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… on 5 July 1805. Through both parents he was connected with the upper echelons of the aristocracy. His father, Lord … was a son of Augustus Henry, the third duke of Grafton, a great-grandchild of Charles II and Barbara Villiers. His … very little, and that at 12 to 15 per cent interest. Depression in New South Wales had spilled over and there was …
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… a pivotal role in mediating between Māori communities and the crew of the Endeavour during Lieutenant James Cook ’s first visit to … qualified him to be one of the select few taught at the greatest marae in all Polynesia, Taputapuatea at Opoa, on …
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… 3 September 1884 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England. His father, also James, was a potter turned policeman; his mother, … production of John Masefield's The tragedy of Pompey the great was admired by the poet. On 28 December 1910, at … WEA work from 1928; from the late 1920s, as economic depression and obdurate hostility to Shelley from …
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… was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 23 September 1900, the son of Thomas John Cory Warren, a merchant, and his … at Portswood, near Southampton, England, on 2 April 1901, the daughter of Charles Frederick Laws, a master mariner, … Both came from relatively affluent backgrounds and set great store by family associations; Alwyn’s maternal …
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… at Broxton in Cheshire, England, on 1 November 1831. He was the seventh of the thirteen children of John Atkinson and … no sooner were the new local bodies established than depression began to take hold, and the funds which should … a popular agitator, or as one likely to arouse people on great questions, he will not succeed…. He is not emotional, …
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… was born at Campbelltown, Tasmania, on 30 November 1885, the son of Martha (Mary) Eberhardt and her husband, Alfred … the South Island. A big, well-dressed man, he did not say a great deal but was an able organiser and a formidable … political wings. The Workers' Union was decimated by the depression of the 1930s. The closure of public works schemes …
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… at Fortfield, County Tipperary, Ireland, on 29 April 1844, the second of eight children of Maria Shortt and her … outlined his initials on his trunk in brass nails, he added the name Fitzgerald at his mother's suggestion. An uncle who … as a bushman and a goldminer on the West Coast, told with great good humour in his reminiscences, did not lead to …
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… Edward (Ted) Buckland Firth and Guy Mortimer (Tony) Firth, the founders of Firth Industries, were born in Auckland on … Ted was highly skilled in aerobatics and often put on a great show for Sunday visitors to the aerodrome; Tony, too, … Meanwhile, Ironclad Products made slow progress during the depression, and it was not until 1932 that the firm took on …
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… Edwards was born in Islington, London, on 2 May 1891, the daughter of Isabella Rose and her husband, James William … happy times, but drought, grasshopper plagues and the 1930s depression soon brought them to an end. Bankrupt, the family … herself to have a wrong put right’. But she also had a great sense of fun. An entertaining raconteur who …
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… Harold Hirst Innes was born on 26 March 1909 at Hamilton, the son of Gertrude Hirst and her husband, Francis Thomas … after the stock market crashed in 1929. During the depression he sold a variety of products, including reject … for developing countries from dairy surpluses. Retaining great enthusiasm for this cause, he later travelled to India …
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… was born in London, England, probably in 1830 or 1831, the son of Elizabeth Sarah Miller and her husband, Richard … Railway Company, and as a mechanical engineer with the Great Southern and Western Railway Company of Ireland. In … 1882 Richardson owned land valued at £132,000. However, the depression of the 1880s ultimately ruined him, and by the …
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… Hongi Hika was born near Kaikohe, in northern New Zealand: he told French explorers in 1824 that he had been born in the year of Marion du Fresne 's death, which was in 1772; … missionaries. Agricultural implements, put to use by the great numbers of captives taken in the south in Hongi's …
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