JP, sheepfarmer, stud and stock breeder of Parorangi, Feilding (WWNZ 1925 ed). An auction schedule for the sale of the homestead, estate and library is housed at Eph-A-AUCTION-1928?
Short, Ernest, 1872-1924
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Mounsey & Company :Catalogue; the contents of the homestead "Parorangi", Kimbolton Road...
Date: 1928
Reference: Eph-A-AUCTION-1928-01
Description: Lists 413 lots for sale, including kitchen utensils, crockeryware, household linens and furniture, chinaware, period furniture, silverware, works of art (oil painting by Schwening, various prints and Chinese tapestry pictures), Steinway Concert grand piano, and carpets. Included two tiger skin rugs, two polar bear skin rugs, a lion skin rug, three bear skin rugs, two wolf skin rugs, two fox skin rugs, a leopard skin rug. Quantity: 1 album(s). Physical Description: Catalogue of 8 pages, 220 x 144 mm.
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Mounsey & Company :Catalogue of the Library of the Short Estate, "Parorangi", to be sol...
Date: 1928
Reference: Eph-A-AUCTION-1928-02
Description: Lists 158 lots of books for sale, both fiction and non-fiction. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Catalogue of 4 pages, 220 x 144 mm.
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Biographical drafts (complete) (a)
Date: [1920-1955]
From: Mills, Thomas Lewis, 1865-1955 : Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-7007-06
Description: Drafts of biographical articles by Mills Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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"Parorangi" Homestead, Feilding
Date: [Between 1923 and 1928]
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
By: Short, Ernest, 1872-1924
Reference: Pan-0102-F
Description: Centred close up view of "Parorangi" Homestead, Feilding and immediate grounds. Photograph taken in the 1920s by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - "Parorangi" Feilding, N.Z." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.2 x 118.2 cm
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"Parorangi", Feilding
Date: [Between 1923 and 1928]
From: Moore, Robert Percy, 1881-1948 :Panoramic photographs of New Zealand
By: Short, Ernest, 1872-1924
Reference: Pan-0101-F
Description: View up driveway of "Parorangi" Homestead, Feilding. Shows the Japanese lantern in the sharp end of the tear-drop drive, a feature often used by landscape architect Trevor Buxton who designed the garden. Photograph taken in the 1920s by Robert Percy Moore. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - "Parorangi" Feilding, N.Z." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Panoramic negative 24.7 x 102.4 cm