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Researched and written by ERIS PARKER
Ref: Cambridge Museum Archives


THE RATE PAYERS of 1912

A
ADAMS James
ADAMS Samuel
ALLEY George
Alpha Masonic Lodge
ANDERSON Murdoch G
ARNOLD Maria
ASHER James Parker
ASHWIN Manley Jno
ATKINSON Ellen
AVENELL Martha

B
BAKEWELL S A
Bank of New South Wales
Bank of New Zealand
Baptist Church Trustees
BARKER Evelyn Lilian
BARKER F C
BAYLY Frank
BECKETT W Rev
BELL Henry
BELL Henry Alan
BELL Matilda A
BLACK Fanny
BLACK John H
BLACKMAN Arnold
BLACKMORE Zita H T
BOYCE Arthur B
BOYCE Charles
BOYCE Charles Wm
BOYCE Thomas Henry
BREWER Gaines
BROAD Alfred John
BROAD Walter John
BROCKELSBY Ezra
BROCKELSBY William Henry
BRODIE Rowena
BROOKS Frank Jefcoate
BROOKS John Frank
BROOKS Mary Ann
BROOKS Mary Gertrude
BROWN Alfred David
BROWN Elizabeth
BRYCE Jas Alex
BUCKLAND Wm Francis
BUKOWSKY Julius Christian
BUNYARD Frederick Chas
BUTLER Martin
BYCROFT C H
BYCROFT Chas Herbert
BYCROFT Frank Warren
BYRNE John

C
CALDWELL David R
Cambridge Club
CAMPBELL Ellen
CAMPBELL Mary
CAPPER Alfred Edward
CARNAHAN Elizabeth
CARR John Richard
CARSWELL David
CARTER William K
CAW Sadie H
CHITTY Charles
CLARK Alfred Richard
CLARK Geo Edw
CLARK Henry Herbert
CLEMENTS Archibald
CLIFFIN Edwin Geoge
CLIFFIN Edwin Ted
COLEMAN John Ww
COLLINS William Godfrey
COLLIS Florence A
COLLIS Joseph James
CONDER Joseph
CONNOLLY James Alex
CONNOLLY Thomas John
CORDEN Robert
COUPER Boston Sharp
COURT George Alfred
COURT Kenneth Reeve
COWLING Samuel
COX Edwin
CRICKETT Robert
CROWTHER H
CROWTHER Harold
CROXFORD Jane Agnes

D
Dalgety & Co
DAVIES Richard
DAVYS Henry John
DAY Florence
DICKINSON Geo
DIXON Annie
DIXON Elizabeth
DODD William
Duke of Cambridge Lodge
DUNNING James

E
EASTWOOD Wm
EDMONDS Henry A
Education Board
ELLIOTT Joseph J
ELLIS George Coxon
ENTRICAN Andrew J

F
Farmers' Coop Auct Co Ltd
FARNSWORTH Elizabeth
FEAKINS Horace
FEISST Herman
FERGUSON Agnes
FERGUSON Hugh
FERGUSON John
FERGUSON John Herbert
FERGUSON Robert
FISHER Allen Percy
FLETCHER Mary J
FOGARTY Patrick
FORBES Percy Alex Edwd
FORD John Hodder
FOSTER Ivy Eileen
FOSTER J L

G
GANE Alfred Wm
GANE Florence Matilda
GARDNER Manson E
GLANVILLE Percy Turner
GRAHAM William
GWYNNETH Annie

H
HALL Julia E
HALL M A Mrs
Hallenstein Bros
HALLY Elizabeth
HALLY George J
HALLY James
HAMILTON James
HARDY Kathleen Winifred
HARKER Simon
HARRIS Henry
HARTLY Christina
HARTLY Thomas
HAY SMITH M A E Mrs
HAYTON Robert
HICKEY Dennis
HILL Edward B
HOB Sam
HOLMES Arthur Richard deP
HOLMES Philip
HOOPER Gustavus V
HOPKIRK Alexander
HOWE Eliza Mrs
HUNT Thomas Charles
HUNTER Charles
HUNTER Jessie Muir Haines
HUNTER R W

I
ISHERWOOD J H A

J
JAMES Edgar
JAY Joseph
JENKINS Mary M E
JOHNS Nellie

K
KEADY Michael J
KEESING Esther
KERR Anna
KERR Henry
KERR Mary
KING Wm Smith
KIRKWOOD Jessie
KITE James Walter
KITE Samuel

L
LaTROBE James
LePROU Annie Tibble
LESLIE Sarah
LEWIS Samuel
LINSTROM Ernest
LIVINGSTONE James
LONGBOTTOM John Richard
LOVATT William
LOWTHER Mary Jane
Loyal Orange Lodge

