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Timeline for John Chambers (1839-1903)

1864 Oct 11	Arrived at Auckland on the 'Columbus'

1866 Mar 15-16	Member of Jury for murder of Fulloon [Daily Southern Cross]
1866 Jun 12 	John CHAMBERS, of Karangahape Rd, is an elector for the West Ward.

1868 Jun 11	Shareholder Hape Gold Mining Company

1868 Aug 1	Attended inaugural meeting of Parnell Road Board [Daily Southern Cross]
1868 Dec	Residing Karangahape Road [Auckland Provincial Electoral Roll 1869]

1869 May 14	Listing on the Electoral Roll for Auckland West objected to.

1875-1876	E. Porter & Co., ironmongers, Queen Street
		John Chambers, Grafton; Alfred Porter, Parnell and
		James Hardy, Remuera. 
		[Wises Post Office Directory (Auckland PIIa p4)]

1876 ... ..	Took ironsand to England then went to the Philadelphia Exhibition

1877 ... ..	Lease of 640 acres of Parapara Subdivision, Nelson

1877 May 8	Land transaction involving the NZ Insurance Company

1877 Nov 17	Conveyance of Allot 59 (25 acres) of the Parish of
		Onewhero, County of Rutland between John Chambers
		ironmonger of Carleton Gore and Thomas Taylor 
		NASEFIELD, ironfounder of Ponsonby of one part and
		Isaac RAILEY, sawmill owner of Mercer. Bounded on the
		north by the Waikato River, on the southeast by
		Allotment 60 and intersected NE-SW by a road.
		[LINZ Ref: Deed G2 p151; Document 1811G]

1879-1880	Electoral Roll Waitemata: John Chambers, Carleton
		Road, Auckland, freehold Takapuna section 56 Woodside

1880 May 17	Conveyance: Part of Allotment 2 Section 6 Auckland Suburbs
		[Corner Mount Eden Road and Burleigh Street, Auckland]

1882 ... ..	Auckland Directory: John Chambers, iron merchant,
		Princess Street; Chairman of Auckland East District 
		Licensing Committee.

1882 Jan 27	Assignment of Matakohe Island to Chambers & others from John Denniston

1882 Mar 9	Director of newly formed 'New Find' or 'Prospectors Claim' 
		Gold Mining Company at Wairongomai.
		[Waikato Times 9 Mar 1882 p2 c7]

1882 Mar 24	Lease for Matakohe Island from Edwards to Chambers & Mitchelson

1882 Oct ..	John Chambers, ironmonger of Auckland, owned 1500 
		acres in Wanganui County valued at £935 and less than 
		an acre valued at £25 in Waitemata County. He also 
		owned land valued at £400 in the Auckland Borough and 
		land in the Hamilton Borough valued at £58.
		[Return of the Freeholders of New Zealand]

1882 Nov 22	Wrote a letter recommending "extension of Bonus 
		for Iron to other productions other than that of 'Pig' 
		Iron." He also applied "for a lease of Pilot Station 
		Reserve at North Head of Manukau."
		[Archives NZ Wellington Ref: IA 3/1/35 Colonial
		Secretary's Office Inwards Correspondence Register
		Letter 1882/5074]

1882 Nov 22	Wrote a letter giving "notice of intention to claim 
		Bonus of £1,000 offered for production of Iron".
		[Archives NZ Wellington Ref: IA 3/1/35 Colonial 
		Secretary's Office Inwards Correspondence Register
		Letter 1882/5075]

1883		Ironmonger residing at Princess Street, Auckland
		owned freehold section 42, part of Allotment 27 [Auckland West]

1883 Feb ..	Onehunga Iron smelting furnace is completed

1885 Mar 22	Assignment of Matakohe Island from Chambers to Rutherford

1885 Jul 30	Elected W.V.T. of General Gordon I.O.G.T., Cambridge

1885 Dec 5	Chambers & Morrin: Fire, coach factory, High St, Auckland
1885 Dec 7	Shareholder in the Dubbo Gold Mining Company

1886 Feb 25	Trustee shareholder in the Amaranth Gold & Silver-mining Company
1886 Feb 27	Installed at the General Gordon Lodge, I.O.G.T., Cambridge
1886 Mar 25	Start of La Monte Furnace at Karangahake
1886 Apr 27	New battery and Mackay pan plant at Karangahake started

1887 ... .. 	John Chambers, merchant, Princes Street, Auckland;
		freehold part allotment 27 sec 42 [Electoral Roll 
		Auckland West]

1887 ... ..	Withdrew from partnership with E. Porter and Co.
1887 Aug 25	Attended General Gordon Lodge concert

1888 Jun 08	Patent 2377: Deoxidation of ironsand
1888 Aug 31	Patent 2518: The Simoon Roasting Furnace

.... ... .. 	merchant, Auckland - Patent no. 2847
.... ... .. 	agent, Auckland - Patent no. 4611


1891 Sep 30	Conveyance: Part of Allotment 2 Section 6 Auckland Suburbs
		[Corner Mount Eden Road and Burleigh Street, Auckland]

1891 Oct 16	Land: Lot 25 Section 29 Parish Waitemata

1895 ... .. 	Auckland - see AJHR 1895 H2 p348.

1897		Residing at 'Oakdene' St Stephens Rd, Parnell, Auckland

1898 ... .. 	merchant, Auckland - Patent no. 429
1901 ... .. 	Auckland - see AJHR 1901 A4 p415
1903 Sep 29	Death Notice


New Zealand Herald Tuesday 29 September 1903
Death: CHAMBERS -On September 27, 1903, at his residence "Oakdene",
St. Stephen's Road, Parnell. John, the beloved husband of Martha C.
Chambers, aged 66. - English and Southern papers please copy.
Interment private.