PROVINCE’S NINETIETH BlßTHDAY.—Canterbury as a settlement will he 90 years old on Monday. The anniversary will he celebrated to-day. These are the three remaining survivors of those who came on the First Four Ships from England. The fourth is the only remaining person who was in Canterbury before the First Four Ships arrived. FROM LEFT: Mrs Louise A. Clothier (who came in the Sir George Seymour), the Rev. F. G. Brittan (the Sir George Seymour), Mr Richard Evans (the Cressy), and Mr Robert Gilbert (who was born at Tikau Bay, Banks Peninsula, in 1848).
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Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23203, 14 December 1940, Page 16
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94PROVINCE’S NINETIETH BlRTHDAY.—Canterbury as a settlement will he 90 years old on Monday. The anniversary will he celebrated to-day. These are the three remaining survivors of those who came on the First Four Ships from England. The fourth is the only remaining person who was in Canterbury before the First Four Ships arrived. FROM LEFT: Mrs Louise A. Clothier (who came in the Sir George Seymour), the Rev. F. G. Brittan (the Sir George Seymour), Mr Richard Evans (the Cressy), and Mr Robert Gilbert (who was born at Tikau Bay, Banks Peninsula, in 1848). Press, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23203, 14 December 1940, Page 16
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