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John Arnold

_The Evening Post_, 8 May 1925:
PERSONAL MATTERS
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Mr. C. N. #Orbell, one of the oldest and best-known residents of South #Canterbury, who died at his home, “The Levels,” #Timaru, on Tuesday evening, after a long illness, was born in 1841 at Essex, where he was educated. He came to New Zealand in the sailing ship Metropolis, in 1863, landing at Lyttelton. … He was interested in sport of all sorts. But it is in connection with his work as a sheep breeder that Mr. Orbell’s name will be best remembered. He and Mr. W. S. Davison were originators of the #Corriedale sheep, the most noted breed in New Zealand to-day, and if he had done nothing but this his name would be entitled to a place in the list of those who have rendered the Dominion signal service. Mr. Orbell married Miss Fergusson, a cousin to a former Governor of New Zealand—Sir James Fergusson—in 1879. He had five children—Mr. W. H. Orbell, Mr. C. I. Orbell, Mrs. Maurice Harper, and the Misses Orbell (two).
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See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrieda

Black-and-white photo: Corriedale sheep. Undated. Photographer unknown. Description: A group of six heavily fleeced sheep (one obscured behind the others) standing in a paddock (BrE field), viewed front-on at a slight angle to show the sheep’s right flanks. Citation: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 7. Ref: PAColl-6001-47. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23098270
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John Arnold

_The Evening Post_, 23 April 1925:
         NEW ZEALAND LEPERS
   TO BE TRANSFERRED TO FIJI.
                        ——
 Some time ago it was announced that an arrangement had been arrived at with the #Fiji Government for the concentration of all lepers from British colonies in the Pacific at the Mokagai leper station, Fiji.
  On Quail Island, #Lyttelton Harbour, there are nine lepers consisting of four Maoris, two Chinese, and three Europeans.
  The Minister of Health (the Hon. Sir Maui Pomare) stated to-day that it had been decided to close the Quail Island station and transfer the lepers from there within the next two or three months. The cost of their maintenance at Fiji would be borne by the New Zealand Government. All the patients had consented to go to Fiji.
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Black-and-white photo montage: Combating the Dread Disease of Leprosy in New Zealand: Pictures From the Segregation Camp at Quail Island, Lyttelton Harbour. 1924. Extended captions: Left. Accommodation huts for the men. Right. Patients playing clock golf. Citation: Supplement to the Auckland Weekly News, 11 September 1924, p. 53. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19240911-53-03. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/245860
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John Arnold

_The Evening Post_, 26 February 1925:
WOMEN IN
PRINT.
Mention is made in the Southern papers of the death of Mrs. J. H. #Davison, of St. Leonard’s, #Culverden, a very well-known and highly respected old resident of North #Canterbury. The late Mrs. Davison was a daughter of the late Mr. George Andrew Oliver, of Hawkes Bay, and was born in 1857. Her marriage took place in 1881, when she took up her residence at St. Leonard’s, and has remained ever since. Mrs. Davison leaves a great many attached friends both in the #Amuri and in other parts of the Dominion. During the war her activities were unceasing, and the death of one of her sons (Mr. F. Davison), who was killed in action, was a blow from which she really never recovered. Mrs. Davison is survived by her husband (Mr. J. H. Davison), who has been in the district for over sixty years, and has held a number of public positions. There are three surviving sons, Messrs. E. B. Davison, L. H. Davison, and J. W. Davison, all of Amuri; also four daughters, Mesdames E. F. W. Lascelles (who is residing in India), H. G. Martin, A. Cole, and Miss E. H. Davison.
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Online cenotaph aucklandmuseum.com/war-memoria

Black-and-white portrait photo: Lieutenant Francis Davison, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, killed in action. 1915. Description: Head-and-shoulders portrait of a short-haired young man in military uniform. Citation: Supplement to the Auckland Weekly News, 2 September 1915, p. 38. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19150902-38-15. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/211318
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John Arnold

_The Evening Post_, 20 February 1925:
LOCAL AND GENERAL
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The #Waimakariri River rose rapidly on Wednesday under the influence of the nor’-wester, and marooned three men, who were employed by the Waimakariri River Trust, on a small island above White’s Bridge. With the water still rising about the island, the men’s position became very precarious. At about 2 p.m. Constable Holmes, of Kaiapoi, received a telephone message that the men were in difficulties, and, procuring ropes, he and Constable Warren set off to rescue them. In the meantime, however, Messrs. Cusack and Gough had obtained a punt, and, at considerable risk, had launched it in the swirling river, a considerable distance up the stream from the island. They managed to guide the boat to the island as it was carried downstream, and the five men embarked in it again. They had a most adventurous passage, but they all landed safely on the bank. Three draught #horses, the property of Mr. C. Bell, were being worked on the island to clear away willows, and these were liberated before the men left the island. When the flood rose over the island, the horses were washed off and swept ashore about a mile further downstream, near the railway bridge.
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Black-and-white photo: Summer Floods in the South Island: Farm Lands Inundated by the Swollen Waimakariri on February 23. 1925. Photographer, H. H. Green. Extended caption: Photograph taken in the vicinity of Chaney’s, near Kaiapoi. Heavy rain in the back country caused several of the main Canterbury rivers to rise in high flood. The Waimakariri, Rakaia, Rangitata and others were affected, particularly the first-named, which on Monday of last week broke through the north bank in the vicinity of the Belfast Hotel. Citation: Supplement to the Auckland Weekly News, 5 March 1925, p. 50. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections AWNS-19250305-50-01. https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/244654
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