M
MAGEE James
MALINS Edgar Charles
MARCROFT Frank Addy
MARFELL Frederick John
MARSHALL David Henry
MARSHALL Jane
MARSHALL Spencer
MAXWELL Elizabeth
MELVILLE Richard Johnston
MELVILLE Richard Johnston
MENGHINI Mary
MEREDITH Martha
MERRICK John Wm
Methodist Church Trustees
MIDDLETON Thomas
MILLER Susan Watson
MINCHIN Edith
MITCHELL S K Mrs
MOORE Brainerd
MORRISS Thos Moore
MORSE Robert
MORTIMER-JONES Clive
MULHOLLAND James Francis
MULINS Albert David
MULLER William
MULLINS Ernest E
MULLINS John
MURPHY Maria Theresa
MURPHY W J
MURRAY Eleanor Sarah

Mc
McALLISTER John
McCABE Ellen
McCANN Emily Jane
McCANN John
McCLENNAN Jerome A
McCOMISH Jane E
McCREA Hugh Gamble
McCULLAGH Geo F
McDERMOTT Martin P
McFARLAND William
McFARLANE Andrew
McFARLANE Isabella R
McFARLANE John
McFARLANE William McGregor
McFARLANE Wm Norman
McKEARNEY James
McLEAN Walter
McLIESH James Alex
McMILLAN Annie
McMILLAN Joseph
McMILLAN William
McNEISH Jane C
McNEISH Louie
McVEAGH Margaret Mrs
McVEAGH Theresa Miss
McVEAGH Wm Read

N
NAIRN Sarah E
NEWCOMBE Frederick
NICHOLSON Peter
NICOLL Arthur Hammond
NIXON Herbert L
NIXON Robert Charles
NIXON Thomas
NOBLE Jane
NZ LOAN & MERCANTILE Co

O
Oddfellows Lodge No 5532
O'KEEFE Edmund Thos
ONIONS George S
O'TOOLE Frank

P
PALMER Annie
PALMER Edith
PALMER Ernest
PARE Pumai
PARR William Henry
PASCOE Emma
PEAKE Charles J
PEARCE Arthur W G
PETERSEN Julius
PLESCHER Vincent
POTTS Frederick
POWLEY William
Presbyterian Church Trustees
PRICE Fanny E
PRICE Mary
PRIESTLEY Charles Herman
PRIESTLEY Eleanor Edith

R
REED George
REESE Laura Crush
REID Charles
RICHARDS Thomas
RICHARDS Thomas F
RICHARDSON John Ramsay S
RILEY Harry
RILEY Margaret
RILEY William
RIVERS James
ROBERTS Charles
ROBERTS Edward Evan
ROBERTS Elizabeth
ROBERTS J J
ROBERTS Robert J
ROBERTSON Ann
ROBSON Herbert Cecil
ROLLERSON George
Roman Catholic Church
ROUT Mary Annie
ROWE Henry G
ROWE J J
RUGE Charles Frederick B
RUGE Edith M E
RUGE Frederick B
RUSSEL Helen
RUSSELL Mary
RUTTER Joseph Richard
RUTTER Mary Jane
RUTTER William Chas

S
Salvation Army
SEMMENS Janet
SEMMENS Sarah
SEMMENS William J
SHARKEY Joseph
SHARKEY William
SHARP Eliza Matilda
SHEPHERD Wm Draycott
SIMPSON George Brown
SMALES Elizabeth Heriot
SMITH Eliz Payson
SMITH Ronald Balmer
SMITH Thos Peter
SOUTER Edwin Neville
SOUTER Joseph Wm
SOUTER Maud
SOUTER Violet
SPEIGHT Harold Hamilton
SPEIGHT Sarah Eliza
St Andrews Church Trustees
STANAWAY James Wm
STEWART Florence Agnes
STEWART Nancy
STUBBING Donald

T
TAYLOR Agnes
TAYLOR F J
TAYLOR James
THORNE Bessie
TUDEHOPE Robert T

U
UNDERWOOD Alfred
UNDERWOOD Florence Miss

V
VEALE Elisha
VEALE Frank Stanley

W
Waikato Central Ag Assoc.
Waikato Farmers Club
WALLACE Archibald
WALLACE Cecil Allan
WALLS Elizabeth
WATSON Arthur Thomas
WATTAM Thomas
WATTERS James
WAYMAN George
WEBB Seth
WEBBER Harry
WEBBER Mary Ann
WELLS Jenny
WELLS Kate W Miss
WELLS Mervyn
WESTERN Agnes
WESTON Henry
WHITE Elizabeth B
WHITEHOUSE Abel
WILKINS E H
WILKINSON Arnold
WILKINSON Edward John
WILKINSON Margaret
WILLIAMS Owen
WILLIAMS Wm Louis Campbell
WILLIAMSON Wm Jno
WILLIS Wm Newcombe deL
WILSON Jas

Y
YOUNG Emma Caroline
YOUNG Hugh
Young Mens's Christian Ass