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Cliff Simpson, stock agent, part 3 - Manawatū Conversations

Broadcast on Manawatū People's Radio 16 April 2019. Cliff Simpson, part 3 of 3. Grandfather coming to New Zealand, coal miner from Australia. Great-great-grandfather a convict on the second fleet. Social life with children. Lost 3 children, effect...

Creator:      Stuart Birks
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 16, 2019

Back Issues: Dr Francis Dry and his 'hairy monsters'

Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The history of Drysdale sheep. The breed was developed at Massey Agricultural College from 1931 by Dr Francis Dry. It derives from sheep of the New Zealand Romney breed in whi...

Creator:      Russell Poole
Place:          Palmerston North
Date:          April 1, 2023

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