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Aaron Ayers
Aaron Ayers (1836 – 16 September 1900) arrived in Christchurch, New Zealand from England as a newly married man in his mid 20s. He was a hairdresser and tobacconist for two decades before entering the auctioneering business. He was elected Mayor of Christchurch in 1885 unopposed, and was re-elected a year later in the most keenly contested mayoral election thus far, narrowly beating Charles Louisson. He retired after his second term as mayor. In 1887 he contested a for and the for , but came second on both occasions. After his mayoralty, he lived mostly a private life and was known as an avid gardener. Early life Ayers was born in Gloucester, England, in 1836. He married Isabella Eliza Ayers (née Williams) in Newington, London, Newington, Surrey in 1859. She was a daughter of F. F. Williams of London. They came to Canterbury, New Zealand, Canterbury on the ''Gananoque'', which arrived in Lyttelton, New Zealand, Lyttelton on 9 May 1860. Upon his arrival, he built a house at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Hulbert (mayor)
Charles Partridge Hulbert (25 August 1841 – 22 June 1926) was Mayor of Christchurch in from December 1883 to December 1885. Early life Hulbert was born in Bedminster, Bristol, Somerset, England in 1841. His parents were John Burgess Hulbert (born 1810) and Elizabeth Hulbert (née Partridge, born 1810). On 22 October 1856, many members of the Hulbert family left Bristol on board the ''Appleton'' as assisted passengers (i.e. another party paid for their passage, probably the Victorian government) and reached Melbourne on 25 January 1857. He came to New Zealand in 1860 and participated in the Otago Gold Rush in Gabriel's Gully in 1863. He fought in the New Zealand Wars. He married Mary Anne Hulbert (née Godso) in Melbourne in 1869. In 1871, the family lived in Auckland. The Hulberts and three children arrived in Lyttelton, the harbour town of Christchurch, in February 1873. Professional life Hulbert was a hatter and had his shop in Christchurch's High Street opposite S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Star (Christchurch)
''The Star'' is a newspaper published in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was published daily from 1868 to 1991. It became the ''Christchurch Star-Sun'' in June 1935 after merging with a rival newspaper, ''The Sun'', and at the time it ceased daily publication in 1991 it was known as ''The Christchurch Star''. It later became a free newspaper, published twice a week (on Wednesdays and Fridays) until 2016, then once a week (on Thursdays) since 2016. History The ''Star'' was first published on 14 May 1868 as the evening edition of the ''Lyttelton Times''. In April 2013 the ''Star'' was sold by APN New Zealand Media (owners of ''The New Zealand Herald'') to Mainland Media. Mainland Media was owned by Pier and Charlotte Smulders, and chaired by Nick Smith, the director of the Dunedin–based media company Allied Press. Smith had previously worked as an advertising cadet for ''The Star'' in 1965. In August 2018, Allied Press acquired ''The Star'' owners Star Media and its s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Sawtell
Henry Sawtell (1832 – 19 June 1913) was Mayor of Christchurch 1871–1872. Early life Sawtell was born near Langport in Somerset, England in 1832. His parents were Mary and Thomas Sawtell. He came to Nelson, New Zealand on the ''John Masterman'' in February 1857. In August 1858, Sawtell came to Lyttelton. In 1861, he lived on town section 200 in Lyttelton. On 14 June 1862 at the Trinity Church in Lyttelton, he married Mary Ann, the daughter of Thomas Abrahams of Lyttelton. Their first son, Leonard Sefton Sawtell, was born on 11 March 1863 when they were living in Lyttelton's Oxford Street. By 1864, they were living in Christchurch's Hereford Street. His wife died in 1879, and on 20 January 1880 at St John's Church, Christchurch, he married Maria Parnham. Professional life Initially, Sawtell was a grocer in Christchurch, working for Dalgety. For some time he was in partnership with Alexander Cracroft Wilson, son of John Cracroft Wilson, and the firm carried on business as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Ollivier
John Ollivier (25 March 1812 – 31 July 1893) was a Member of Parliament in New Zealand, but was better known for his membership of the Canterbury Provincial Council. He was the second chairman of the Christchurch Town Council. Early life Ollivier was born in 1812 on the Isle of Wight in England. His parents were Claude Nicholas Ollivier (c.1780–c.1855) and Ann Wilby (c.1782–c.1820). Ollivier was educated in France. He worked as a publisher in London for about 20 years. The most popular work that he published was ''Eothen; or Traces of travel brought home from the East'' by Alexander William Kinglake. He married Elizabeth Morton in 1839. They had a large family, with 10 children born before they emigrated, and one more son born in Christchurch. Their 8th son, Arthur Morton, was born in 1851 and achieved some prominence as a cricketer, mountaineer and businessman. The family came to New Zealand on the ''John Taylor''; the ship left London on 10 July 1853 and arrive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Gray (New Zealand Politician)
Charles Mathew Gray (1853 – 11 June 1918) was a New Zealand Independent Member of Parliament for Christchurch North, and Mayor of Christchurch. Early life Charles Gray was born in Geelong, Victoria, in Australia and came to New Zealand in 1862. Local body politics Gray was elected to the Christchurch City Council in 1885. Mayoral elections were held on 26 November 1890. The two candidates were the incumbent, Samuel Manning, and Gray, who received 492 and 665 votes, respectively. Gray was thus elected as the 17th mayor of Christchurch and was installed on 17 December 1890. He was mayor until the end of 1891. On 18 April 1904, he succeeded Henry Wigram as mayor, when he was declared elected unopposed. He served for one year, and his chief aims were beautifying the city, drainage, sanitation, lighting and high pressure water supply. Member of Parliament Charles Gray represented the Christchurch North electorate in the New Zealand House of Representatives from the 1905 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Prudhoe
