Skip to Content

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_Pi15_007431
Title
William Thomas Penny
Relation
Public Photograph Collection Pi 15
Held In
Coolstore

Related items

William Thomas Penny
David and Frederick Pirani
Moustachio'd Man
A O Buchler, First Headmaster of West End School
Mr. R. S. Abraham
Moustachio'd Man Wearing Hat
Letter from the Manawatu and East Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association
D. W. Low
Palmerston North Showgrounds, Cuba Street
Palmerston North Showgrounds
Crowd at the Palmerston North Showgrounds
"Smart Pony Turnout"

Creation

Created By
Place
Palmerston North
Date
circa 1911

Object rights

Credit Line
Palmerston North City Library

Taxonomy

Tags
agricultural and pastoral association,
moustache,
portraits,
Community Tags

Report a problem

Related items

William Thomas Penny
David and Frederick Pirani
Moustachio'd Man
A O Buchler, First Headmaster of West End School
Mr. R. S. Abraham
Moustachio'd Man Wearing Hat
Letter from the Manawatu and East Coast Agricultural and Pastoral Association
D. W. Low
Palmerston North Showgrounds, Cuba Street
Palmerston North Showgrounds
Crowd at the Palmerston North Showgrounds
"Smart Pony Turnout"

User comments