Marks/Inscriptions: W. 697 Wood , William Deris ley (1824- 1904) was a son of Robert Wood and Eliza and was born in Gripping Valley near Blake ham , Su foll Eng. and came from a milling family. He came out in the Randolph, fore cabin. and his first employment was as sec. to J.R. Godley. He could not find any thing to ds and he held Godley up in the streets He and Wm. Chimaera his brother- in- law took up the sand Hill Run in ) which was bounded by the estuary and the Styx . They rainy t as a dairy farm to supply Ch.Ch. with milk and sold ( t after less Than a year to Dr. Moore and Peter Ken. The partners next took up 15000 acs . part of Snowdon Chisnall sold his share to Wood who in turn sold to Dudley and Leach Wood thought the run too far from Ch.Ch. to bother with. At this time Wood went to Sydney to inset his brother Charles , a surgeon in the Navy. te massed Charles who had gone on to Vancouver before he arrived . Wood went on to Eng and returned next year in the oriental ap 56 having bought a windmill and married a wife. The windmill machinery came from whit inor and Bingen of Wickham market and arrived by the Westminster soon after the oriental. The windmill was working early in Sept. 56. He erected his wind mill wile lite killed fam. inf. Cyclop N.Z. 11 Acland : Wood Bros his centennial narrative. LT. 10.9.56; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: W.D. Wood W. 697 help. It was erected in a street chic bened Windmill Rd a name later changed to Antigua St - or probably originally Antigua St. Recording to tradition nis wife sewed the bags , but Charles Wood does it think this is tie; but he said she certainly mended the silks and id marde calico wags Wher he found that the power from the windmill was mad equate to satisfy the demand for flour , he obtained water rights at Riccarton and a lease of Lind from the Deans Estate and built a merch larger mill on the river which started operations in 62; soon additions were made and the ont put was doubled. The wheel was 14 ft. in diameter and 16 ft. in with and turned 3 pais of 4 unch stones - one for each day of the week. Charles Wood said that each pair had to be dressed after a molo days. First of all it was done by hand and kept one man busy Cout ions y; later a machine was in vented with cutting diamonds which made the work much easiest Peter Cunningham who took an important part in Wood Lu was t engaged as a youth to work in the mill. Wood found he was quick at figures and he soon became an accountant in the office LT. 3.11.63 : 11.12.61 : 1.3.62 : 13.9.62; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: W. 697. Wood took him in to partnership and they were merchants and shippers and had a big Waihou in Lylt . Cunningham finally was second only to stead as a wheat shipper. The final step in the milling business was the move to Addington. decided to build the large stam mill 4 stores high with a t20h engine in 91 ; the firm became Wood Bos hi in 92 and W.D.Wood was chairman Wood offered for sale the und mill with rae. and ness ary buildings hi Des. 61 Lith bought it and moved it to Leithfield and its journey along the North Road lead ted to many problems (sec. . Ashworth) He was a candidate for election to the Ch.Ch. Min. Coun. in 62 - the first Connel out was not elected. He was as the Comm of the Mechanics Inst. in ( e was a chess player and was chairman of the Ch.Ch. Chess Chub which was founded Mar. 66. They played in groom in the mechanis Just. His brother Henry Thayer came out from Eng and joined him and took an active part in the busin ess ; he returned to Eng and chel in '71. He and Thayer petitioned the Prov. Coun. for permission to divert a branch of the Waihi a little west of Winchester , In spite of opposition LT. 11.12.61 : : 15.3.66 : 22.6.69 : 4.2.71; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: W. 697 from Hay hurst and other they sit up a mill there . In 7 s it was sold to W. Inwood who increased ito capacity. It was still there in 194. He was elected chairman of the new Canty Chess Club June 69. He bought Sw ynez station on the inland road from Capt Chas. Rick Keene who had named it after his birthplace in Eng in 82 o rope, It was of 14000 freehold and 28000 fee hold and it was carrying 5000 sheep and the rabbits were very bad . He put two of his sons on it . Charles who was fresh from Lincoln Coll and Walcot (Collie) Charles looked after the stock and agriculture and Cote looked after the rabbits. The fist thing they ded was to reduce the so00 sheep to 3500. There were soon 5o men on the place - rabbit ing contractors. in 5 years they were shearing 1800s sheep and getting good prices for their surplus stock. Charles persuaded Pyre + Boyle to build a stock yard in Kaikoura and hold stock sales which they did in 86 There were 8000 sheep offered of which half were from S.wynonna be. Later on 440 sheep were Yard ed al Kaikoura , most of them Fom Marlborough; the Woods always topped the market. In about 9o they sold 4000 hogg s for 141- to 14.2 , an unheard of price for the tines Chas Wood inf.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: W.O.Wood W. 697 W.D. Wood offered his sons each a block at valuation ; he would not reduce his price but he did nost pres them for interest. In '90 Charles had Sync mbeki fully storied and the season was s0 dry that there was no sale for surplus stock . He managed to carry all the sheep through Somehow . He called his block Lyn ton Downs . Collie only held his block for a few years ; he was engaged to Mrs Brett of Auck and she did nt care for country life. So his father bought him ont and he went into the Zealandia soap Works . He had a f rend in Eng. who cones pouted with him regularly . At the time soap was haid to s and there were mombasa of barrels full of fat at all the soap works. Mrs friend told him to buy at once all he could. He did so and did very well being Hist ahead of everyone with the information. He helped 2 other soup works which were burnt out and took all their orders white they were rebuilding. He also helped the Davis 1ros when they were so short of cash they could nt pay their wages. F He advanced them enough and they never looked back. C.C. Davis afterwards bought Cottle Woods house at Avoided W.D. Wood was champion ches player + f his club but Hookham of Kaiapoi beat him for the Canty title; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: W. 697 W.F. Wood was a bidder for Hurunui Blacks block at Moore and Kermode sale Feb. 73 . He was elected to the Ch.Ch.C.C. in a very keen election top of the pool Sept 75. He was away in '76 and arrived at Auck at the end of '76 in the City of Sydney. They had a ase of Small pox on board and they were quarantined and he wrote a fitter dess citing the complete neglect of the ships Company left on Quarantine Island LT. 11.1.77 . He retired from the business of the Rice. Flour hills in Can 82 in favour of his son Henry and Samuel Sinclair , Cote of . Cunningham + Co. Henry was to look after the mill and S.S . After the grain + export side. Allan Bros bought the mill on the river and Dick Allan whi lived in the mill house added on a fine billiard ro0m. Walcott and Charles Wood were Each original sepoofers students of Lincoln Coll. W.D. Wood mother died at Needham Market 1.11.73 ag 82 . His first office was in the Triangle where Halle stems now stands marr. 56 in Eng Anna Maria Wilson sister of Sarah widow of in. Chisuall May weis daus. of Thos Wilson marchant of Headligh suffolk LT. 20.2.73 : 10.9.75 : 1.2.82 He d. 30.9.04 ag 79 she d. 2 2, 109 ag 92; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: W.P.Wood W. 697 family. William b. 16.3.58 director 92-1921 q.v. Henry 31.3.60 -1946 + chairman 05-37 Educ X Coll 71-75 . 27.3.46 marr. 27.1.94 Margt. Maria Bullock Charles b. 3.4.63 of S wye mbeki + Lyn on Downs educ at Cooks School 2' student enrolled at Lincoln Coll (H A. Right just beat him). marr Frances Lucy To le ham Flower of Kaikoura; sold Ly ton Downs in 1907 went to Cng. for 3 years ; chair man Kaikoura C.C. , capt Kaikoura Mounted Rifles bought Cheddar Valley on the Waiau in part with B. Seth Smith + good golfer. sons D. T. of Whangaripo Lenton, : daus Mrs Gilbert Lees . Mrs D. s . Murchison Mrs R.L. Ronald son. Walcott b. 20.9.64 marr. Feb.93 dau of Henry Brett of Auckland Star Robert d. in infancy 1 he d. 15.9.34 Any Letitia Brett 17.4.37 Der sey b. 17.2.67 Educ. X ' coll 83-85 director 21-84 ; brilliant athletic career marr . Any Isabel Ross sister of Mrs Jack Murray of Wood bank Peter b. 23.2.68 director 92 -49 chairman -49. educ. X.s Coll 83-86 athlete international standard : marr. ' dau of Henry Brett dau Eliza b. 18.1.62 marr. 30.1.84 Geo. Barke tin Bullock 's Coll ch.hist.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer