Hon. Sir John Hall (1824 – 1907) Died of old age Place of Death: Hororata, Canterbury *Member of the Canterbury Provincial Council – 1853 – 1876 *Colonial Secretary of New Zealand – 1856 *Prime Minister of New Zealand – 1879 – 1882 *Mayor of Christchurch – 1906 – 1907 Buried at St John’s …
“For my part I am so happy in my dear dear home I should never care to stroll out and never enjoy my evenings half so much when a third person comes to interrupt our cosy tete a tete. Although my dear husband is not much given to talk on these occasions and is generally …
“…the work done in the old Provincial days, and the men who did it, deserve to be held in grateful recollection. When we consider what our Canterbury Provincial Government left behind, when we look at the roads, bridges, harbour works and even railways, by which the province was opened up…we are justified in believing that …
