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	1950 British Empire Games -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		It was held in (The largest city and principal port of New Zealand) Auckland, (An independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery) New Zealand.
		(An independent country within the British Commonwealth; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1907; known for sheep and spectacular scenery) New Zealand
		The 1950 British Empire Games was the fourth as it is called now (Click link for more info and facts about Commonwealth Games) Commonwealth Games.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/1/19/1950_british_empire_games.htm (447 words)

	BBC NEWS World Asia-Pacific Country profiles Timeline: New Zealand
		1950 - Troops from New Zealand serve with UN forces in the 1950-53 Korean War.
		2004 July - New Zealand suspends high-level contacts with Israel, alleging that two Israelis jailed for trying illegally to obtain New Zealand passports were Mossad agents.
		New Zealand's largest city and a major port
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1138430.stm (447 words)

	The Militant - January 7, 2002 -- 151 days -- the 1951 waterfront struggle in New Zealand
		In the subsequent election the National party, representing big business in New Zealand, won a majority.
		From 1950 onwards Canberra had prepared "Operation Alien," a plan to employ troops on the docks and mines in the event of strike action against the Communist Party Dissolution Bill--legislation that was shelved after its principal proposal was defeated in a 1951 referendum.
		The stage was set for what shipping company representative Keith Belford described in November 1950 as a "showdown" with the "waterside workers and some allied unions." Speaking at a hearing of a royal commission on the waterfront, Belford advocated the adoption of antiunion legislation modeled on the U.S. Taft-Hartley Act and the Australian Crimes Act.
	www.themilitant.com /2002/6601/660155.html (447 words)

	Wairarapa Times-Age
		Hurring married Jean Stewart, a swimming bronze medallist at Helsinki, and the couple's son Gary won a silver medal at the World Championships in Berlin in 1978, gold in the 1978 Commonwealth Games 200m backstroke and was named New Zealand Sportsman of the Year at age 17.
		Hurring went on to swim for New Zealand both at Helsinki and the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne.
		Over 55 years have passed since a fresh-faced teenager from Canterbury mounted the starting blocks to compete in the 110 yards backstroke final at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland but Roger is still up early most mornings putting in the hard yards at the rec centre pools.
	times-age.co.nz /storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3639651&... (376 words)

	Name
		Derek Steward was one of a number of very talented hurdlers in New Zealand in the late 1940's, early 1950's and his best time, 53.1s, would still stand up in many New Zealand races today, nearly 50 years later.
		In December 1950, he won the gold in the 440 yards hurdles at the Canterbury Centennial Games in Christchurch and was unplaced in the 220 yards hurdles.
		Derek Steward competed in the 440 yards hurdles and 4x440 yards relay at the 1950 British Empire Games winning bronze in the relay.
	www.athletics.org.nz /steward2.html (185 words)

	Robert Ritchie Alexander 1913-1998
		He received from the University of New Zealand a B.A. on November 26, 1940, and a Diploma in Education on January 26, 1943.
		Marriage with Evelyn Constance Pugh (1920-) now living in Northcote, New Zealand:
		20 biographies were published in the The Encyclopaedia of New Zealand, Volumes 1-3.
	www.public.asu.edu /~atrja/dad.html (506 words)

	Tattersall Family Tree
		M Leslie Raymond Brickland [See Notes] Birth: 29 Jun 1916 Hastings, New Zealand Education: betw 6 Aug 1929 and 10 Jul 1931 Levin Boys School, Levin, New Zealand Occupation: 1950 Carpenter Lived: 1950 5 Risk Road, Remuera, New Zealand Occupation: 1953 Carpenter Lived: 1953 5 Risk Road, Remuera, New Zealand
		M Lawrence Henry Brickland [See Notes] Birth: 18 Aug 1919 Hastings, New Zealand Education: betw 6 Aug 1929 and 16 Dec 1932 Levin Boys School, Levin, New Zealand Death: 1985 Levin, New Zealand
		If you have any information or connections to the above individuals, please email me. Thank you.
	www.jamestattersall.com /fam00346.html (506 words)

	Book Encyclopedia - Web Library
		She also served as colonel-in-chief of the Indian Corps of Signals (1936-1950), the Royal Australian Corps of Signals (1937-65), the Canadian Scottish Regiment (Princess Mary's, 1930-1965), the Royal New Zealand Corps of Signals (1940-1965), and several other Commonwealth regiments.
		The Princess Royal became air chief commandant of Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service in 1950 and received the honorary rank of general in the British Army in 1956.
		In 1935, she became colonel-in-chief of the Royal Signal Corps and in 1947, she became colonel-in-chief of the West Yorkshire Regiment (later amalgamated with The East Yorkshire Regiment (The Duke of York's Own) to form the Prince of Wales' Own Yorkshire Regiment in 1958).
	www.bookencyclopedia.com /index.php?title=Mary,_Princess_Royal (506 words)

	BBC NEWS World Asia-Pacific Country profiles Timeline: New Zealand
		1950- Troops from New Zealand serve with UN forces in the 1950-53 Korean War.
		2001 October - Government rescues Air New Zealand 12 years after it was privatised and takes an 83% stake in the carrier.
		2004 July - New Zealand suspends high-level contacts with Israel, alleging that two Israelis jailed for trying illegally to obtain New Zealand passports were Mossad agents.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1138430.stm (586 words)

	Name
		At the Games, he ran well to qualify for the 5000m in which he finished fourth in 14m 49.6s, to that time, easily the fastest time achieved by a New Zealander in that event of the equivalent 3 miles and good enough for a World ranking of eight for 1932.
		Billy Savidan won New Zealand's first gold medal in athletics at the British Empire Games when he took out the 6 miles in Hamilton.
		He repeated his treble in 1928 and 1929 and was selected for the New Zealand team for the First British Empire Games in Canada in 1930, although he'd only finished second in the national 3 miles.
	www.athletics.org.nz /savidan2.html (586 words)

	1st Battalion, 5th Marines
		Reactivated 19 January 1942 at New river, North Carolina, the Battalion deployed during June 1942 to Wellington, New Zealand, and participated in the following World War II Campaigns: Guadalcanal; New Guinea; New Britain; Peleliu; and Okinawa.
		It deployed during August 1950 to Korea, and was redesignated 13 September 1950 as the 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force.
		The Battalion reactivated 31 March 1975 at Camp Pendleton, California, and participated during July-December 1975 in Operation New Arrival, the relocation of refugees from Indochina.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/usmc/1-5.htm (667 words)

	National Library of New Zealand - Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa
		Aotearoa New Zealand and the Kingdom of Tonga 1880 – 1950
		Te Ao Hou was published from 1952 to 1976 by the Māori Affairs Department in New Zealand Aotearoa.
		Open the window to 75,000 pictures, sounds, objects, movies, and texts from New Zealand cultural organisations.
	www.natlib.govt.nz (395 words)

	EH.Net Encyclopedia: New Zealand in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
		But New Zealand’s economic growth was very sluggish between 1950 and the early 1990s, and most Western European countries, as well as several in East Asia, overtook New Zealand in terms of real per capita income.
		New Zealand’s economic decline relative to the rest of the OECD was halted, though it was not reversed.
		New Zealand was a long way from the world’s economic powerhouses, and it was difficult for its firms to establish and maintain contact with potential customers and collaborators in Europe, North America, or Asia.
	eh.net /encyclopedia/?article=Singleton.NZ (3441 words)

	MISG 2005
		In the 1950’s, New Zealand’s expanding economy led to an increase in the demand for steel while, overseas, pilot scale pre-production and direct reduction processes were being developed.
		New Zealand Steel rolls a wide range of strip products from 2 to 16mm thick and 730 to 1550mm wide, covering a range of chemistries from simple carbon and carbon-manganese grades to vanadium-microalloyed HSLA steels.
		In 1965 New Zealand Steel Ltd was incorporated with the long-term goal of establishing a steel industry built on the local raw materials of ironsand and coal to satisfy New Zealand’s demand for flat steel products.
	misg2005.massey.ac.nz /problems/problem2.html (3441 words)

	Libraries NZETC
		An account of the last general Carnegie contribution is recorded in New Zealand Libraries ( 1950), but it needs to be noted that Carnegie funding was again in evidence in the surveys conducted by Osborn ( 1960) and Fenwick ( 1975).
		New Zealand's free-and-rental system was a device which allowed the serious objectives of free service to be realised at the same time as the demand for light reading was satisfied.
		New Zealand Libraries reported a sharp response by the Minister of Education, Algie, and by some newspaper editorial writers, to an address given at the NZLA Conference in 1953 by the President, on the subject of the State and public libraries: Perry ( 1953).
	www.nzetc.org /etexts/GriBook/_div2-N124D5.html (3441 words)

	FLAX
		New Zealand had a thriving flax fibre industry until a disease (flax yellow-leaf, caused by an organism thought to be similar to the one killing cabbage trees) ruined the industry in the 1950;s.
		Flax leaves are long and sword shaped, dark green in colour and often have coloured edges and midribs.
		A leaf of flax was used by the Maori priest to enable the demon causing illness to escape from the sufferer, a magical rather than medicinal use.
	www.geocities.com /RainForest/7109/flax.htm (1173 words)

	Alexandra Clyde New Zealand Blossom Festival Alexandra Accommodation Travel Guide
		It is believed that New Zealand may be the only place where common thyme grows wild, beyond the mountains of Spain and other European countries bordering the Mediterranean where it originates.
		were appointed distributors and soon the Trade Mark of "Briar" became known throughout New Zealand, the Auckland district being the chief buyer.
		The church was built in 1894 in wood, being roughcast in the 1950's and redecorated inside.
	www.atoz-nz.com /alexandra.asp (3856 words)

	Peter Henderson : New Zealand All Black
		Yet if Henderson has a special niche in New Zealand rugby it is not so much for his considerable playing ability but more the battle he had with the game's hierarchy in gaining reinstatement to union from league.
		The 1905/6 New Zealand team touring Britain were the first to be so named.
		Peter "Sammy" Henderson was one of the fastest men to ever play for the All Blacks and he had two memorable years in the test side in the 1949 and 1950 seasons.
	www.rugbymuseum.co.nz /ABProfilee.asp?level1=Database&Level2=ABC&IDID=378 (941 words)

	New Zealand
		She was born 12 October 1950 in Gisborne, New Zealand.
		She was born 6 January 1884 in Rangiora, New Zealand, and died 17 January 1969 in Gisborne, New Zealand.
		She was born 31 July 1910 in Gisborne, New Zealand, and died 8 October 1996 in Hamilton, New Zealand.
	www.geocities.com /ivessfamily/newzealand.htm (941 words)

	Tinton Falls, New Jersey - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Tinton Falls, New Jersey
		The borough was named New Shrewsbury in 1950 after breaking off of Shrewsbury Township, New Jersey.
		The borough is also home to the highest waterfall on New Jersey's coastal plain.
		The orginal Tinton Falls, New Jersey article can be editet
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Tinton-Falls-New-Jersey.html (941 words)

	New Zealand Police - The Future
		New Zealand can no longer claim to be the peaceful society it was during the 1950's and 1960's.
		The New Zealand Police have not been able to stem the trend of increasing crime over the last 30 years, despite the provision of additional resources and the adoption of new operational policies and practices.
		The Police five year strategic plan has committed us to reducing the incidence and effects of crime by the end of the 1997/98 year-but that is a pledge that can only be realised if we have full support from the public and other agencies delivering criminal justice services.
	www.executive.govt.nz /93-96/minister/luxton/strategy/future.htm (500 words)

