Marks/Inscriptions: B601 Bowen Sur Chae les Christopher (1830-1917) was the elder son of Charles Bowen and was born at Milford , Co Mayo . His aller became the second speaker insider ed t have of the Canty Prov. Coun and was generally to upheld the honour of his position and increased the standing and dignity of the Aeneid. He was educated in France and was able to speak the language and read it habitually He went on to Rugby and then to Cam budge, to study law, but his fathers decision to settle in, ND. Canty prevented him from taking a degree . His parents We and his sister Letitia and his brother Croasdale an ied in the Charlotte Jane in Dee, 50. 2 was for two years private sec. to Godley , riding frome ard to end of the S. Island and visiting Domett at Nelson. In '52 he was appointed inspector of Police and during his period of office Mackenzie the sheep treaters was arrested and sentenced. He also held the position of chief clark in the Pro. Treasury. He and Croasdale were both good crick ters and each of them made 22 - top sci in a match in '53. In 55 he became Prov. Treas arero in place of Sensor who returned to Eng; and was also clerk to the Bench of Magistrates. In '56 he was app ted. A commiss wore of the Waste Lauds Board , in '57 a J.P and in '58 a commissioner of Native Reser ves . He and Crosbie ward bought the Lylt. Times fe on Ing ram Shipton in '56 for £5000 . Both Scholefield ( ; P. 19.3.03 : 15.3.30 : LT. 19.10.82 : 13.12.17 : 17.12.53 : 16. 4.55 : Cox Men of Mark.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: Sn C.C. Bowen. B.601 f them took an active part not only in the management bu t in the writing of articles as well. He nees a lay member of the first Diocesan Synod in Canty in '59 and was a Church Property tinsley . He was a member of the first comm, of the Ch.Ch mechanics Institute. He was an early member of the C.J.C ( 59) and of the Ch Ch Chip .6) . In '59 he sold his interest in the Lylt. Tines to William Reeves, and resigned his various pests in s preparation for a trip to Eng. He sailed in the valles erica for Calla at was f 31.12.59 and was the only passenger an board. He crossed the Andes in company w ith Clements Markham , a noted traveller and geography en f 2n f and Bowers description of their journey gained him his t.1R.G.S. During his stay in Eng he married Clement Markham)'s Sister. During his stay in ( America he formed friend ships in the literary world there with such men 3 i ?8 as Longfellow, Lowell, Holmes. In London he W ( to prosecute Moor houses e helped t by the Matoaka o tunnel scheme. He published a book of poems in '61. He returned to Canty S in ' . with his wife and returned to his post as receiver of land revenue. 8 In '64 he was appointed R.M . for ArCh - a post to which he, with his refined P2 Pastas and cultured mond must have found rather painful. A procession of hardened drunkard and hopeless prostitutes passed before him and begged LT. 12.1.59 : 10.8.59. ChCh lb Minutes : LT. 13.12.62 : Charlotte Godley : Macmillan :; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: Si C8 B3win. B.601 for rore more chance" a request which he too often granted , only to be greeted by the same offender the following morning. He was elected to the Avon Rd. Bd. in '64. At a dice given in Lylt in June '62 to commemorate the opening between Lylt. and ChCh of the first electric telegraph in N.Z. he was credible with being the man to start the idea. He got the necessary vote of £1500 through the Prov. Coun. in '58. When Moorhouse went to Auckland in '62 he was appointed deputy shor Suppli lend ent. In his first year in Canty he , Thomas Hammer, Stuart wor 1ley and Chas. Maunsell - for bachelors - - lived to gether in what Mrs Godley called Singleton Hanse in Lylt. and in Nov. '57 gave a ball " of unrivaled Splendour), He joined the Acclimatisation r Soc . and became chairman in Jane 68. He was president of the Canty. Collegiate union in72. It was 50 called because the trusts of the Mus erm ('9) and the Fellows of X's College (6) combined together and applied for affiliation with the liv. of N.Z. The C.C. non became the Canty. univ. College in 74 and Brien was a member of the first board. He gave a lot of attention to the subject of Education diving his efe. He delivered the address when the splendid statue to Godley was unveiled in Aug. 67. ho doubt Fitzgerald could have LT. 13.12.62; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: B.601 Su C.C. Bower. 4. been asked to do it had he been available. There was great Exert mend over the question of tickets for seats. the function. There were two classy of tickets - - green and white. of the 180 rickel s issued 30 were gran aced 150 were white. The holders of green tickets were confined to friends of Godley and High Officials. The Cat y Council ors said f thar wives did not set gee tikes they would not go at all. His choice for this responsible task denoted his high Standing in Canty. He was Commodor of the hiwinui Rowing Club Sept. 7 To mark the twenty first ann versa1y of the founding of Canty ie was proposed to found an Astronomical Soc. with the idea of setting an o6on- a tory Set up Sooner or later. The project was received wette enthusiasm the learned men of Canty f whom there were a remarkab C umber - and Bowen spoke strongly in favour of the idea. After the Synod of '72 he read a paper on " Tha Secularisation of Schools o which pointed out that secular - - as opposed to de ommnahuonal - schools must coug . A leader in the Lylt. Ties ( 13.6.72) strongly Supported him. Thes show conge and clear sighted ness in a quiet. mild man who was also a strong s poster of the C. of E. He succeeded Wm. Montgomery as chairman of the Bd. of Educ. in '73. They were two of the great fighters for the cause of ede, and was chairman again in '74. LT. 7.5.67 : 7.8.67 : 30.5.68. 27.6.8868 : 30.8.71 : 5.9.71 : 12.6.72; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: .S4. CC 13owin B. 601 in Canty. Wynn williams once said in a speech that the two most high y - esteemed names in Canty were C.C. Bowen and George Could. July 74 Bowen sat on the Bench for the last tumen 3.12.74 and the lawyers of ChCh appeared before him and T.S. Duncan addressed him expressing the son ou of the profession at his departure . He had accepted an appointment uncle the N.Z. Govt. as member of the executive Council, Mins ter of Justice and Commissione e of Stamps. He stood for the Kaiapoi seat and took for his tet the As Abolition of the Provinces . Jroeph Bewich was his opponent a politician of purely local standing and even that not of the highest - Bowen was in a different class and though Beswick got the local mars vole , he ked us chance of defeating Bowen. This marked his departure from Canterbury for some time. A subscription was raised to mark the people 's Oatibude for his Services to the province . He was presented with silver to the value of £300 -400 and the prescututur was made by Wm. Rolleston the Superintendent in the O def lows Hall , Feb. 75. In Dee. 75 he had to stand again for Pail. and this time he got 3 35 voles to Bes wicks 294. Bavin got 166 Rangiora voles to Be wicks 56 and this put him in . There was cons der able rivalry between the towns at the time. The railway was going to make Rangiora and tui LT. 22.7.74 : 23.1.75 : 2.2.75; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: Si. ce Bowen B. 60; Kaiapoi, the port of North Canty. Bowen was reared again for Kaiapoi in Sept. 79. He had succeeded O'Rourke as meister for Justice . His experiences on the Bench ins spied him to introduce reforms in the prison system, among them good conduct marks enabling there to7 prisoners to reduce their terms. He served as Minister of Justice under Pollen , vogel and Atkinson (twice). In 77 he brought forward his Education Bill. He was conaliabory - he his management of the Bill which finally established the system of Gee, compulsory and secular education . When the Whitaker - Atkinson Govt. was defeated, Bowen retired. He re marred in Pails for Kaiapoi till " 1 when he pad a long visit to Eng. When he returned he confined himself to local and business activities , but in '91 he was appointed one of the last lefe member s f the Leg. Coun. He wars Speaker of the Coun. 1905-15 . He was A member of the senate of N.Z. 1iv. 81 -82 and again 88-191 . He was vice chancellor in 1903. He was very active in preparation s for the first Scott Antarctic gp edition. He was charr man North Canty Bd. of Educ. Ap .86. When he returned from Eng. he was appointed Canty manag er or the N.Z. Trust. Loan Agency , 97. The L.T. Parlby's correspondent describing him in his old age says " he was an Inshore man of the placed ly bans colette type LT. 22.12.75 : 6.9.79 : 2.4.86; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: B.601 Su C.C.Bowen. short and comfortable figure , clean. shaved Kindly face , a voce ever gentle, Soft and low . He speaks clearly but quietly with a 8low Sedate inflection and stands af calmly to his tak with his hands buried deeply in the side pockets of his capacious jacket. When Moorhouse resigned the Superintenden in Ap. 68 he was asked to offer himself. He was then R.M. of ChCh. He refused on the grounds that he on ld ust afford to hold the position at the present salary, Moorhouse said thet t had ruined hum. After the raspibitur of the words "mild, conciliatory , tactful 4 it is rater surprising to read his elas to Selfe in the Otago Museum. He expresses himself as vigorously as ary other Victorian on such subjects as class, the halved Australian the ever more hated Scot. He ag rees with other carly settlers that Canty is going to the dogs ; he thinks he ll return to England. When anyone e not in the select upper cricke gets a good j0h he shows as much rage and Ie alonso as anyone else. Nevertheless he minst be considered as one of the inert of the early settlers a man of fine dara eter , with no enemies. He lived for years at Middleton and planted many of the trees there. He retained his fondness for the Greek and Latin classiest and fr Beading French. Selfe Letters , Hoke Library.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: B. 601 Se. C.E. Bawl. marr. at St. Petering Punche Georgia Eliza beth dau of the Rev. David F. Markham , Rector of Great Forks ley , Essex. she d. at Middleton Bt7 Canon of Windsor. 6.6.21 aged 82 aged g He d. at Middleton 12.12.17 aged 87 Hs was made K.C.M.G. 1914. family Charles Waved educ. X's Coll 75-81 District Officer Kuala Rube, P.M.S. Mag. + Collected Perk red. Berks, Eng. d. 4.12.39. George Henry Croasdale educ X's Coll 83-87 B.1) . Pembroke Cole , Cmb. : Rector Thy bergh , Rotherham , Yorks: cath Sutton oldfield : cano of Sheffield. marr. Rhoda Sullivan, a sister of Lady Wig ram d. Cobham Surrey 6.9.55 Lane bert educ. Xs Coll 8 -86 Capt. R.E. in 1914 war. Executive Eng ince P.W.O. F. M.S. ret. ChCh. d. 2.12.44. marr. 21.12.09 marg a et Florence 3' du. Hon. Wm. Rolleston. she d. in Eng. 17.7.15 aged 34. Gerald Markham Educ. Xs Coll 90-91. Samoan Relief Exp ed. 1914 45 Reinforcements. lived Pahaing F.M.S. Finer wer d. ChCh 22.1.29. b. 75. bur. Bur wood. marr. 31.1.10 Ale abel dau of H. P. Hill. Gertrude Isabel marr. 2.10.89 Robert Julian Scott eldest son Reas Cedmnal Scott. ste d. 26.6.09 Katharine Georgiana marr. 21.12.09 John Studholme Junr (2 wife) "Annette Laura d. 18.1.35. LT. 19.8.01 : 1.10.01 X's Coll Sch. List. LT. 13.2.07 : 23.12.09 : 2.2.10; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer