Farmer of Pukerua Bay, Wellington, in 1933. Husband of Elizabeth Laing Gray (née Lindsay) - they married in 1906. Father of Agnes Christina Gray (born 1908) and Eric Lindsay Gray (born 1911).
Gray, Charles, active 1906-1933
Rose, P R, fl 1940 :Plan of land to be taken for road, being Pt Pukerua 3B, 3C1A, 3A4, ...
Date: 1940 - 1941
By: Rose, P R, active 1940; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey; Gordon Harcourt Ltd
Reference: MapColl-832.47965gbbd/1940/Acc.10172
Description: Survey map with cadastral information, showing land to taken for a new road in Pukerua Bay, where the streets or roads named Muri, Pa, Toenga and Manuka intersect beside the North Island Main Trunk Railway. The map is heavily surveyed, and shows Deposited Plan and Certificate of Title numbers, acreage, section price and current owner's name. Names of owners include: HM The King, EL Gray, C Gray, AK Lindsay, KAAM Hyde, RE Astridge, EJS Peare, II Radcliffe, WV Allen, MMP Bonner, ML Coveney, AN Taplin, Guardian Trust, GM McIlwraith, HG Mayer, AE Caddick, FF Brown, MA Bedell, E Burgess, GW Magnus, W Foothead, KH Miller, DL Gray, Hutt City Council, Native Land 2537. As per note on map, land taken from C Gray is coloured in yellow. Written on map: S[urvey] O[ffice] 20581. Signed by Public Works district engineer. Certified by registered surveyor. Written on map: Total area required for road 3a 2r 22.453 p, total area to be given in exchange 0a 1r 09.3p. Some manuscript annotations added to map. Written on map: WDO 8916 Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on diazo photoprint, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 71.2 x 71.5 cm.
The Centennial highway; anecdotes from coast road construction days
Date: 14 September 1998
From: Dallas, David Bruce, 1908-2006: Papers and photographs
Reference: MS-Papers-7241-2
Description: Paper by Dallas, `The Centennial highway; anecdotes from coast road construction days' iin which he describes incidents during the construction of the road from Plimmerton to Paekakariki in 1939. Dallas was engineer in charge of the project in 1939 and he describes some of the people involved with it and incidents that occurred. Includes a photocopy of a published cartoon depicting Robert Semple who was the Minister of Public Works. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript and photocopy
Rose, P R, fl 1940 :Plan of land to be taken for road, being Pt Taupo No. 1, Pt Haukopu...
Date: 1940 - 1941
By: Rose, P R, active 1940; New Zealand. Department of Lands and Survey
Reference: MapColl-832.47965gbbd/1940/Acc.37985
Description: Survey map with cadastral information, showing land to taken for a new road in Pukerua Bay, beside the North Island Main Trunk Railway. Roads surveyed include Rawhiti, Takutai, Teihana, Haunui and Main Bay. The map is heavily surveyed, and shows Deposited Plan and Certificate of Title numbers, acreage, section price and some owner's names. Names of owners include: C Gray, L & JA Walkers & H Truda, Hutt County Council, AJ Cox, W Harvey, RS Wall, J Marshall, J Parsonage, A Wallis, His Majesty The King, RE Walton. As per note on map, land taken from C Gray is coloured in yellow. Written on map: S[urvey] O[ffice] 20580. Signed by Public Works district engineer. Certified by registered surveyor. Some manuscript annotations added to map. Written on map: 110607 Other Titles - Plan of land to be taken for road, being Part Taupo No. 1, Part Haukopua East, Part Haukopua West. Part Waimapihi, Parts subdivisions 12, 13, 14, 15 & 16 Wairaka Block. Part Pukerua 3CIA, 3C2AI, 3C2B, and closed road; and railway land to be allocated for road being Pt Pukerua 3C. Blk V Paekakariki Survey District Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour on diazo photoprint, linen backed, scale indeterminable, 74.2 x 73.5 cm.
Legal files
Date: [1933]
From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers
Reference: 73-128-027
Description: Identified persons and firms entered under Name; also includes minor financial items which have not been indexed; and letter to Mrs M L Morris re Miss Hutton; note re Ngarara, Tini and one other piece of land; bill of costs of Luckie, Wiren for taxation re Lodge Leinster and Jennings Quantity: 1 folder(s).
General correspondence
Date: 1915-1919
From: Field family : Field and Hodgkins family papers
Reference: MS-Papers-0113-02/85
Description: Identified persons entered under Name. Also includes telegram from Field to Field sent from Waikanae; letter from a soldier sent from Falmouth; letter with Maori salutations from Edward Buckle of Tonbridge, Kent; letter from David [?] Belbridge, Melbourne; letter from S [?] Broell of Auckland; letter from Burrell, Heatchote Valley; letters fropm John, Paraparaumu; letter from Chas L [?] Pemberton, Aramoho; various envelopes. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (22 pieces).
Correspondence relating to farming
Date: 1922-1944
From: Field, William Hughes, 1861-1944 : Papers
Reference: 73-128-135
Description: Identified persons entered under Name; also includes papers relating to Wilmshurst v Field case with Atmore presiding; share milking agreement between Field and Frank Gore; pay sheets for various workers; appeal for Cairns-Cowan to be excused war service; list of stock sold (1943); and other papers Quantity: 1 folder(s).