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Wellington Civil Proceedings Action Register January 1874 to December 1878 Archives New Zealand Reference AAOM 6043 W3265 2/1A Pandora Research www.nzpictures.co.nz Wellington Civil Proceedings Action Register January 1874 to December 1878 Archives New Zealand Reference AAOM 6043 W3265 2/1A This Register covers a similar time period to that of AAOM 6043 W3265 1/1 and appears to record the dates of various legal processes for each case. Many cases are probably the same but not all and for this reason a complete index to this volume will be undertaken up to c1880. Date No. Plaintiff Defendant 1874 Jan 09 826 Francis Henry Bradey, Wellington, settler Mary Nevin and Duncan Nevin, Wellington, settlers 1874 Jan 09 827 William Tonks jun., and John Beck, Wellington David Macquarie Newcastle, shipowner 1874 Jan 12 828 John Tully Ngatuere, Wi Tutere, Eraita te Here, Raniera Roimata & others 1874 Jan 14 829 Archibald & Campbell Colquhoun, infants (by Peter Campbell) John Houghton and John Campbell 1874 Jan 16 830 Ann Evans, Waihi, Taranaki, widow Richard Lynch, Patea, Taranaki, settler 1874 Jan 16 831 George Henry Tribe, Wanganui, newspaper proprietor William Hogg Watt, Wanganui, newspaper proprietor 1874 Jan 22 832 Samuel Lowden Broadbent & Jerry Hayes Siggs, Hawera, settlers William Evans Dive, Hoods Bay, Pelorus Sound 1874 Jan 22 833 John Duthie, Wanganui, merchant William Hogg Watt, Wanganui, settler 1874 Jan 22 834 John Duthie, Wanganui, merchant Thomas Watson Ferry, Wanganui, newspaper publisher 1874 Jan 24 835 John Sutherland, Mataikuna, farmer George Crawford, Wellington, merchant 1874 Jan 24 836 Sarah Roberts admix. H. B. Roberts, Wanganui, solicitor Celia Atkinson, Wanganui, widow 1874 Jan 24 837 Sarah Roberts admix., H. B. Roberts, Wanganui, solicitor Celia Atkinson, executrix David Atkinson, Wanganui 1874 Feb 07 838 John Davis, Foxton, sheepfarmer Charles Howe, Wirokino, shoemaker 1874 Feb 12 839 Thomas Burt, Upper Hutt, storekeeper William Booth, Upper Hutt, Mill Sawyer 1874 Mar 11 840 Archibald Paisley Stuart, Wellington, merchant Walter & James Gibson, Waipapa, sheepfarmers & E. Pearce 1874 Mar 12 841 Wellington Highway Board William Lockwood Hirst, Kaiwarra, farmer 1874 Mar 13 842 James Prendergast, Attorney General NZ Henry Bunny, Treasurer of Province of Wellington 1874 Mar 19 843 Frederick Augustus Krull, Wellington, merchant Johann Gottlieb Rockel, Matahiwi, Masterton, sheepfarmer 1874 Mar 30 844 John Martin, Wellington, merchant John McIntosh, Wellington, Licensed Victualler 1874 Apr 11 845 Peter Wright Telford, Wellington, clerk Thomas Telford, Whareama & John Telford jnr., Wainui, settler 1874 Apr 24 846 Jackson & Graham, Wellington, wharfingers Samuel John Hill, Wellington, express driver 1874 Apr 27 847 James Tawse, Wanganui, carpenter Peter Manson, Palmerston, saw miller 1874 May 05 848 William Lyon, Wellington, esquire William Strachan, Wellington, settler 1874 May 15 849 Ignatius Keogh, Wellington, play actor William Hutchison, Wellington, journalist 1874 May 15 850 John Blennerhasit Steele, Wellington, play actor William Hutchison, Wellington, journalist Last updated 16 August 2016 Page 1 of 26 Pandora Research www.nzpictures.co.nz Date No. Plaintiff