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Dec 9, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - Hello - Davis played a pivotal role in the 1923 formation of New Zealand Breweries Limited from 10 existing companies, but this did not prevent his deepening immersion in local body aff...
Dec 9, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - hello - I met this business gentleman when I was about Nine ( 9 ) while working in my Father's office getting ready labels that eventually would be placed on the Kegs of Beer . My ...
Dec 9, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - Hello -By 1930 Kelliher had become a wealthy man, recently returned from a world tour with his wife. Although only 34 he could have retired to a life of leisure. Characteristically, how...
Dec 9, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - Hello - I have met this gentleman personnally in business & I can vouch for the reputation that he had as a dynamic business man . The amount of ground / work , this " Kiwi " could co...
Dec 8, 2010 •
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edmondsallan -Hello -The final straw for the orthodox was that Ratana abandoned monogamy. In 1925, encouraged by Te Urumanaao, he took a second, much younger, wife to protect him against the infatuati...
Dec 8, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - Hello - The party of 38 left Ratana pa on 9 April 1924 and returned there on 24 December. It included Ratana's wife and children, Pita Moko as the main organiser and spokesman, Ratana ...
Dec 8, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - Hello -Much has been written about this religious founder whose teachings are still followed today .What I have brought together is a summary taken from the many documents that others ...
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edmondsallan -Hello -The planning for the battle of El Alamein was now under way. Baker attended a conference on the proposed campaign and memorised the map details. At battalion headquarters he set u...
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edmondsallan - Hello - Nga Puhi; accountant, military leader, rehabilitation officer, public servant
Frederick Baker was born at Whauwhaukauri, Hokianga, on 19 June 1908, the son of John Francis (Fr...
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edmondsallan - Hello -After his demobilisation Vercoe returned to farming and became closely involved with the development of tribal lands, the rehabilitation of returned Maori soldiers, and the estab...
Dec 8, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - Hello - Ngati Pikiao; horseman, soldier, farmer, community leader
Henry Te Reiwhati (Harry Ray) Vercoe was born at Maketu, Bay of Plenty, probably on 21 July 1884, the third child of N...
Dec 8, 2010 •
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Ngai Tai and Ngati Paoa woman of mana, secretary, community leader
Rachael Ngeungeu Te Irirangi Beamish was born at Waiariki, Mercer, Waikato, on 10 October 1893, the third o...
Dec 8, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - Hello - Geologist, writer, company director
James Abbott Mackintosh Bell was born at St Andrews, Quebec, Canada, on 23 September 1877, the son of Andrew Bell, a civil engineer and arc...
Dec 8, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - Hello - Be careful - different family !!! same area
could be related - I haven't sorted it out
Surgeon, university professor -- Francis Gordon Bell was born on 13 September 188...
Dec 8, 2010 •
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edmondsallan -- Hello - Bell retired from politics in 1896 and returned to his busy legal practice. Following Robert Stout's appointment as chief justice in 1899, he was soon widely regarded as lead...
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edmondsallan -- Hello - Lawyer, mayor, politician, prime minister
Francis Henry Dillon Bell, known to his friends and family as Harry, was born at Nelson, New Zealand, on 31 March 1851, the eldest ...
Dec 8, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - Hello - In July 1869 Fox invited Bell to join his ministry without a portfolio. Later in the year Bell and Isaac Featherston were sent to London to plead for the retention of British so...
Dec 8, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - Hello - Before Bell took up his Nelson post he revisited Wairarapa to see if he could persuade the Maori to sell their land. This time his negotiations seemed about to succeed when the ...
Dec 8, 2010 •
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edmondsallan - Hello -Public administrator, runholder, politician
Francis Dillon Bell, usually called Dillon, is said to have been born in France on 8 October 1822. His father, Edward Bell, was a mer...
Dec 8, 2010 •
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edmondsallan -Hello - Dunedin, lacked the scope of the Otago Daily Times. It was essentially middle-brow, owned by a man who took no part in public life, and it lacked writers of national reputation. ...