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MR I’. CHAMBERS By Telegraph—Press Association AUCKLAND, November 25. A former president of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors, Mr Preston Chambers, of Epsom Avenue, died suddenly at Helensville, aged 82. Mr Chambers was born in the Hunter River district, New South Wales. While he was on a visit to New Zealand in 1893, the Hon. G. F. Richardson, then Minister of Lands, induced him to remain in the Dominion and for seven years he was engaged on reading WestCoast settlement reserves. From then until he retired in 1923 Mr Chambers continued in private practice. HON. J. MACGREGOR By Telegraph—Press Association DUNEDIN, November 25 The death occurred to-night of the Hon. John Macgregor, aged 86. He entered into partnership in 1878 with Mr Peter Duncan in the well-known legal firm of Duncan and Macgregor. The long partnership was only terminated by the death of Mr Duncan in 1927. He was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1892, retiring at the end of seven years, and was again appointed to the Upper House in 1914, and was a member continuously till 1935.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20585, 26 November 1936, Page 12
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182OBITUARY Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20585, 26 November 1936, Page 12
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