The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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In 1842 a section of Pomare's people were carried by a whaler from the Chathams to the Auckland Islands , where , in the most southerly latitudes ever reached by Polynesians , they raised crops of potatoes and carried on the old feuds ...
In 1842 a section of Pomare's people were carried by a whaler from the Chathams to the Auckland Islands , where , in the most southerly latitudes ever reached by Polynesians , they raised crops of potatoes and carried on the old feuds ...
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The Attorney - General , William Swainson , with whom the real responsibility lay , agreed that it was necessary to strengthen the Government , but did not think it competent for Wynyard to carry the resolution of the House into full ...
The Attorney - General , William Swainson , with whom the real responsibility lay , agreed that it was necessary to strengthen the Government , but did not think it competent for Wynyard to carry the resolution of the House into full ...
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An amendment making pensions universal was carried against him in committee and the Bill was withdrawn . The controversy was , however , merely transferred to the hustings . Ever since pension schemes , mainly of a contributory nature ...
An amendment making pensions universal was carried against him in committee and the Bill was withdrawn . The controversy was , however , merely transferred to the hustings . Ever since pension schemes , mainly of a contributory nature ...
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