Defendant 1874 May 18 851 Francis Williamson, Wanganui, settler Alexander Peyman, Oamaru, contractor 1874 May 22 852 Morgan Stanislaus Grace, Wellington, doctor of medicine Henry William Diver, Wellington, medical practitioner 1874 May 23 853 Henry Churton, Wanganui, esquire John Jackson, Martha Jackson & William Lister 1874 Jun 03 854 John Ion, Okutuku, farmer George Yates Lethbridge, Turakina, farmer 1874 Jun 03 855 Peter McKenzie, Wairoa, farmer Henry Dyke, Wairoa, farmer 1874 Jun 04 856 Henry Samuel Chapman, Dunedin, esquire Sir Francis Dillon Bell, Shag Valley, Otago 1874 Jun 29 857 Alfred de B. Brandon & William H. Quick, solicitors John Martin, Wellington, merchant 1874 Jul 18 858 John Ion, Wairoa, farmer Robert Brown, Wairoa, farmer 1874 Jul 21 859 William Mould, Wellington, draper Manihera Rangitakaiwaho, Greytown 1874 Jul 29 860 John Davis Enys, Christchurch, sheepfarmer William Montgomery, Wellington, contractor 1874 Jul 30 861 Irving Clarke Wylie, Wellington, civil engineer Charles McKirdy, Wellington, contractor 1874 Aug 08 862 Paora Torotoro and Rewi Haokere Frederick Sutton 1874 Aug 12 863 William Gilfoy, Wanganui, ropemaker William Hogg Watt & Charles William Purnell, Wang. Chronicle 1874 Aug 21 864 David Anderson, Wellington, merchant John Beaton, New Plymouth, contractor 1874 Aug 25 865 Roderick Mulhern, Pahautanui, farmer David Galloway the younger, Pahautanui, farmer 1874 Sep 05 866 Henry Baucke, Wellington Julius Vogel, Wellington, colonial treasurer 1874 Sep 10 867 Walter Morrison, Manaia, Masterton, farmer Andrew Cockburn, Manaia, Masterton, farmer 1874 Sep 11 868 Henry Dyke, Wairoa, settler Peter McKenzie, Wairoa, settler 1874 Sep 17 869 Cornelia Burdon Fletcher, Wellington, spinster Abraham Harris, Taita, settler 1874 Sep 17 870 Thomas Pearse, Parawanui, Rangitikei, mariner Francis Maule, Wellington, mariner 1874 Sep 18 871 James Knox Grant, Wanganui, publican John Albert Heaton, Rangitikei, publican 1874 Sep 18 872 William Gilfoy, Wanganui Frank Walpole Evans, Rangitikei, publican 1874 Oct 02 873 William Thomas Locke Travers, Wellington, barrister John Martin, Wellington 1874 Oct 06 874 Alexander McKenzie, Masterton, settler Robert Hall, Greytown, shoemaker & William L. Hurst, Kaiwarra 1874 Oct 09 875 Jacob Joseph and Joseph Edward Nathan, Wellington Moritz Hirschberg, Greytown, storekeeper 1874 Oct 15 876 Samuel Lowden Broadbent & Jerry Hayes Siggs, Hawera William Evans Dive, Pelorus Sound, settler 1874 Oct 17 877 James Duigan, Wanganui, brewer John Ballance, Wanganui, newspaper proprietor 1874 Oct 19 878 William Odgers, Carlyle, hotel keeper Charles H. Borlase & Maillard Noake, Wanganui, executors 1874 Oct 19 879 Richard John Duncan, Wellington, auctioneer Denis Reardon, Wellington, turnkey 1874 Oct 28 880 Morgan Stanislaus Grace, Wellington, medical practitioner Henry William Diver, Wellington, medical practitioner 1874 Oct 31 881 George Benjamin Allen, Wellington, musician Thomas H. Rainford, Wanganui, musician 1874 Nov 07 882 Wangaehu Highway Board Thomas Vandyke Brown and James Wallace 1874 Nov 13 883 Rangitikei Highway Board George Maunder, Rangitikei, farmer Last updated 16 August 2016 Page 2 of 26 Pandora Research www.nzpictures.co.nz Date No. Plaintiff Defendant 1874 Nov 21 884 New