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William Penny, born 1863 at Penrose, Masterton, was a sheep farmer in the Wairarapa and Manawatu Districts. He was an acknowledged authority on sheep breeding and Lincoln and Romney sheep breeds, and was successful in the show ring. Penny was the Secretary of the A. and P. Association (1911-34), served on the Farmers Union and Meat Control Board, was Director of the Wairarapa Frozen Meat Company (1923), President of the Royal Agricultural Socitey (1924) and a Justice of the Peace. See A. G. Bradfield, The Precious Years, pp.85-88.

Identification

Object type
Image
Digitisation ID
2013N_Pi418_006826
Title
W.T. Penny
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Pi418
Held In
Coolstore

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Creation

Created By
Place
Palmerston North
Date
circa 1930

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library

Taxonomy

Tags
beard,
bowtie,
industry,
newspaper,
people,
photographs,
portrait,
posed,
watchchain,
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