Born at Cupar, Fifeshire, living in Glasgow as a boy. Arrived in Wellington in 1842, having spent some years in South America. General store keeper in Wellington. Listed as ironmonger in Dixon St in Wellington almanac for 1852-53. Later, about 1859, settled in Mary Bank, Wanganui. Elected to Wellington Provincial Council for Wanganui and Rangitikei. See DNZB / Scholefield (Vol 1, p75)
Blyth, James, 1790-1862
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Manuscript
C A Vallance - Accounts and receipts - A-B
Date: 1840s-1860s
From: Levin & Company Ltd : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1347-5/17/15
Description: Selected names entered in name field Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Manuscript
Conveyancing documents
Date: 1857-1916
From: Brandon family : Papers
Reference: fMS-Papers-5634-3
Description: Comprises deeds between John McLean and Mr William Austen and James Madden and William Austen (1879) and S F O'Donnell to C J Danahey (draft, 1916), re land in Featherston; between Henry Mitchell and Miss Iremonger and Wood re land in Ohiro/Kaiwarra district (1878); between F K Holloway and Henry Mitchell re land in Ohiro district (1886); between Herbert Thomas Phillips and Mrs S F O'Donnell in Featherston (1908); between Henry Mitchell and F Holloway re land in Ohiro district (1882); between Henry Mitchell and Stephen Saville re land in Ohiro district (1879); between Henry Mitchell, Stephen Saville and Jonathan David Iremonger re land in Ohiro district (1887); between Stephen Saville, Thomas Chegwin and Henry Mitchell re land in Ohiro district; between Alexander Willett and John Tompkins re land in Wellington city (1866); between James Blythe Thomas Dutton McManaway and A de Bathe Brandon re land in Wellington city (1857); and between William B Dorning and John Martin re land in Wellington city (1866) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Online
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We the undersigned RETAIL STORE KEEPERS, at the request of those in our employment, Agr...
Date: 1850
From: [Miscellaneous ephemera related to selling and advertising of merchandise in retail outlets. 1800s]
Reference: Eph-B-RETAIL-1850-01
Description: Lists 31 retail storekeepers (mainly operating in Lambton Quay) who agreed to this closing time.: D.P M`Euen (linen draper), W. Hornbrook (general store), James M`Beth (grocer), R.J. Duncan (merchant), Richard Davis (grocer), Geo. P. Wallace (grocer), E. Stafford (tailor), J.E. Watkin (ironmonger), George Mace (linen draper), H. Read (tinman), John Cook (tailor), John Fraser (linen draper and haircutter), Thomas Mills (ironmonger), J. Burne (linen draper), J. Masters (straw bonnet maker), Geo. Waters (general store), William Lyon (bookseller), James Blyth (general store), Langdon & Spinks (grocer), S. Robinson (linen draper), D. Anderson (general store), E. Cording (general store), George Levy (general store), W. Rowlands (general store), T. Warburton (fancy goods), Johnson & Moore (general store), James Taine (grocer), J. Curtis (linen draper), Samuel & Joseph (merchants), J. Harding (ironmonger), J. M`Beth (grocer). Exhibited in 'To market, to market: advertising and commercial ephemera from the Printed Ephemera Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library' exhibited at the National Library of New Zealand, 5 August - 16 September 1997. Many of the listed retailers operated in Lambton Quay in 1850-51. Other Titles - Poster Inscriptions: Recto - (Handwritten in ink after each signatory's name): [type of shop]. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Woodblock, 327 x 220 mm.