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Bundle of Letters A C Powers to T J Hooper

1882 - 1884

From: 1882 To: 1884

1st letter A C Powers in debt – could Hooper borrow £100 – pay off his debts, make “fresh start” – no security to raise it in New Zealand “nothing fresh here except a little excitement over a new goldfield that has opened up a few miles away” “I cannot fancy what must have become of the business if Hugh stays in London always” written from Wellington 10 Aug 1883 2nd letter Shaw, Savill and Albion Company Limited, 34 Leadenhall Street, London to T J Hooper will send £100 through “our friends in Wellington” Messrs Levin and Company 5 Oct 1883 3rd letter Same received statement, should be £20 less 15 Oct 1883 4th letter Same received cheque of £120 to forward to Levin and Company 11 Dec 1883 5th letter A C Powers, Wellington, to T J Hooper wants to have money deducted from (£6000) principal “I am hard up although I know that it should not be so but facts are stubborn things and we are not all angels” Jem Mace visited Austrian bands performed to crowded audiences, come out to perform at Melbourne exhibition, been out here ever since. crops very satisfactory “I think I had better serve my full term of transportation of 10 years” (transportation here a figure of speech) sees Wimpole, Cambridgeshire estate sold up by Lord Hardwicke – predicted by last lord. “I remember the late Earl saying at a rent dinner that Lord Royston would never be able to live at Wimpole” local news from Mrs Cousins Board [Boat - sculling] race Hearn (New Zealand) v. Messenger (Australia) “The Good Templars are very strong here as are the good tipplers” complains regarding new Licensing and Gaming and Lotteries Acts; gentlemen fined £5 for getting up a sweep – 2 totalisators allowed offers New Zealand ferns 25 Mar 1882 6th letter A C Powers to T J Hooper if had not received money, would have been in gaol – if cannot deduct from principal worse off. pity Hugh does not look after the business, if it had been left differently in the will, I bet I would. Dr Diver, ship’s doctor a steward of races “made a pile” 5 Feb 1884

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Hooper & Fletcher,
Powers, Charles,
Charles Powers and Co.,
Powers, Arthur Charles,
Hooper, T J,
Hooper, Thomas James,
Powers, Hugh Edward,
Shaw, Savill & Albion Company Limited,
Levin & Company,
Mace, Jem,
Hardwicke, Earl of,
Lord Royston,
Royston, Lord,
Cousins,
International Organisation of Good Templars,
Diver

Hooper & Fletcher, New Zealand Wellington, personal correspondence, business correspondence, PRIVATE FINANCE, family/personal financial affairs, money, debt, MINERALS & MINING, gold, business, MILLS, bands, Austrians, exhibitions, Australia Melbourne, AGRICULTURE, crops, Wimpole, ESTATES (LANDED), racing, boats, TEMPERANCE, gambling, ferns, doctor, horse racing, steward