Discover The Delights Of Peeling Back History
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The (London) Times – a press, an editor, a reporter and a determined resolution
“At the head of the Pilgrims stood an actual bishop [Selwyn], behind him were working clergy, working schoolmasters, working landlords, working labourers, workers every one. Between deck and keel were the elements of a college, the contents of a public library, the machinery for a bank, the constituent parts of a constitutional government. It is …
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Robert Heaton Rhodes (1815 – 1884)
Robert Heaton Rhodes (1815 – 1884) Died of old age Place of Death: Christchurch * The suburb of Elmwood is named after Robert’s estate of Elmwood, now Heaton Normal Int. School and Elmwood Park. * Father of Sir Heaton Rhodes. * 1853 – 1862 – Member of the Canterbury Provincial Council * …
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Rose Mairehau Hutton nee Rhodes (1894 – 1991)
Rose Mairehau Hutton nee Rhodes (1894 – 1991) Died of old age Place of Death: Christchurch * The suburb of Mairehau is named in Rose’s memory. * She is the sister of Arthur Edgar Gravenor Rhodes – Christchurch’s 24th Mayor 1901/02 * She is the niece of William Sefton Moorhouse. * She …
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Murder at the Lyttelton Anglican Cemetery
Shipwright John Blair Thompson watched his 11 year old daughter Isabella skip away from him, her happy laughter pouring into his ears. She had every reason to be joyful and excited, the school picnic was a few days away and the whole township of Lyttelton always looked forward to such an event. It was to …
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