Charles Luke (politician)
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Sir Charles Manley Luke was a New Zealand politician and company director. He served as mayor of Wellington in 1895. His brother, Sir John Luke, was later mayor of Wellington from 1913 to 1921.
Charles Manley Luke
Jas J Niven & Co
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Jas J Niven & Co Limited, later Niven Engineering, was a New Zealand engineering business based in Wellington with operations throughout the country. The foundry that became Niven's business was estab
Charles Luke (politician)
…Mabel Luke (10 April 1880 – 21 July 1923) married electrical engineer Lawrence Birks on 29 April 1909. They had four children. He was a director of S Luke and Sons Limited up until his retirement in 1913. Luke and Sons were ship builders and engineers. The company erected a number of hydraulic cranes on the Wellington…
The Spit, Napier circa 1886 30 km² of Ahuriri Lagoon were emptied by the 1931 earthquake
Employees, late 19th century
James Niven, with pipe, injects carbonic gas into fire in a ship's hold
S Luke and Sons in Manners St, Wellington in 1895 from Alexander Turnbull Library postcard