Marks/Inscriptions: R. 166 o Rhodes , Arthur Edgar Graven or (1859-1922) was the 15' son of George Rhodes of The Levels and was educ. at X's Coll 68 -77 . He played for the Cricket X1 74.5-6 (capt) and was Capt of the Football XV . He was senior Somes Scholar 76; he went to Jesus Coll. Camb where he graduated B.R. and L.L.B. (2' hon ours in haw Trips) He was called to the Bay at the Inner Temple '82. In 84 he started the practice of his profes sion . In 1911 he took into part. E.J. Ross and M.H. Godby and the firm became Rhodes, Ross and Godby He was a Govern ir of Canty Coll and was elected Chairman Dec. 1903 and he resigned his Seat in 1904. He lived in a large house in Fendalton with considerable grounds but the efforts o f his gardeners to make dis plays of flowers had to be curbed because he suffered severely from hay fever. He was President of the Rugby hin and of the Canty Roving Assoc. He took a great intest in Red cross work during the War and received an O.B.1.; he was a Knight of Justice of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. He was Pres. of the Ch.Ch. Polo Club and Capt. of the Ream; his weight and strength made him a formidable player. He captained; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: the team '90 that won the first Savile Cup. The team was A+E. G. (capt.). R. Heaton Rhode , George Palmer, Gus Bennetts. He was capt. again when the team won the Cup for the third time. His chief interests were in busines and he was chaim an of directors of the N.Z .Shipping Coy. , of the Ch.Ch. Press Co. and was 9 director of the Waihi Goldiining Co. Much of his time in his office was occupied with the admis ration and management of the large proper ties belonging to the Rhodes family all over N.Z. He was a life mem be of the Canty. Aclu. Goc. and was one of the party that got the first licenses to shoot deer up the Rakaia River. The heads they brought ont cams ed something of a sensation when they were exhibited d in Europe at an internation show held in Berlin. He had a half share in Owenga Station Chatham Islands and took a kern interest in an y thing concerning the Chat hams. He was Pres. of the Canty A. + P. Assoc. in 94 the year that that the old Show Grounds in Sydenham were sold and the new grounds at Addington were taken over. He was given; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: R. 166 a dinner b for he left and Sir John Hall and other s said he was up to the high level of former Presidents of the A. +p. McLean of Hawkes Bay sand the Ch.Ch. Show was the leading show in lhe Southen Hemisphere at the time and the Canty. stock not to be beater. At that time big breeders of Canty such as John Gr ig9, Threlkeld , the Overtones and others were sending rams by the hundred to the North Is. He was a fellow of Xs Coll. He was Pres. of the Ch .Ch. Hunt of.ik in 89, was a member of the Ch.Ch. Drainage Bd. He organised the first X's Coll. O.B . dinner in London in '82. He stood for the Gladstone seat in Paift in 87 and was elected and was re-elected in 90 for Geraldine . He was the first N.Z. sa born man to be elected to Part. He contested the Pareora seat in 93 and 96 and was defeated. When the Duke and Duchess of York visite d N.Z. he offered the use of his house Te Koraha , and the offer was Accepted He was elected unopposed Hb tgv Mayoral. of Ch.Ch in 1901 He did not make any particular 1 impression in Part. "Prize " Pls Parlby's reporter said "shrewd, painstaking , determined but not; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: 4 R. 166 flashy. His mental and physical movements ane deliberate. rot to say slow. marr. '92 Rose Moorhouse dau J. W. Moorhouse He d. 26.12.22 at Te Koraha ag. 63. Founder of A. E.G. Rhodes Trist. son Arthur Tahu Graven or , educ. X's toll 02-03 . Grenadier Guardh 1911 A.D.C . to General Godley 1914 war d. west Mallinson , Kent 11.3.67. dau Marri marr. Major Geo Hutton , lives at Bangor.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: R. 166 S When they went to London . they took n house in a fashionable part he t of Lado w ith a large ball room and entertained on a lavish scale though they cam have known only a modest proportion of the fashionable people who attended. His wafe w as a charming warm healed woman who was devoted to her husband and her children. As they entertained lavishly she was foremost in the social scene in Ch.ch. She wore clothes that always attracted notice und hor appearanc e was sometimes st gut ly Eccentric . In the days before make up was the usual thing she used it Freely . Her hair was prized up tell t stood lilies an aria round her head and was Sometimes powdered . People who did not ken ow the Rhodes 's a ell ho goat naturally That she was respon sable for ull the parties and entertain ment s. But nothing wild have been further som the fbuth She was A, simple and natural woman who would have bere quite Couten ft look after her family. A.E.G. was not only rather unworthy in figure , he had various uncouth marineris s. He made lond ont shorting noises , he called what ( What " in a lord orie . When he came home at afternoon ka time he marred at aly removed his boots; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: R. 16 A.E.G. Rhodes Any one who reads the above account of A. E.G.R. must thich that this was a considerable man ; actually his achievements must have ben rather a disappoin t ment to himself and his finds . He had most things men want in life, wea ith position , ability, a good brain though he used it mostly in preserving the family property. His conver station was mostly property , land, business , investments. It is dou b fu o he ever had An intimate friend . His face never lit up with a smile. His laugh was a mirth ley s noise. He was a beg broad thich nan who moved rather awkward C.. so that if he had ever taken trom ole about his clothes he could never have looked well-dressed. He had great social ati tins and fa years he entertained every N.Z. Governor. and when the Duke send Duchess of York accepted the fer of his hauser he must have thought at last his moment had come, and the Fact that he had been chosen as Mayor for the year must have made thing r Look more hopeful still. His only son be came an officer in the Grenadier Guards and married a daughter of Lord Plunkett.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: R.16 He was completely lacking in the charm of manner which characterised his cousin Se Heaton nor did he have his good looks, his gift of putting people at their Ease . Perhaps if fortune had bestowed on him these ; attributes he won ld have become Si Arthur. al trifling C; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer