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taken the risk of losing his footgear. âYou are very lucky,â he told him, âthat you found them there in the morning!â What he had in mind was that some of his patrons were noted for their light-fingered habits. Mullooly was described as âa little man who revelled in litigation, but was apt to grasp at the shadow and lose the substance.â His guests could depend on being regaled with his version of his latest battle in the courts. Mullooly died on 13 June 1912.
562:, where he was a shopkeeper and butcher. Four years later, he moved to Tolaga Bay, settling about seven miles upriver and opening a general store and butcher shop with a partner (J. Morris). In the early 1880s, he acquired Taumatarata, which was then undeveloped. He added Waiomoko to this holding, and named his entire property Waiomoko. Williams moved to Gisborne in 1912, and died on 26 October 1934.
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in 18 hours) did further damage. So great was the rush of water that a bank over 6 feet (1.8 m) high formed at the mouth of the river. Until a new bridge was built, ferry service resumed. Another bridge was washed away by a flood in
February 1938; however, a concrete bridge had just been completed, and it was opened for traffic within 12 hours.
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Edward Murphy (born 1845 at St. Kilda, Victoria) obtained a lease of
Paremata (Tolaga Bay) in 1873 and was appointed a Justice of the Peace at that time. With his family, he returned to Australia in 1882; in 1884, he returned and settled in Panikau (then undeveloped), making his home at Manutuke. In
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for each horse), with W. E. Holder the first custodian. On 12 May 1916, a floodâthe first of thirteen in twelve monthsâcaused a portion of the bridge to subside. Two more bridges were destroyed during a flood in
January 1917. Another flood on 4 February 1917 (when 19 inches (48 cm) of rain fell
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European settlement on the east coast in 1875. The 1926 population of Uawa County in 1926 was Europeans, 1,074 and Maoris, 592. In 1945, there were 749 Europeans and 754 Maoris, with an additional 3
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and his group escaped. In 1873, he opened the Sea View Hotel at Tolaga Bay, providing his guests with simple, adequate accommodation. One morning, a guest complained that his boots were not cleaned, although he left them outside his bedroom door. Mullooly could hardly believe that anyone would have
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1891, Murphy became an original lessees of
Tauwhareparae. For a number of years, he served on the Cook County Council. Among Murphy's gifts was the Bethany (Edward Murphy Memorial) Hospital at Gisborne, which was opened on 14 December 1920. He died in Auckland on 27 June 1919.
639:, the boat was capsized by a wave. Glover got Mrs. Kirk ashore, but she died; Rawiri Tautau survived. A boat, manned by Constable M. G. Stagpoole, Joe James and Sam Gilman, attempted to rescue the others but also capsized; Gilman swam ashore. The constable
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Umutopua, Lockwood was born at Mawhai in 1839. Her first husband was Abraham Moore of Auckland. After his death she married his partner, William Lockwood (born in
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was begun with W. Lockwood Sr. in charge. Between 1885 and 1893, the ferryman was Enoch Kirk, who was credited with ferrying 2,400 sheep in four hours. The ferry could carry a coach and five horses. At first, a
551:(1866). His daughter Lucy married Edward Robson, who held a seat on the Cook County council for several years. His son Henry (1857â1942) was a noted boatman. Captain Glover died on 24 November 1881.
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Williams (born in Wales in 1845) migrated with his parents to Australia in 1853. He came to Wellington in 1865, and was apprenticed in the tannery business. In 1875 Williams moved to
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