	About Nelson - SITE PRODUCTIONS - Nelson New Zealand
		The New Zealand Wearable Art Awards have been held annually in September since 1987, and this now international theatrical feast for the senses is threatening to get bigger than its venue so it pays to book early.
		The Nelson Arts Festival coincides with the ‘Wearables’, while music lovers have the biennial Nelson School of Music Winter Music Festival and the Adam New Zealand Festival of Chamber Music, and the annual Jazz Festival.
		Reflecting perhaps the overall financial constraints of the cities ongoing development, the cathedral took 47 years from the laying of the foundation stone to its consecration in 1972, with debates over original designs in the 1950’s to eventual 1960’s design modifications.
	www.sp.co.nz /nelson.html (805 words)

	New Zealand
		After some debate, on 26 July 1950, the New Zealand Government announced it would raise a volunteer military force to serve with UN forces in Korea.
		The sole Royal New Zealand Navy casualty during the Korean War was a sailor killed during one of the shore raids.
		While gradual reductions in Kayforce were made, beginning shortly after the ceasefire was signed in 1953, with the exception of 10 Transport Company, Kayforce returned to New Zealand in 1955.
	www.korean-war.com /newzealand.html (805 words)

	* NZine * Ilam Gardens The Home Of World Famous Azaleas And Rhododendrons- rhododendrons, azaleas, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand azaleas, Edgar Stead, Galaxy azaleas, Christchurch gardens, deciduous aza
		Rhododendrons growing along the drive at Strowan kindled Stead's interest in these flowers, but there were few varieties available in New Zealand.
		He began with his childhood garden carved out of bush in the Buller Gorge on the West Coast of New Zealand.
		When he returned to New Zealand and bought the property at Ilam he developed extensive aviaries and there he treated native birds which were injured.
	www.nzine.co.nz /features/ilamgardens.html (805 words)

	John Carter (New Zealand) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John McGregor Carter (8 May 1950 -) is a New Zealand politician.
		In 1992, a year described by Queen Elizabeth II as her annus horribilis, Carter called on New Zealanders to write in to express their support for her, having written to The Times of London criticising the British media's apparent lack of respect towards the Queen.
		When the National Party won power in the 1990 elections, Carter became the Junior Government Whip, and then Senior Government Whip until 1995 and again from 1996 to mid-2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Carter_(New_Zealand) (237 words)

	The Legislative Council - a history of New Zealand's House of Representatives
		Its 25 new members were appointed by the National government to make sure that the Legislative Council Abolition Bill was passed.
		The Council was meant to be New Zealand's equivalent of the British House of Lords and play an independent and influential role.
		Trying to stack the Council backfired when the Governor refused to approve the nominees; Britain finally ordered him to cooperate.
	www.nzhistory.net.nz /Gallery/parlt-hist/parlt-legcl.html (237 words)

	New Zealand Film New Zealand Film : Stereotying
		New Zealand is very much a film going nation and audiences have been bombarded with the Hollywood stereotypes and myths since the early 1950’s.
		New Zealand Film : Stereotyping The International Film Industry is primarily a business that entertains.
		New Zealand Film New Zealand Film : Stereotying
	www.radessays.com /link.php?site=re&aff=r2c2&dest=viewpaper.php?request=15779 (237 words)

	Population_Ecology
		Most recently we have commenced a study of the population demography of a rapidly increasing populations of New Zealand fur seals at Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
		Fur seals began to re-colonize and breed at Macquarie Island in the 1950’s (130+ years later), and since then the population has been increasing steadily.
		Macquarie Island is unique because three species of fur seal (Antarctic, subantarctic and New Zealand) occur there.
	zooserv.zoo.latrobe.edu.au /Staff/sdg/SMEGPopulation_Ecology.htm (237 words)

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