ONE OF GARIBALDI'S MEN
CELEBRATES GOLDEN WEDDING. The golden wedding anniversary of Captain and Mrs. Ncwby, of ("rummer Road. Grey Lynn, was of more than ordinary interest in that the husband was one of *he many volunteers from Groat Britain who hJelpe.l Garibaldi in his fight for Italian freedom against the domination of Austria. The captain has lived to see Great Britain and Italy fighting against the same toe. Captain Newby was born in Cambridgeshire, England, and when Garibaldi's Legion was disbanded in Italy, he came to New Zealand, and resided first in Auckland. Later, he married at Whangarei, and afterwards was mining at Thames. For the last ten years captain and Mrs. Newby have resided in this city. The family consists of four sons. Messrs. Arthur, Frederick, DesKe, and Reginald Newby, and six daughters, Mesdames Wrigg, Plu—imer. McNeil, Chapman, McKinnon and Bell. There are 26 grandchildren. A large number of relatives and friends of Captain and Mrs. Newby gathered at Ness Hall, Richmond, in honour of the golden wedding.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 126, 28 May 1917, Page 7
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