William Prudhoe (14 January 1832 – 29 April 1908) was Mayor of Christchurch, New Zealand, for 1892. Early life Prudhoe was born Sunderland, England. He received his education at a public school and then undertook an apprenticeship as a builder and mason. He married Anne (Annie) Adamson in 1855 and they had two boys in England; the second one (Joseph) born in Durham. They emigrated on the ''Regina'', arriving in Lyttelton on 4 December 1859. The Prudhoes never returned to England. They had one further child in New Zealand; Mary Evangaline was born in 1867. Professional life Prudhoe participated in one of the New Zealand gold rushes as a digger after his arrival. Otherwise, was self-employed in Christchurch. He built many of the town's important buildings, including the first section of the Canterbury Museum (1870), the Kaiapoi Borough School (1874), Coker's Hotel in Manchester Street (1879), the synagoge in Gloucester Street (1881), and Bonnington's (or Bonnington House) in H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Paull Andrews
Samuel Paull Andrews (1836 – 18 October 1916) was a 19th-century politician in Christchurch, New Zealand. Originally from the Isle of Wight, he was the first working class man to become a Member of Parliament in his chosen country. Early life Andrews was born at Wootton Bridge on the Isle of Wight. He learned the trade of a plasterer. He emigrated to Victoria in Australia in 1854 and spent ten years there, initially gold mining. He came to Auckland in 1864 on a plastering contract for the Union Bank of Australia. He then worked on other plastering contracts in Nelson and Dunedin before settling in Christchurch. Political career Andrews first tried to get elected to the Canterbury Provincial Council in 1867, but he narrowly missed out. He was the first working class candidate. He was elected to the 6th provincial council on 29 July 1872, narrowly defeating John Cracroft Wilson and his victory was celebrated by carrying him through the streets. He was the first working-class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Manning
Samuel Manning (1841 – 21 November 1933) was a brewer and Mayor of Christchurch in 1890. Early life and family Manning was born in Suffolk in 1841 and attended primary school at Needham Market. Together with his father and three siblings, he arrived on 23 December 1856 in Lyttelton on the ''Egmont''; Bishop Harper and his family arrived on the same ship. On 11 July 1861, Manning married Ellen Piper at St Michael's Church. His wife died, after some indifferent health, on 8 December 1894 aged 54. She was interred at Barbadoes Street Cemetery. She was survived by three sons and five daughters. At the time, the Mannings were living on Ferry Road at the corner with Fitzgerald Avenue in a property that they called Addiscombe. On 3 July 1897, he married the widow Margaret Mary Innes, the daughter of William Healy of Nelson. Professional life Like his father William, he was a maltster and brewer by trade. In New Zealand, he took on a variety of jobs in agriculture until 1860 and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christchurch Botanic Gardens
The Christchurch Botanic Gardens, located in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand, were founded in 1863 when an English oak was planted to commemorate the solemnisation of the marriage of Prince Albert and Princess Alexandra of Denmark. The gardens sprawl over an area of 21 hectares and lie adjacent to the loop of the Avon River next to Hagley Park. The Christchurch Botanic Gardens have a variety of collections of exotic and local plants of New Zealand, several conservatories, a nursery, playground and Climatological Station. History *1863 English oak planted for Prince Albert and Princess Alexandra of Denmark's marriage. *1882 International Industrial Exhibition held in South Hagley Park. Acclimatisation Gardens formally opened to the public. *1901 Magnetic Observatory complex constructed in the domain. It is used by explorers Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton to calibrate their compasses before heading to Antarctica. *1910 First domain fête held, attracting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Sefton Moorhouse
William Sefton Moorhouse ( 1825 – 15 September 1881) was a British-born New Zealand politician. He was the second Superintendent of Canterbury Province. Early life Moorhouse was born in Yorkshire, England, and baptised on 18 December 1825; the oldest son of William Moorhouse, a magistrate, and his wife, Ann Carter. He trained as a lawyer, entering as a student at the Middle Temple in November 1847, and was called to the Bar in November 1860. After working for a time in London, he moved to Lyttelton, New Zealand, with his two brothers (Benjamin and Thomas) in 1851. Soon afterwards, he moved to Wellington, where he resumed his law practice. He married Jane Ann(e) Collins on 15 December 1853 in Old St. Paul's, Wellington. He then briefly travelled to Australia, leaving with his wife on the barque ''Tory'' on 16 December for Melbourne. He subsequently returned to Lyttelton, and then moved to Christchurch, where he acted as a lawyer, magistrate, newspaper editor, and ship owner. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moorhouse Statue
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Hagley Park, Christchurch
Hagley Park is the largest urban open space (164.637 hectares)Hagley Park Management Plan , ; New Zealand. in , , and was created in 1855 by the Provincial Government. According to the government's decree at that time, Hagley Park is "''reserved forever as a public park, and shall be open for the recreation and enjoyment of the public.''" Hagley Park i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