Zealand Titanic Steel & Iron Co. Ltd Joseph Davies 1874 Nov 23 885 Samuel Gray, 14 Clements Lane, London, gentleman William Hogg Watt, Wanganui, merchant 1874 Nov 30 886 John Kennedy, Upokongaro, Wanganui, hotelkeeper James Atkinson, Wanganui, settler 1874 Nov 30 887 Karaitiana Takamoana, Hawkes Bay, aboriginal native Frederick Sutton, Napier, storekeeper, Paora Torotoro, Ahere te Koare, Nikera, Whitingara, Tareha, Urupene Rehara Erueti Ngamu and Tareha Moananui all of Ahuriri, aboriginal Natives & Samuel Locke, Napier 1874 Dec 02 888 Henry Dyke, Wairoa, settler Peter McKenzie, Wairoa, settler 1874 Dec 08 889 John Millar, Wanganui, civil engineer Mayor, Councillors & Burgesses of Borough of Wanganui 1874 Dec 18 890 Frederick Whitlock, Wanganui, farmer Charles Parsons, Wanganui, butcher and Joseph Purcell, Wanganui, butcher 1874 Dec 22 891 John Raven Hayden Hezekiah Hall, Paul Siemen Forbes 1875 Jan 06 892 Jarvis Bridge & John Morgan, Wanganui Mary Foreman, Ellen Andersen (formerly Foreman), Harriet Foreman & Stephen Foreman all of Wanganui Trustees under will of the late Stephen Foreman 1875 Jan 09 893 Arthur Henry Gladman Smith, Wellington, commission agent Henry Newsome Carles, Wellington 1875 Jan 11 894 Henry Dyke, Wairoa, farmer George McCaul, Wanganui, law student 1875 Jan 11 895 George Buckland Worgan, Wanganui, gentleman Samuel Mathias Curl, Rangitikei, medical doctor 1875 Jan 16 896 Charles Alfred Durie & James William Durie, Waitotara, sheepfarmers v Meika Keepa, Wanganui, aboriginal native 1875 Feb 09 897 Edward William Mills, Wellington, merchant Richard Kyffyn Kenrick, Castle Point, licensed victualler 1875 Feb 15 898 Alexander Brogden, Henry Brogden & James Brogden trading as John Brogden & Sons v Henry Miller, chairman of Victoria Fire & Marine Insurance Company Last updated 16 August 2016 Page 3 of 26 Pandora Research www.nzpictures.co.nz Date No. Plaintiff Defendant 1875 Feb 20 899 Jesse Hall and George John Hall John Elisha Smith 1875 Mar 05 900 Robert Somerville John Groves and Alfred Groves 1875 Mar 06 901 James Frazer Bell, Wellington, storeman Thomas Mullins, Hutt, storekeeper 1875 Mar 06 902 Bank of New Zealand Alexander Crawford Leslie 1875 Mar 08 903 William Strachan, Wellington, contractor William Frank Oakes, Wanganui, contractor 1875 Mar 08 904 Bank of New Zealand Eugene Bellairs late of Wellington 1875 Mar 16 905 Charles William Schultze, Wellington Mayor & Councillors of the City of Wellington 1875 Mar 19 906 George Howe, Porirua, settler A. W. Carkeek, Manawatu, surveyor 1875 Mar 19 907 George Walter Mace, Wairarapa, sheepfarmer George Henry Luxford, Wellington, merchants 1875 Mar 23 908 Thomas George, Wellington, turnkey Thomas Rae Hall, Wellington, bookbinder 1875 Apr 01 909 William Gibson, Wellington, iron merchant Amos Burr, Palmerston, sawmiller 1875 Apr 19 910 William Gibson, Wellington, merchant L. W. Robinson, Upper Hutt, blacksmith 1875 Apr 16 911 Joseph Edward Nathan trading as Joseph Nathan & Co. Anne Mullins & Thomas Mullins – A. Mullins & Son, Hutt 1875 Apr 16 912 Bank of Australasia Anne Mullins & Thomas Mullins – A. Mullins & Son, Hutt 1875 Apr 23 913 Andrew Tod, Wanganui, merchant William Campbell, Wellington, master mariner
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