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    The Bledisloe Commission, also known as the Rhodesia-Nyasaland Royal Commission, was a Royal Commission, appointed in 1937 and undertaking its enquiries...
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    Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, GCMG, KBE, KStJ, PC (21 September 1867 – 3 July 1958) was a British Conservative politician and colonial governor...
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  • Viscount Bledisloe – suggested sweeping changes in the administration of land drainage which were embodied in the Land Drainage Act 1930 Royal Commission on...
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    opposition to the recommendations of the Hilton Young Commission, in 1935, Viscount Bledisloe (newly departed Governor-General of New Zealand) was asked...
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    government agreed in 1937 to set up one, as the Bledisloe Commission, whose chairman was Lord Bledisloe. Its terms if reference were to consider a possible...
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    with the self-governing Colony of Southern Rhodesia". In 1938, the Bledisloe Commission concluded that the territories would become interdependent in all...
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    unanimous African opposition to amalgamation with Southern Rhodesia, the Bledisloe Commission report of 1939 did not entirely rule out some form of association...
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  • Agitation by the government of Southern Rhodesia led to a Royal Commission, the Bledisloe Commission, on the future association between Southern Rhodesia, Northern...
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  • the policy stated in the memorandum, but the 1938 report of the Bledisloe Commission recommended closer cooperation the two Rhodesias and Nyasaland possibly...
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  • sufficient resources to do this effectively. A Royal Commission on land drainage (the Bledisloe Commission, 1927) found the existing legislation to be "vague...
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    Springboks and had wrapped up the Bledisloe for another year after defeating the Wallabies (23–20) in the 2nd Bledisloe game which was a test match outside...
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    Agitation by the Southern Rhodesia government led to a Royal Commission (the Bledisloe Commission) on future association between Southern Rhodesia, Northern...
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    Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, as Governor of New Zealand, donated a sporting trophy called the Bledisloe Cup for competition between Australia...
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    2011: Bledisloe Cup winner with New Zealand 2011: Rugby World Cup winner with New Zealand 2012: Super Rugby winner with the Chiefs 2012: Bledisloe Cup winner...
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    (1975) Lord Lieutenant of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale (1975–1998) Bledisloe Gold Medal (1992) Chief of Clan Scott (1973–2007) Captain, Royal Naval...
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    February 2017, Reddy delivered her first annual Waitangi Day Bledisloe Address at the Bledisloe Garden reception at Government House, Wellington. In her first...
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    the match. Two weeks later the second and final match of that year's Bledisloe Cup series finished in a draw; and, although Dunlop missed that match...
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    sporting purposes, but was used by poachers, and this was reiterated by the Bledisloe Report published in 1961. Flossing "Snagged". Fishbio. 28 November 2011...
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    administration Pages 354-377 A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5, Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, the Forest of Dean". Victoria County History...
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    State of Origin games in 2025 and 2028. The Australian game in the 2019 Bledisloe Cup series, which doubled as a Rugby Championship match, was played at...
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    Dean: Introduction". A History of the County of Gloucester: Volume 5, Bledisloe Hundred, St. Briavels Hundred, the Forest of Dean. Victoria County History:...
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  • Bishop of Peterborough Lords Spiritual 7 May 2009 Life peer The Viscount Bledisloe Crossbench 12 May 2009 Elected hereditary peer The Lord Dahrendorf Crossbench...
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  • animal scientist, director of Invermay Research Centre (1978–1986), Bledisloe Medal (2003) (born 1943). Colin Moyle, politician, MP for Manukau (1963–1969)...
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  • Zealand, and South Africa, club matches, The Rugby Championship, the Bledisloe Cup, and the Shute Shield, among others. Stan and Nine also acquired rights...
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    who are members of the Northern Region Football. Bledisloe Park Sports Centre (overlooking Bledisloe Park grounds) is home to both Pukekohe AFC and Pukekohe...
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    "what the treaty said was less important". In 1932, Governor-General Lord Bledisloe and his wife purchased and presented to the nation the run-down house...
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    presented to Parliament by Governor-General Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe in January, 1931. Made of polished black ebony, it is topped by a golden...
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    (whereabouts unknown or destroyed). In 1959, the seven-storey Bledisloe State Building, now known as Bledisloe House, opened in Auckland city centre. For the structure...
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    Joe and Fay Gock. They gave the strain to the nation, earning them the Bledisloe Cup in 2013. There are three main cultivars of kūmara sold in New Zealand:...
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    Zealand rugby, Solomon scored a try against Australia in the inaugural Bledisloe Cup match in 1932, which New Zealand won 21–13. The second American Samoan...
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