'Te Kohu', Hastings, New Zealand
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'Te Kohu', 302B Pattison Road, Hastings. Truck probably belongs to Ron Hill.
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'Te Kohu', 302B Pattison Road, Hastings. Truck probably belongs to Ron Hill.
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¼ dry collodion glass plate
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Dimensions: 82.6 x 108mm: 0 - Whole
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The house is 'Te Kohu', 302B Pattison Road, Hastings, still standing but derelict Its history is this Sydney Pattison's 'Haunui' villa in Pattison Street dates from Sept/Oct of 1896, built by J. Garnett to the design of R. J. Roberts. The house was first called 'Haunui' and was the home of Sydney Tucker Davers Pattison who from 1887 until 1901 was the first manager of the Hastings branch of Williams and Kettle. 'Haunui' stood on 10-acres that extended from Southampton Street through to the present grounds of Hastings Intermediate and halfway across between Hastings Street and Karamu Road. Prior to Sydney's marriage in 1899, 'Haunui' was home to Sydney where he been joined in 1894 by his widowed mother, Margaret Elizabeth Pattison (nee Penn), his brothers Charles and Joshua, and sisters Augusta, Ellinora and Jessie. They came from Strawberry Hill, Pembrokeshire, Wales after the 1892 death of husband and father, Henry Pattison. Margaret died in 1898. Sydney married Julia Margaret Tosswill in 1899. His married life was to be tragically short - he was afflicted with diabetes and suffered much with the April 1901 influenza epidemic, and the complications of phthisis saw his early death at age 40 in October of 1901. They had no family of their own. Julia sold sections and put the house and the 8-acres up for sale and it was bought in December 1901 by George Kelly who had succeeded Sydney as manager of Williams & Kettle's Hastings branch. George Kelly and wife Jessie (nee Polson) renamed the home 'Te Kohu' and in 1904 sold to John Wright Gower, a land speculator and Methodist preacher from Levin. Wright invested in various commercial buildings in Hastings as well as continuing in his involvement with the Methodist church. Prior to his selling in 1907 he reported on the success of his plantings of red and black currants. Maurice Mason was the new purchaser - he was born in Taita, Wellington, a son of Thomas Mason who was NZ's first Quaker. Thomas was a close associate of John Chambers of 'Te Matā', and had a large station, 'Te Awe', adjacent to Donald McLean's Maraekakaho. He divided the 12,000-acre Te Awe station between three of his sons, Maurice having 'Taheke'. He married Jessie Skerman in 1885 and they had two sons and four daughters who each, male and female, bore the name Maurice as a second or third name. Jessie died in April 1907, and Maurice sold 'Taheke' and purchased 'Te Kohu' in June 1907, the family all residing there. In July he had engaged architect W J Rush to erect a billiard room, stables and motor house etc. In 1908, he married his widowed sister-in-law, Florence (nee Jackson). His brother Robert had sold his 4,862-acre Te Reinga Station in 1903, part of the original Te Awe Station of his father. He, along with his USA graduated engineer son, Herbert, had involved themselves in a gold mining operation in Honduaras which, tragically, was to be a disaster for them both. Herbert died of malaria in September of 1904, and Robert of the same a month later. With Maurice marrying widow Florence, he took on responsibility for her youngest two sons who had yet to reach 20-yrs. Maurice invested in commercial premises in Hastings, and built a substantial building in Station Street, near to St Aubyn Street where his nephew/step-sons established Mason Bros, agents for a garage for De Dion, Darraq, Decauville, Weigel, Singer and Arrol-Johnson motor cars. He purchased the Heretaunga Street site of the May 1907 burnt out Williams & Kettle building beside the railway line and had a building erected that came down with the earthquake. He replaced it in 1932 with an architecturally pleasing Messrs. Davies, Garnett and Phillips designed building with a decided atmosphere of Spanish Mission with its texture-finished stucco wall surmounted with Cordova tiles and a central feature of circular headed window leading to a balcony enclosed with wrought iron railings. It was demolished by Mackeresey's in 1970 to make way for the Eastern & Central bank building. From 1911 to 1912 Maurice was sole agent for Hawke's Bay for Sunbeam cars and Ariel-Swift Motor Cycles as well as Gane's Milking machines. Throughout the years of his occupation Maurice was prominent in vegetable growing competitions and was outright winner more than once. He settled one son on a dairy farm in St George's Road and another in Thompson Road, Mangateretere. Florence died in 1938 and 'Te Kohu' remained Maurice's home until his own death in 1943. His son Geoffrey occupied until 1945 when he removed to Auckland.
- Wayne Collins posted one year ago.
pretty sure this is my father's truck . If it is the logo is for the NZ Home Protection Company, Repiling and Borer Control. His Name was Ron Hill and he was Ivon Hill's son.
- Frankie Hill posted 2 years ago.