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#obituaries

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John Arnold

_The Evening Post_, 8 May 1925:
PERSONAL MATTERS
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Mr. C. N. #Orbell, one of the oldest and best-known residents of South #Canterbury, who died at his home, “The Levels,” #Timaru, on Tuesday evening, after a long illness, was born in 1841 at Essex, where he was educated. He came to New Zealand in the sailing ship Metropolis, in 1863, landing at Lyttelton. … He was interested in sport of all sorts. But it is in connection with his work as a sheep breeder that Mr. Orbell’s name will be best remembered. He and Mr. W. S. Davison were originators of the #Corriedale sheep, the most noted breed in New Zealand to-day, and if he had done nothing but this his name would be entitled to a place in the list of those who have rendered the Dominion signal service. Mr. Orbell married Miss Fergusson, a cousin to a former Governor of New Zealand—Sir James Fergusson—in 1879. He had five children—Mr. W. H. Orbell, Mr. C. I. Orbell, Mrs. Maurice Harper, and the Misses Orbell (two).
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/news
See also en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrieda

Black-and-white photo: Corriedale sheep. Undated. Photographer unknown. Description: A group of six heavily fleeced sheep (one obscured behind the others) standing in a paddock (BrE field), viewed front-on at a slight angle to show the sheep’s right flanks. Citation: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 7. Ref: PAColl-6001-47. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23098270
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