Marks/Inscriptions: F. 36 Adams , William Acton Blake way (1843 -1924) born at Wilden mane, Wore. the Eldest t son of Wr lam Adams who marr. a daughter of the Rev. Langley of Langley Dale, mar boron. she d. in ChCh 14.5.06 aged 9o . Their Sons were Wm. Actor Adams , Langley Adams , Percy Adams and Wm. Adams of Marlborough. she family came out in the ship Eden and arrived al Nelson in 1850. Win Adams ser. An English solicitor , took up two une on the Warran became leader of the separation mov t between Nelson and and marlborough and was first ( per intend ent of Marlborough He was M.H. R for Picton and replaced Traversing the firm of Travers and Kingdon. W m. Acton Blakeway Adams was educated at Nelson College and in 62 was admitted a canister and solicitor. He then left for England wher he studied law for two y cas . He returned to Nelson in '69 and joined his fathers form ce8' a junior partner. In 73 he was elected to the Nelson Prov. Coun. Nelson city. He successfully fought for the principle of the resp y of the executive to the Council . He took a leading part in the Nelson and les Coast Railway Lea gig and drew up the scheme of financing by land grante Which was later adapted bys for the payments to the Midland Railway Co, In '78 he bought f Ion the Hin N. Edwards his share in Tend ale Ken Afterwards buying the remaining share from John Ken. In 78 he entered Par lt. Cyclop N.Z.i Scholefield I : Acland : LT. 22.9.86 : 11.11.90; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: A 36. nm . Actor. Adams as member fr a Nelson after a haid fight with Col. Pitt. He was re-elected in but resigned in 81 owing to ill health. After a Emper tour of two years he moved to ChCh in '83 and in 1.1.84 went into partner dup with - ho nalder Rice ont homage Whey dissolved part. in Ap. 87 and soon after he and Ph. Kippenberger, bent lesko Leagu into part. He became chairman of the Karlinsky , the object of which was to bo t the Midland Rly. Fr hima + wills of ChCh sold hole worth to William Taylor of Dunedin in 84, and Taylor sold to Adams who later bought Hope field and Wood bank in the Hanmer arsa . He dl owned Island Fann a nd Salo Downs in Selwyn AuntI. Finally he bought the wo thom end of Motunau garton which became known as T.papa. His grandson is now farming the homestead block ( . When Adams bought a block frum the Saxton Bess he had 320000 ac . in That area and his best shearing tally was 70000. the rabbits became a menace and he kept p a steady cam paige again st them, she rabbit rang amounted to a hundred at the height of 7 campaig the acreage he bought from Taylor was 1753 ac freehold and 62 500 leasehold with house and wool hed and 20784 mems : price £15850. He started breeding black polled catte at Tandem and in '90 his draft of 3y old Shiers was 200. H. Diedrich bought them for the w . Coast. He later on crossed short hous with his black cattle. LT. 22.9.86 : 16.4. .8.90; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: A. 36 Wm. Acton - Adams. In 85 he collected alle the stray cats he coed find in ChCh and carted them s to keep down the rabbits at Launder. He sold holes worth to Dun cam up to Rutherford who in twom sold it to W .A. Nicholls. The last owner before the Gort resumed it was R.W. Lochhead. The Shoring balley of Moles worth in 191 was 46 873. he married in '6818) Hait Frances dau of Dr. T.1R . Leaden of London. eldest son Herbert Wm. X's Coll 83 -89 marr. 27.12.105 Ethel mande dau of T.S. Johnstone in ange a of Glenmark. He died 11.12.41 son Percy Morland X's Coll 92-95 marr. Dec. 03 Alice mary dau F. B.S. Neave Major 1914 war O. S.0 Clarence Reserva Kaikoura d. 2 1.27. on Coll, son Reginald Leader , Educ. N and he put p2) Coll Lincoln Coll . His ather had bought Wm. Atkinson life interst in Wood bank. when At hinson dered in the W . Coast 20.7.06 Wood bant reverted to his eldest son Hanmer At ks on. R.h. then went to Moa Flat and after that bought the fine property named Wilden . He sold al his 1N.Z. interests and went in for alt rather speculative grave ing on a b g area in Western Cust. He died in 1958. His dau Adieu marr. George Norton Francis Wm Acton Adams eldest dau ohine margaret Frances (Pearl) dred at Woodlan 10.7.90 aged 1b. His dau Adieu marr. Capt. R chard Alexander Stile 17 Bengal Lancers 22.3.03 in London he died in London 19. 1.24 age 80 o N.Z.A e was valued LT. 8.1.06 : 5.06 : LT. 9.1.19 1 : 23.7.06 : 16.1.03 His N Z. and Eng. Es at F 0000 : 16.5.06 £4600 20.9.08 .16.5.06; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer