Marks/Inscriptions: D. 8 Acland Thomas Dyke (1 84 7 -9o) born 3.7.4 to . He was the Eldest son of the Rev. Leopold Dyke Acland , Vicar of Broad clist, Devonshire. He was educated at Plug y - and came out to N.Z in '65. His father was an elder brother of Bs Acland of Mt. Pil and he naturally went there as a cadet. His son ho Acland says that Chudleigh , Torn Acland and J. Bell got to the head of both Manches of the Clyde and were probably the first people to get on the 1ce thea. He appears in the newspapers as a member of the Canty. Rowing Club, as a cricket er and as a good pigeon shot. He won a b.g pigeon shooting match at Slam in May '73 . He was on the limit mark of 21 yards. The back markers in 8 yards were Dr. hed will, Col. Packe and Chas. Enys. His son Les was a good gun shot and Even after he had W.t an arn cored use a light gun and shoot Sparrows. He and pool Augustus Fit2r Authe woef ht Hester ton Run from the scouts of C.F. Knyvett in abn) Not8o. This was a good run though + ( t me; + light on it was of 440 ac. freehold and 13000 leasehold and carried 8500 Sheep. The partners orden,ly thought it was not wor th white spending may to fre hold the lighter land. When J.J. hoe of Southbridge bought a block in the udder of the run they put it Acland : Chard leigh : C.J.C. Jubilee 1904 : Ch Ch Club Minute Rook; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: A.8. Thos . Acland. up f action (Aug. 76) and Loe bought it for £6900 . The newspaper Says there was smart bidding . they Evidently decided to get ont of all thei farming interests in ellesmere dist. for soon after they cut up their block 1800 ac al Sedgemere into four ten farms and sold all but the homestead farm and two the others near b + Sedgemere carried 4 3 heep. r by. The farms averaged £17 per efe. This poop + Hot otatara married. hey ws These two young men must have been much missed when they left the distre for they took part in ale the local activities. They played regularly for the Circlet Club which was an act ie one and could put a good team into the field. Whenever thew was a dinars Acland always obliged with a song called 1 og likes a drop of good bele. He was the secretary of the Ellesmere Chrebet ube in 173. He was ePisode of the Ellesmere A, + P. Assoc. in 76. te had done a lot of work or the Assoc. particularly in getting the show gc0und into good or dior. He wes a member of the Ellesmere R.B. fan. 74 . In the some mouth he was elected to the Comm. of the Canty. A. + f . Assoc. He was people 's Church war an f St. James's s, South brd or Ap. 76. He and his wife deft for England in the Waitangi Nov. 76. Fitzroy oy soon after left for Hawkes Bay. macmillan : LT. 25.11.69 : 10 .5.71 : 28.5.73 : 18.8.73 : 22.1.74 : 26.4.76 : 1.5.76 : 19.8.76. :95' 717 ) 9t A1.5S f2'588; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: H.8. Thos. D. Acland. Torn Acland and his wife returned in '77 and in Jan 78 he aud James Camp bell advertised them seles as stock and station agents , auctioneers ele They started Sale,yards at two new and growing - townships - . Ashburton and Waikari , He was made Sec. of the Rabbit Club ft this time. The members shot on an island in the Waimak,rin; River Bed and maintained a m arrived couple there to keep intruders int. He took singing me Seriously them his chore of songs would lead one to believe and and was oe the comm . of the ChCh Harmoni Soc. He and James Campbell dissolved paler hip in Mar. 82 . Their business does not Appear to have been more thar a modest o9e. He was a member of the Comm. of the C.J.C. in 182 and ch acted a Clark of the S Scales in Chit year (in those days a Stewards job, no 1 a paid one) Ia Ang.82 he took into partnershi F.H. Barns who was to do accounting and shas - br king . He got the agency for a British proprietary maureen and put clown Best plots on a b acre paddock near his house At Riccarton - for demonstration and advertis ment. He was first Sec. of the ChCh heat and Produce Co. This was nothing to do with the well known Company which started the al singsong . Thos company thought the pros peels T. 23.11.78 : 1014.82 : 9.5.82 3.8.82 : 6.3.84 : 14.3.84 : 6.3.85 : 20.5.90 : 27.10.90.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: D.8. Thos. D. Acland. 84. were poor and went into voluntary liquidat in after Watching the Canterbury Fio zen heat Cos difficulties mn its fust few years . e was one of the judges of Small farms the Canty . A. +P. Competition. He and P.H. Rams dissolved partner ship in Oct. 90 and four mouths later he took C.T. Dudley as a partner +Le Acland said of his father fhining agriculture that he was forder of agriculture than of s ) fam a and had a great prejudice aca irt sop deep ploughing. He suffered from gout all his life. He was elected A mentor f the Ch Ch Club in '68. married ar St Likes by Bishop Harper 10.10.74 Flora Marg art dau of + Robert Thomas Waitt. Those colo signed the book besides R.M. Waitt were Geo. Phipp Williams, Watts.- Russell , Am abel Ellen Reeves, Mrs W mn Reces Agnes Isabella Thomson (who be came Mrs A.1M. Ollivier) His wife died at Sumner 29.9.85 His son heaped Geo Dyke owned he died 20.392 aged 46o various stations , Author of Early Canty. both buried W Fealty Cem. thins. a widely eades man and good company. Mrs Acland was the godmother served in S.A. war and 1914 war - awarded of 5er Hugh Acland. M.C. and O 13t married Emmitt widow Hugh Reeves died Sumner 8.4.48. LT. 19.1.91 : 21.3.92 :; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer