Marks/Inscriptions: C. 196 Caverhill , John Scott (1820 -97) was born in Scotland , the son of John Caverhill , of Iednenk , Jed burgh. who was the factor for the Margins of oth ian. He and his elder brother Tom came out to Aust. about 1840 . He claimed to have driven the first mop of cattle overland from Sydney to Adelaide , helped by only one black. He was a very good hand with stock , had a great eye them and a wonderful memory for individual beals. He explored and took up runs and sold them again . He ep was a 10 vial, good hear ted man , rather wild, with a great loon of practical roles which got him into trouble which he was able to get ont of again . C.P. Cor describes how after arriving in Lylt they were overtaken on the Bridle Path"" by a red-faced man with tow. like white hair, large prominent tusks of ith and abundant Evidences of being 8o Addicted to the weed (chewing tobacco) He apologised to us for not allowing us the use of his horses Pail for helping as up (quillen the cored thing to ds ) on the ground (mite Sufficient as seemed to as) that she Riche d. Crowing J.S.C it was very likely that the horse didnt. Kick but that he was reserving har energies for his own us. He was affectionately known as "wolle - Acland ; Cresswell , Cheviot ; Roberts Moti nan C.R. Caverhill, Recollections. Gardner, Ami; C.P. Cox Remus ances; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: -196 J.S. Caverhill - Haired Bob. the Liar" or "Darby the Liar" was probably used in a hale Joking sense but Caverhill had les pleasant side to his character. After he came acros s to N.Z. (the year has been placed as '46) e took a Contract supplying the; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: . 196 J.S. Caverhill and named) 40 pigs, 3 horses and a mute. G.O. G reena d, ar other of the brothers who had not previou sly beer in N.Z. came out to clear up the affairs of his brothers and a lawsint G.O. Gren wood v. Caverhill Ensued in Sept. 65. In this cas Grew ood gave evidence to the effect that Caverhill had written to the Greenw ood trustees in England asking for permission to sell some of the Greenwood from Motunau to e him ands to stave o press ina from the sheep " give b n fund ve off He received fr permission Rutherford who were threatening his tenure of Hawkswood . G seen wo also said that Caverhill continued to occupy Motunau but not under agreement with him. G ieenwood . This makes it clear that some, of not all, the stock on Motunau remained the property of the Green woods and the lease f there had been one , had rin out. The above suit was to recover the sumner Caverhill had realised from the sale of the Greenwood sheep .£4000 to gether with interest at 100 , making it £54g7 in all. Gre en wood got a verdict for this Sim. The sheep ret ons showed 008 2. sheep on Motu nar in 58 8256 of them scab by. In the L.T. of 28.4.66 R. o Greenw Advertised Mot man station for sale , 42000 ac . 800 -900 pech old 20000 sheep. LT. 16.9.65; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: C. 196 4. It has generally been concluded that Caverhill, being n that part of North Canty and finding the block of counting worth of the Hurunui and south of the Waian empty obtained a pastoral license oort it and named it The Retreat But Caverhill himself said (LT. 2 1.2.93) that he got a license to graze ia thirs country in '48 4s and under the terms of his lease had to build a house and Wool shed , which he did. another L.J. reference se ( 9.4.53) is important in this connection ; it notes that Caverhill arrived at his station with (which station ) ) with 452 head of cattle and 975 sheep with the los of only 2 sheep. These were probably for The Retreat. if they had gone on to Motunau they wined have passed throng Okete Stony hurst and all passing in oto were noted in the Stony hurst Station Diary. Another difficulty ari2es from an entry in C.O. Torlesse formal date 13.1.50. "Rode with Caverhill to Mos9into Camp to put him on his road to Motunau, " It Caverhill had been in the Retreat since '48 it is unlikely that he would never have ridden through Moti narr to Port Cooper during that time. Maling says that the family legend was that Caverhill first visiL; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: C. 196 was by sea to Motea nan which no doubt referred to Caverhill s trip with Robert Waitt in the Will Return. Perhaps all the station traffic from Port Cooper to Motunau was by Sea up to this time. All the stores would have to go that way. While Caverhill was at Motunau , Bully Hayes landed at Motu man Is. He had a miserable hall starved boy with him . Caverhill took. pity on him and bought him from Hayes for a bag of flour. He worked fa Caverhill and was ever afterwards known as gunny Flour Bag. Caverhill was given authority to enter upon and take possession of Motunau Is. after Bully Hayes had made quite a long vis it there. The Prov. Govt. did not want it to become a pirates head quarters, There was e good seam of coal at Mo ian near the coast one and a half miles long and 18' wide and 36" thich. Robert Wait mentions it in his account of his ride the gh North Canty. Ih '56 William Robinson made his rand on what came to be known as Cheviot and the samoan ding country . Caverhill was not in a financial position to defend himself against Robinson and when Rob ne on gave him an opportunity to go into Hawkswood; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: C. 196 J.S.Caverhill he must have been glad to accept it. Tom marden aed , later o Horsley Down and finally of Waikuta had looked after it for him. E. M Templer , Caverhill brother - in .law, had been at Motunau in some capacity or other. Caverhill took over Hawks wood in 17.1.59. The three former partners had been Thomas Harrier , Belfield Woollcombe - and James Stuart. Wortley. They had built a house at Hawks wood and got two gardens gong and an orchard bearing. Mrs Caverhill and her family came up by sea, disembarked at the mouth of the Conway and went up the Con wary rier-bed by bullock dray. Although Hawks was out of the way it was on the main North South track . They got quite a few visitors and probably more swagger s then they wanted The sw agers always got a hand - out of meat , fra, salt ate and at Hawkswood Carver hills reputation for hospitality was built up. Mis Caverhill much preferred it to Motunau and spent the happiest years of her married life there. She con ld always get maids and Maori labou could be had from the pah near KaiKoura She Conway river bed was level and the bout Marbur good lauding pence.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: O. 196 J.S. Caverhill In July '60 he had a serious fire at Hawkswood which completely destroyed a building 70 feat Cory and two storey s high. It was the hens quarters, station store, tool house , wash house , harness room etc and the whole of the statin stores were destroyed . The fire was caused by the carelessness of a bory making candles. Charles Jennings of Rangiora used to mahe a good brew of eder there , using caverhill, the screw - press in the woodshed as a cider press. e sold Hawkswood to John hereford ne of Coldstream who bought it for his son John Donald. t has stayed in the family ever since . This was in Aug. 72. The acreage was 39000 and the sheep 30000 and delivery was taken bel ore shearing He had already bought High field from Dry , Meredith and Tabart before he sold Hawke wood. Hather Hawkswood nor High field wore good stations but he did well ont of both of them , particularly High field whiche he sold at the psal of the land born of the '70 s. The station was of 22794 ac. freehold , 505 28 leasehold, 40000 sheep, 30 head of cattle , price £ 640 00. The purchasers were Wharton and Hayter . Hayter dropped out and wharton in '84 LT. 18.10.60 ; 21.14.77.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: C. 196 J.S. Caverhill formed it into a company, taking in to part. Frank and James Northcote. Caverhill went to the North3s and ist nearly all his money There, He bought Timaru Station near O akura and leased thea Lakes Cattle station near Hawera. He was always good with horses and cattle. He was a judge f both at the first stock shaw held in ChCh, on the Married Square in ; he won prizes in both classes . At the race meeting held in Hagley Park on Anniversary Day in '52, he won the Consolation Hip. with Mad of the Mountain. - faraway riding. As soon as shows started to be held regularly from '63 on wards he was a regular prize w inner with short hom cattle . Whether the credit was due to his own cattle or to some of Greenwood 1s not known . The Green woods had landed a superior Denham cow + a bull calypso at Motun an in '49 not long before Comer ills time . and they had always taken great panisse with their milking herd. The Lylt. Times, Nov. '73 said that Caverhill pitied shor t hon heed was the original herd in Canty . C.R. Caverhill said that his father was in part: with Threlkeld , Guild and the Deans es tale in Shorthorns and when he went to the Nor th.Is. LT. 25.12.52 : 24.10.63 : 15.10 .53 : 25.12.52 : 10.11.66; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: C. 196 J.S. Caverhill took his share of the joint herd with him, In May ' 9 a cons ig ment of pie bred short hous bred by him was sold in ChCh . Twenty thrse head of cows , heifer and bulls brought a total of 548 gunners - an average of nearly 23 gu which was veng good for l e times. Caverhill bred and broke on "Royalty" which won the Grand Nationa in ' 76. There were great rey0nees at High field , a leg was +pared and toasts were drunk. He was asked by R.H. Rhodes to represent the Rhodes trustees when the stock delivery took place at the Levels after Geo. Rhodes 's death. The Was dyke races happened to be arranged for the Same day and on a pretirct he managed to get the delivery post pored for a dag. This op illustrates the high esteem in which he was held as a judge : hearte and value of stock and the lighte way in which he regarded important agreements, He was charing of the Amuri Rd Bd in '73 marr. o23.2.55 Hannah Rebecca Frances King who came with her mother and the rest of the family in the Cressy. Her father had been Lod Spencers hints man of the Harle ton pack aud her brother, C.G. King, LT. 19.11.73 : 28.2.55; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: C. 196 J.S. Caverhill 10 named his farm (later Aol worth near Saltwater Creek) Halstone Farm. She came from Leamington, Warwick shire ond the Leamington in the Cheviot distrib this got ts name . She rode to Motunau on a flea bitten grey mare when she went to mahe her home there. Gardner in hs History of the Amei has made good use of her excellent our al and has given an excellent description of the Caverhill. He says "she was the roch on which the Caverhill family was founded and speaks of the restless wanderings and frequent ac plessis of her husband Caverhill was notable as a daring explorer and a pioneer who put up with any hardships, He was more of a pioneer than a settler. He seems to have been more often away them at home. When the fist moe of sheep sent down from Fasb orne to Stony hurst was lsb in the interior , lie volunteered to search for them in bitter weather, When Jolene + Le arrived in the Hanmer Plaisir Caverhill was there to welcome them. t became expelled in his oed age and his wife had hard work to Cook after him. He d. St Albans ChCh 17.4.97 ag. His us clow frances d. 11.8.97 ag. 62 both bur. Lin wood Cem.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: C. 196 J.S. Caverhill family. eldest son Wm. lost his life in a fire at Hawera '95 son John Scott b. Hawks wood '63 , Educ. at Milford, Rang 1o1a + X's Cole '77 was a cadet at Ara Lynn and also Gras mere ; managed Gras mere far 7 years for F.G. Dalgety; went to Redford at the Hitt; then to Waikato where he managed Pare ora station,; settled at Mangaiti , Raetihi d. 14.6.39. marr. 17.10.01 Maggie (Madge) ' dau. of Robt. Fear of Slunrudge , Waikaki. he was manage Hawks wood in 95. son Charles Robert qv. wife o ary Adeline d. Greytown 7.6.95 ag. 28. youngest son W.J. was sec Egmont A + P. Assoc. ; then manage N.I. Freezing Co Auckland Sep. 90. eldest dau Agnes Martha marr Rev. Le mard Isitt 14.5.81 at New Plymouth 2' dau Christina Isabella marr 19.9.00 John Claes , 4 son Gergen Constable , Southport, Eng. son Thos. Hensman q.v. Caverhill had sheep on terns from Edward Chapman of acton who had left on a honeymoon trip after taking up his station Chapmans Journal. Se Op.ib. 1.+. 19.4.97.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer