Marks/Inscriptions: 74 R. Rutherford, Andrew William (1842- 1918) was born 9.3.42 eldest son of George Ru the ford, educ. at a private school at Adelaide and came across to N.Z. with his father in the second of the there tris Geo Rutherford made While establishing himself in the Amuri. This was made n n the Gundry a with bullocks, horses 268 rams. Andrew was paid £60 for his first year with his father. At the end of '60 George Rutherford bought mendi Hills which he recorded as follows : lease +good will £1400; freehold 5298 ac, £ 180, 15t. Alfred Domett was a joint tenant. Alfred Saunders had some freehold in hendri - 5400 ac and he was bought out for £4000 . He gave Andrew + William jount tenure but William was to stay at Leslie Hills as manager. Andrews bought out his brother. Mend ip Hills was originally part of Hawksw ood and Hawkswood originally owned b y the partners Hanmer, Stuart horsley ) Monyf and Woollcombe was bought by Ready tobin son in the com se of his laye scale land buying operations and he allowed Caverhill to takeover the gracing licen e a Howls wood, he having list his interest in Cheviot. George Rutherford and Alfred Donat bought Mendi from Caverhill . In 9 Andrew Rutherford bought from J.1. Macfarlane , who now owned Hawke wood the fine pro pert y know as Brook dale of 19000 ac. He bought a further 400 as. Cyclop N.Z.; Scholefield 11 : Cresswell , Cheviot; Acland P. 17.2.85. fam. inf. Gardner , Hist. of Amuri; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: 74 a.J Rutherford +was R. 48 From Parnassus in 1900 and this , ns efl in establishing his sons George and Erik. men dip and Brook dale carried 25000 sheep and 600 cattle. It was well fenced and planted. Andrew was a successful breeder of merinos and paid 500 gus for a rain from Alex Murray of S. Aust. in 1901 His son Norman who inherited the Mendi Hills homestead block showed merinos regularly at the Ch.Ch. Show. He represented Amuri in the Nelson Prov. Coun. 70-71 and was for long a member of the Annui Rd Bd and was chairman . He was a member of the Cheviot C.C. for 12 years and chairm n for 3 . He was for 20 years a member of the Lie. Comm and was also a member of the North Canty Hospital and Char. Aid Bd. He used to take cattle and sheep over to the West Coast. His wife used to help with the dipping and once fell in Their greatest early difficulty was a shortage of g0o d household water. They used to ship wool Away from the Conway Boat Harbor , the Conway River having a vary even, lat bed ; but they had trouble with the bullocks getting son feet l y travelling continually on stoner, En in those days line was carted back into the station and burnt. In a family of highly skilled sheep farmers he was; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: A.D. Rutherford 74 R. ct considered the ablest and whereas mist of his brothers thought f little but increasing and improved the w flocks and herds , he was a much more versatile. ( raving won a seat in Parliament , and often wrote letters to the newspapers sh owing considerable aptitude in expression . He worked for the inclusion of the Amuri into Canty and used to say Nelson lived by sucking mooney out of the out lying districts and would not listen to spending a penny on the Amuri. In 1902 he won the Ammon Scat in Parliament and held it for o years. He was a supporter of Seddon and got 1577 viles as against H.t Reece of Mont serrated whos got 880 . he xt was the sitting member Meredith with 833 and 4 was George Forbes - his first attempt - with 216. He was inclined to scoff t at the A muni grazes. - such as the Lances - who considered themselves a ent love the Rutherford - Cooked on them As " Land Sharks from Victories men of great weath and low caste . with what ever s the Ten" y look upon us, er flings ( , p. Upper may the busin ess portion of the communit omn cheerful countenance and ready in on ey He wrote a lett to the Austral asian on the subject of scab in the conse of which he attacked Lance as a "kid glove theorist " P.2.8.19 :; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: 474 4 R. W and the scab ins pectoris as doing nothing but keep their jobs War . This letter was hardy worthy of him . Lance inm diallo dis posed of his insinuation and the Lylt. This in a leader 3.1.90 tore him to rib bons. By steady press ure on the Govt he got a great deal done for Hanmer and his brother Dun can also helped a lot. marr. at the Reyistrars office , Wean by Schooler , the Registrar +local policemen er mother 3.11.73 Emily Jane Monk . she was only 16. 2 was born at Corkhill Ireland, came out to N.Z . with Indg e Pugh was marr. at Wgtn at the age of 17 and lived at Kekerangu and then at Cr.wary Boat Harbour and Conway Flat. she d. 5.9.58 d. 26.1.55 He d. 11.11.18 1g. 77 He and his eldest son Andrew died with a day of each other in the epidemic of ( eldest son Andrew; in a fam ly of very able sheep farmers , he was considered the ablest. He had been not long on Brook dal and after he died his two brothers George and Erik rach bought large ti sock blocks running down to the Coast. McDougall of Aulsebrook + o bought Brood dale Homestead of about 4000 ac. He was b. 29.5.75 d. 18.11.18. His merino sta ( was sold in July 19 and the sheep brought good prices. T. 25.7.19 :; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer
Marks/Inscriptions: A. W. Rutherford 5 F n34 leamon th son George, was for years manager of Mend ip - a good sheep mar - lived at Parnassus homestead and aided to it part of Brook dale 28.3.17 Norah dau of G.G. Holmes of Kock ly in Frank marr. 30.9.19 Elsie seed dau. W.H. seldom , lived at Kaik oue Erik Scoo 16 . 4.14 Gert inde Hannah 2 dau G.G. Holmes of Koch lym lived next to George and also bought part of Brook dale built the n Burma Road" over the hills to his sea block. Norman youngest son was reside ary legate after widow and sundry legacies were satisfied. The other sons were all provided for during his life. Norman got Mendi Hills homestead block of 1000 ac - lately sold to Sir Arthur Sims. mud p Hills house left to Widow. eldest dau Isabel Scott marr. 10.3.03 at mend ip Hills T. Clement son of Thos Robins on. 2' dau Emily unmarried 2' dau Ethel marr. 8.6.16 Eaton J. Johnson of Vancouver. youngest dau Amiri 4.12.12 Eric Kin rang 2' son y Rossell James Russell y Barial Plaisir Vic. Aust. 58e LT. 20.11.65 a good letter tr on A.w0 .R. Scoffing at the Pilgrims + their methods of LT.8 .4.03 : 7.12.12: : 17.6.16 : dipping.; Type of mark: Machine translation/Transcription; Notes: Machine translation by Mark Fryer