Manawatū-Whanganui Region (N.Z.) - Commerce

Date: 1904

From: Church of the Province of New Zealand. Wellington Diocese : Central and parish records

By: Radcliffe, Frederick George, 1863-1923

Reference: MS-Papers-1925-77/45-01

Description: Scene of unpaved Hautapu Street, featuring a gentleman on horseback and other pedestrians among the storefronts lining both sides of the street, with bush at the rear. Photograph taken by Frederick George Radcliffe in 1904. Quantity: 1 photograph. Physical Description: Black and white print

Date: 1999-2001

By: Morgan, Robert R, active 2002

Reference: MS-Group-1117

Description: The papers, transcribed and compiled by John Morgan's great-grandson Robert, include extracts from his diaries and reminiscences. They relate mainly to the 1850s and describe life in Wanganui and Taranaki during this decade, including farming, economic activitity, travelling between New Plymouth and Wanganui and relations between the settlers and Maori. Also included is a description of a trip made by Morgan in 1853 droving sheep from Kai-Iwi to Taranaki published in the `Hawera star', 10 Aug 1935 and a brief talk about John and William Morgan given by Robert Morgan. John Morgan was born in Dorset and emigrated to New Zealand in 1849 aboard the `Berkshire'. After a brief period in Taranaki he settled in Wanganui. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 158 kilobyte(s) textual material. 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescripts

Date: 1849-1896

By: Field, Henry Claylands, 1825-1912

Reference: Micro-MS-0818

Description: Various papers and letters, including a list of his children's birth and death dates, legal and business papers primarily concerning land, water rights and sheep; plan of ship on which he sailed from England 1851, newspaper cuttings Sep-Dec 1894, minute book of Directors and Shareholders of the Wanganui Meat Preserving Company Ltd 16 Feb 1887-23 Jul 1892. Source of title - Supplied title Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 203 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm

Date: 23 Mar 1878

From: Warnock, Thomas, 1850?-1939 : Shipboard diary and other papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7255

Description: Passengers contract ticket issued by Shaw, Savill & Co for Thomas Warnock for a passage aboard the `Lady Jocelyn' from Belfast to Auckland, 1878 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1878, 1901-1917, 1986

By: Warnock, Thomas, 1851-1939

Reference: MS-Group-1044

Description: The papers comprises a holograph diary kept by Warnock while a passenger on the `Lady Jocelyn' in 1878 from Belfast to Auckland; original and photocopy of his ticket; testimonial from Hawkins, Robertson Ferguson and Co, Belfast; Warnocks centennial supplement (1986) and two ledgers and two cash books for Warnock's, 1901-1917 Source of title - Supplied Warnock came to New Zealand in 1878. He was employed by Kirkcaldie and Stains, Wellington, in 1884 and in 1886 established his own store, Warnock, Adkin and Kelly in 1886. In 1910 he moved the shop, by then known as Warnocks, to Wanganui, where it celebrated its centenary in 1986. Quantity: 4 folder(s). 4 volume(s). 0.28 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, mss and printed matter

Date: 1875-1877

By: Maclean, Charles Richard Alder Lendrick, 1833-1896

Reference: qMS-1191

Description: Letters deal with business and domestic affairs, land transactions, including Ngatiwhata and other Maori tribes as clients; also includes letters relating to the Emigrants and Colonists Aid Corporation, and to Colonel Halcombe Source of title - Supplied Relationship complexity - See also MS-Papers-1680 for papers that came in with the same accession Maclean was a solicitor in Bulls Quantity: 1 volume(s) (909 leaves). 0.02 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs, mss (29 cm; ½ brown calf, green boards)