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Ernest Edward Munns

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Ernest Munns was a salesman for the Crown Clothing Company and a member of the Richmond Mission at the time of his hearing before the Military Service Board in Christchurch in December 1917. His objections to military service were on religious…

James Vallance as a young man

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James or Jim Vallance came from a farm at Coopers Creek, near Oxford. He belonged to a small, evangelistic, non-denominational church, which sent him to do ‘Gospel work’ in South Australia in 1908 and he continued working as an evangelist for the…

James Vallance in later life

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James or Jim Vallance came from a farm at Coopers Creek, near Oxford. He belonged to a small, evangelistic, non-denominational church, which sent him to do ‘Gospel work’ in South Australia in 1908 and he continued working as an evangelist for the…

New Zealand Socialist Party Conference, 1910

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When the New Zealand Socialist Party held its annual conference in Christchurch in March 1910, Fred Cooke and his wife Ida were among the delegates attending. Fred was one of the three Christchurch delegates to the conference and Ida was attending as…

Silas Stedman in uniform

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Photograph of Silas Stedman in military uniform

First General Meeting of the New Zealand Society of Friends (Quakers)

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A photograph of a large group of people, the delegates to the conference of the Society of Friends in New Zealand, held in Auckland at Easter 1914. Included in the group are Alfred Gregory (back row third from right, in front); Margaret Lloyd (third…