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New Zealand Herald 18 21 26 30 July 1917

We can infer from this advertisement
that James George and Ada, together with
Jane (17) Wilfred (15) and Arthur (2)
had left the farm at Sandon Block around
1912, and purchased a choice dairy farm
at Newstead (Waikato).

The size of the farm is not given here,
but he was running a dairy herd of 127
together with 50 heifers and a number of
bulls, sheep, horses and pigs.

It is now 1917 (five years later) and
James George, Ada and Arthur (now 7)
have sold up and are moving from
Newstead.

Newstead is very near to Hamilton.

1918 The Waimai Valley
From the clearing sale at Newstead in July 1917, the next record of James George
indicates that he had bought a bush farm in the Waimai Valley, a remote area about
half way between Ngaruawahia in the Waikato, and Raglan on the West Coast.

New Zealand Herald 18 January 1918
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It is not clear when (or why) James
George bought this farm, and further
research is necessary. It is possible that James George owned more than one farm
during this period. He had three adult sons, all, by now, capable farmers.
It seems most likely Wilfred George took up the management position on the farm.
at Waimai. The 1919 electoral roll shows he was registered there.

Ron Kenyon (son of James George’s Harold), told me that he has seen the farm.
It was shown to him by his brother Keith when it came up again for sale, some years
after James George had owned it. Ron says it was a “long, narrow farm.”

By 1919, James George and Ada were registered on the Motumaoho electoral roll.
Motumaoho is near Morrinsville.

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