Macdonald Dictionary Record: Herbert Belfield

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George Ranald Macdonald
Production date
1952-1964
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One record, handwritten in ink on rectangular card, with biographical information for Herbert Belfield. Written by George Ranald Macdonald for the Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biography project, 1952-1964.
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Christchurch
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G R Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biographies
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B320
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B320
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B320
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Marks/Inscriptions: B. 320. Belfield, Herbert ( ) arrived at Lylt. by the schooner Cane bury from Wgtn . He w plo believed to Con have Come out in the Mariner which Arrived Wgtn from London 25.11.56. He was elected a member of the ChCh Club in '57 and of the C.J.C. in '59. He was deputy Regis ran of B.D.1M. at Timaru in 61. 1Mrs M. Studholme says he was a cows on of the Wool combe 's. this perhaps accounted for him settling in Timaru . He was elected to the first comm. chien to form the Mechanics Inst.lute at Timaru and was one of the first Park conn issuers. He was return ed unopposed for Timaru in 67 in succession to Lester Thomson. He resigned in '68 and for some tune there was io member in protes t against the share of publi o money allotted to be Spent in the Timaru distre He was a Steward at the Timaru Raced 67 + . He joined A.G. Hort in the proprietor ship of the Timaru Herald July 6 and became Editor. The Timaru Heral 8) comparatively hew building was destroyed in the great fire of De. 68. Belfield and Horton had not ever time 1o pick up their Coats as they monied out. most of the newspaper type was saved but mich paper which was thrown out of the windows has burnt Andersen S. Canty. : ChCh Club. Minutes : LT. 17.8.61 : 16.7.62 : 21.3.67.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: B. 320 H. Belfield. soon afterwards. His favourite doog was burnt; it did not see him 90 out and refused to leave the building, He addressed a meeting called in June '71 to wn sider the question of a Timaru Harbour . He regretted that only town people were present. Balfour s concrete lock sea wale had failed to w ith stand the sea. The Lylt. Times (5.7.71) treated with withering Sarcasm the idea that a harbour could ever be built on an open road stead. It certainly seemed a wild idea in '71. Belfield and Richard Turnbull were the two chief supporters of the idea. He was a member of the first Timaru Harbour Bd. which was elected 1.1.7 7. He was the first man to use the local stone for a dwelling house: this was built in Church I. in '66. He built his second house between the railway cutting and the Clif after his Second marriage . He and his second wife were both fancies of dogs, regions , Hon dah fouls et. She village of Belfield which was offered in sections in '80 was named after him. He imported Feb. 78 a pair of silver pigeons and a pair of White bull deniers said to be the best Ever selma in Canty. He was chair man of the S. Canty Bd. of Educ. Ap. 78. LT. 5.7.71 : 9.2.78 : . 5.78.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: B. 320. married 21 .3.66 at St Mary's , Geraldine by Rev. L.L. Brown to Margaret Louisa o dau of Capl Aeneas Macpherson of St rath noon , Orari, late of H.Me . 59 Reg. She d. 10.10.73. aged 34. She was the susteren )Mrs. W .K. and Mrs Angus macdonald marr. 17; 8.7.76 at St Michaels by Bishop Harper to Emma Leonora (Nora) dau of Wm. Mellish of Guerin.sey.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer

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