Ninety Years - Some Memories

Ninety Years - Some Memories
Ninety Years - Some Memories

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Title: Ninety Years - Some Memories
Author(s): SPENCER-BOWER, Marmaduke
ISBN: 0473059967
Category: Biographies
New / Used: New
Book Type: Large Paperback
Published: 1998
Published By: M. Spencer-Bower
Pages: 144
Size (mm): 210 w x 300 h x 10 d

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Marmaduke Spencer-Bower born in 1905, in St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England, to Rosa and Anthony Spencer-Bower.

After the First World War, Rosa was anxious to return to New Zealand because of her property and family here and at the end of 1923, Marmaduke faced with the dilemma of what to do when he left school decided that he should go to work on his uncle Richard Dixon’s farm, Holton, at Eyreton. 

Richard Dixon also leased Claxby from Rosa, and Marmaduke was often sent to lend a hand at that property. While still working for his uncle, he lived on Claxby from 1925 to 1928, and during this time he became aware of the tremendous potential of that farm and became anxious to farm it himself, and so it was arranged that he would take over from 1928.

In 1928 when he took over Claxby, Richard Dixon guaranteed a bank overdraft, which enabled Marmaduke to buy machinery and stock. Claxby in 1928 was in a largely undeveloped state and South Eyre Road, which ran up through the property, was just a track. Due to his determination and hard work, this dry and light land some sixty years later carried more than ten times the original stock numbers.

Trees were also needed around Claxby, as the cold and wet storms of the Canterbury Plains were killing new born lambs. After weathering the Depression and World War II, the 1950s were a prosperous time for farmers. Marmaduke took advantage of rapid scientific advances in farming, reading every farming article he could lay his hands on, and also attended farmer education courses. The wool boom of the 1950s was also crucial to Claxby’s success. 

In 1941, Marmaduke inherited part of the Woodstock Run in the Waimakariri Gorge when his Uncle Richard died. During his lifetime, Marmaduke was committed to the community in which he lived.

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