Macdonald Dictionary Record: William Bateman

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George Ranald Macdonald
Production date
1952-1964
Description
One record, handwritten in ink on rectangular card, with biographical information for William Bateman. Written by George Ranald Macdonald for the Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biography project, 1952-1964.
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B216
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B216
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B216
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Marks/Inscriptions: B. 216. Bateman, William was see. to the Canty . Farmers Grain + Produce Coy. Oct. 79. The company lasted about a year. They had bought + site for a grain store which was Govt. land. The law officers of the Crown delayed handing oce a title ) mon the s. The Borough Council of Sydenham also had a claim over the land. Then a short sharp depression Set in which put a stop to all sorts of ventures ('78 was the last of the boom years of the '70's) . It was aged to waned up the Company. This was only one of several attempts to set on foot a co-operative e marketing or sanitation of wheat g rowers. Thos. Bunsen of Irwell had been clair man. Wm. Bateman delivered a lecture to the Kaiapoi Farmers Club mar. 80. He was dissatisfied with the L.T. report of it and wrote the ang ry letter usual or such occas jos. Mr Bateman) arrived by the Stag. 2' cabaret 2.8.52 LT. 17.10.79 : 16.3.80 : pass list. L1S. office :; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer

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