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… Eketahuna on 7 July 1933 and educated at Avondale College, Auckland. Since he came to notice in 1952 by winning the New … championship in 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, and 1960, and the Auckland provincial championship in 1954, 1955, 1957, and … (1954); Empire Games trial (1954); international mile, Auckland (1955); the Dunedin Festival mile (1958); and the …
… King Country on 5 July 1923. The Main Trunk express from Auckland to Wellington crashed into a huge slip at Ongarue, … was so unpromising that the departure of the express from Auckland had been delayed for four hours. Finally it was … 1940 the Limited express, northbound from Wellington to Auckland, encountered trouble at 8.15 a.m. on the final …
… (1905– ). Professor of chemistry, the University of Auckland. Lindsay Heathcote Briggs was born in Hastings on 3 January 1905 and, after graduation in science at Auckland Univ. College, he undertook postgraduate studies at … On his return to New Zealand Briggs established at Auckland perhaps the first recognisable New Zealand national …
… tuition to a class of New Zealand Territorial officers in Auckland. The first clubs were formed at Otago and … and several in Wellington. In 1934 members of the Auckland Operatic Society formed the Auckland Swords Club, and soon afterwards, similar clubs …
… England and France she married in 1879 William Rattray, an Auckland businessman who had been a member of the Provincial … for The Gentlewoman for many years. She died at Auckland on 12 August 1931. In the course of a busy life … eloquently than her words. by Patricia Ann Grimshaw, M.A., Auckland. The Dominion , 13 Aug 1931 (Obit). …
… is only a rare visitor to New Zealand. An example in the Auckland Museum is 13 ft 8 in. in length and weighed 620 lb. … by Arthur William Baden Powell, Assistant Director, Auckland Institute and Museum. …
… operating for the bacon-curing industry, and industries in Auckland have formed somewhat similar groups for fuel … and instrument technology in association with the Auckland Industrial Development Laboratories. …
… (Posthumous award.) Private James Crichton; 2nd Battalion, Auckland Regt., 1st NZEF; 30 September 1918; Crevecoeur, France; 15 November 1918. Died at Auckland on 22 September 1961, aged 82 years. Sergeant Keith … war. Sergeant Samuel Forsyth; N.Z. Engineers attached 2nd Auckland Battalion, 1st NZEF; 24 August 1918; Grevillers, …
… museum movement in New Zealand. The four main museums in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin were … on the present site was formally opened in 1936. The Auckland Philosophical Society, now the Auckland Institute (a branch of the Royal Society of New …
… sprint Bronze 1938 Sydney J. Brown 100 km. road Silver 1950 Auckland L. P. Lock 10 miles unpaced Silver 1950 Auckland T. R. Carter 100 km. road Silver 1950 Auckland G. R. Avery 1,000 m. sprint Bronze 1950 Auckland L. …