102 ND BIRTHDAY
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
HASTINGS, March 29,
Believed to be Hawke's Bay's oldest Resident, Mr. George W. Lines, Hastings, celebrated his 102 nd birthday today. He was born at Salford, England, and came with his parents to Australia in 1854. He came to Hawke's Bay in 1870 and worked in a timber mill. A cottage built by Mr. Lines when he came to Hastings was then the biggest in the town. It is still in use.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 75, 30 March 1939, Page 16
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78102ND BIRTHDAY Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 75, 30 March 1939, Page 16
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