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Ship Wrecks NZ: January 2014
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Maritime disasters and mishaps of NZ shipping. Hulks, old stories, shipping stuff, tales from the sea - we blog it. Tuesday, January 7, 2014. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19400117-46-4. Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 308, 30 December 1939, Page 11. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 12, 15 January 1940, Page 6. At the subsequent enquiry Gresham gave a detailed account of the events leading up to the tragic loss of four lives:. Frank Gordon Gresham, owner of the Ngahuia, ...
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Ship Wrecks NZ: The Toiler (1912)
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Maritime disasters and mishaps of NZ shipping. Hulks, old stories, shipping stuff, tales from the sea - we blog it. Sunday, November 3, 2013. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19120208-14-2. The Toiler was launched in Te Kopuru from the yards of boat builders Brown and Sons on 22 January 1912. The steamer was built for Francis Lionel Kitching for a passenger and cargo service on the Northern Wairoa River. Auckland Star 9 November 1916. New Zealand Herald 9 December 1916. Sir G...
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Ship Wrecks NZ: The Eure - French Man o' War that became a coal hulk
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Maritime disasters and mishaps of NZ shipping. Hulks, old stories, shipping stuff, tales from the sea - we blog it. Monday, December 26, 2011. The Eure - French Man o' War that became a coal hulk. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19130206-16-2. Arrival in Port Chalmers. RRIVAL. March 7. Eure, French war corvette, 1600 tons, 10 guns, Captain Le Cuve, from Akaroa. The vessel again visited New Zealand waters in 1900 including a visit to Wellington. Where she was probably sent on...
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Maungaturoto Memories: Maungaturoto & Districts Timeline
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Maungaturoto will be celebrating 150 Years in 2013. Maungaturoto and Districts Timeline. This is a Living Timeline with continuous updates as time permits. Reference Sources are footnoted at the bottom. Maungaturoto Time Line History Footnoted. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Meaning of Maungaturoto. Maungaturoto means in maori 'Mountain near water'. Otamatea Roll of Honour to the men who served in the World Wars. Maungaturoto and Districts Timeline. Historical Births, deaths, marriages. Maungaturoto cel...
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Maungaturoto Memories: March 2014
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Maungaturoto will be celebrating 150 Years in 2013. Sunday, March 2, 2014. Maungaturoto Congregational Church Cemetery Records going digital. For the Maungaturoto Cemetery Records. This is still a work in progress, given the large amount of burials and names I still have to enter into the website database. At the time of writing, I'm currently doing the Cullen family list, which is quite an extensive one. The forgotten war grave of Harold Frederick Cullen. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Cullens of Maung...
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Maungaturoto Memories: "Push it over the gorge" the great Maungaturoto insurance scam of 1926
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Maungaturoto will be celebrating 150 Years in 2013. Sunday, November 17, 2013. Push it over the gorge" the great Maungaturoto insurance scam of 1926. Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, AWNS-19260415-49-1. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 77, 1 April 1926, Page 7. Lough said, "Yes, I have about £300 on her.' Witness then said: I will leave the pushing over to you." The police produced statements made by accused, and said they had been frank and truthful on the whole mat...Lough was ...
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Maungaturoto Memories: June 2013
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Maungaturoto will be celebrating 150 Years in 2013. Saturday, June 29, 2013. Creative Commons digital images of Maungaturoto and Districts. Over the last five years I've accumulated a lot of digital images of Maungaturoto and the surrounding areas. These are available under a creative commons license on my Flickr account. You can view the images here. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The Meaning of Maungaturoto. Maungaturoto means in maori 'Mountain near water'. Maungaturoto and Districts Timeline. Over the l...
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Maungaturoto Memories: December 2012
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Maungaturoto will be celebrating 150 Years in 2013. Sunday, December 9, 2012. The Scandalous Maungaturoto Hotel. Few would ever suspect the local Maungaturoto Hotel could have caused such a scandal. Back in 1902 though it was a hot topic. It started off with the transfer of a license when it was brought by the colourful Moss Davis. An article appeared in the Evening Post. BY TELEGRAPH—Auckland Press Association). AUCKLAND, 17th June 1902. The Rev. R. N. Davidson (Maungaturoto), the Rev. M...The matter di...
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Maungaturoto Memories: September 2012
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Maungaturoto will be celebrating 150 Years in 2013. Monday, September 10, 2012. History of the Maungaturoto Co-Operative Dairy Company 1902 -1952 Digitised. Maungaturoto Dairy Co History 1902 -1952. This is the digitised copy of the original publication which I did some time back. It is available on the Scribd website as a complete PDF download. This was done as part of an ongoing project to have Northland's history available to the community on line. Sunday, September 9, 2012. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Maungaturoto Memories: Stories in Stone : Lionel Major Hardy
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Maungaturoto will be celebrating 150 Years in 2013. Thursday, November 20, 2014. Stories in Stone : Lionel Major Hardy. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20441, 18 December 1929, Page 14. CAR GOES OVER BANK.: ONE PASSENGER KILLED. TWO MEN IN HOSPITAL [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENT.] WHANGAREI, Monday. A fatal motoring accident occurred at Maungaturoto late on Saturday afternoon. Mr Dodds injuries lead to the conclusion that his head came in contact with the windscreen, but both he and Mr. Kin...
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