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... Alex Bennett with Jack Punch , aged two years on the saddle in front of him ; next came young Mrs Rose Punch carrying her baby daughter , and behind her was Mr John Punch with his three year old son , Pierce . Their destination was a ...
... Alex Bennett with Jack Punch , aged two years on the saddle in front of him ; next came young Mrs Rose Punch carrying her baby daughter , and behind her was Mr John Punch with his three year old son , Pierce . Their destination was a ...
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... Alec Bennett would often wander and explore ; and not far from his home a sawmill was in operation milling bush , not from the Bennett block , but from another source . It would be surprising if any boy having bush as well as a sawmill ...
... Alec Bennett would often wander and explore ; and not far from his home a sawmill was in operation milling bush , not from the Bennett block , but from another source . It would be surprising if any boy having bush as well as a sawmill ...
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... Alec Bennett arranged for the supply of a timber - dressing plant which was brought up on the river steamer from Wanganui to Pipiriki , thence by pack - horse along the bush track to the settlement , the way their stores and everything ...
... Alec Bennett arranged for the supply of a timber - dressing plant which was brought up on the river steamer from Wanganui to Pipiriki , thence by pack - horse along the bush track to the settlement , the way their stores and everything ...
Contents
In The Beginning | 1 |
The Stage is set and the Curtain Rises | 18 |
The Punch family from 1893 | 35 |
Copyright | |
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acres Alec Bennett Ameku became Bennett and Punch Berry boarding house bridge Brothers building built bullocks burning burnt bush fire cleared coach dairy district early Erua farm farmers felled forest Fred grass hand side Hatrick hill homestead Horopito horses Huikumu Hunterville John Punch Junction Karioi King Country land later lease lived logs Main Trunk Railway Makakahi Makaranui managed Mangaeturoa Manganui-o-te-Ao River Mangapurua Mangatiti Mangawhero River Mangoihe Marton McCoubrie miles mill Mt Ruapehu night Ohakune Ohura Ohura Road once operated Orautoha Valley Pakeha Pakihi Parapara Parapara Road Pipiriki Road Pokaka post office Pukekaha Raetihi Raetihi Branch Rangataua rimu round Ruakaka Ruatiti sawmill settlers sheep Smith Station Stream stumps Taihape taken Taumarunui Tokaanu took town track trees Trunk Railway line Valley Road Voelkerling Waimarino County Waiouru Waipuna Ridge Wanganui Chronicle Wanganui River whare woolshed Zealand