Melville Lyons
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Melville Edwin Lyons, sometimes called Tiny, was briefly a Reform Party Member of Parliament in New Zealand until his election was declared void. A journalist by trade, he became involved in local pol
Melville Lyons in 1930
Samoan high chiefs Tupua Tamasese Meaʻole (fifth from left) and Malietoa Tanumafili II (second from right) welcomed to Christchurch in 1945 by Mayor Ernest Andrews (fourth from left) and Deputy-Mayor Melville Lyons (right)
Ernest Andrews (politician)
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Sir Ernest Herbert Andrews was a New Zealand teacher, printer and cricketer and local-body politician. He was on the Christchurch City Council from 1919 and Mayor of Christchurch from 1941 until his r
Melville Lyons
…trade, he became involved in local politics in Christchurch after having served in WWI. He was Deputy Mayor of Christchurch for six years under mayor Ernest Andrews. Lyons was born on 27 February 1889 (note that his birth certificate appears under the date 27 March 1889) in Masterton. His parents were Thomas Adian…
Andrews c. 1944