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IMPORTANCE OF LIVESTOCK TO AUSTRALIA Standard Should Be Improved

20 September 1939, Advocate (Burnie, Tas. : 1890 - 1954), page 12

…Chichester vol 5h p728) Doris Mary (Langmead) Pitts Birth: 26 June 1899 in Climping, West Sussex, England Baptised: 22 July 1899 in Climping, West Sussex, England Father: John Langmead Mother: Mary (Loveys) Langmead Married: William Henry Pitts on 25 April 1922, in Westhampnett district , West Sussex, England William was born on 23 May 1885 at Woodhorn, Oving, Sussex, and baptised on 18 June 1885 in Oving, the son of Frederick Pitts and Annie. William was a sheep farmer, and the Woodhorn stud was well known. He died on 2 February 1964 in Chichester district , West Sussex, aged 78. Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania) 20 September 1939 LAROONA SALES. The Laroona Southdown stud was founded by Mr. Frank Hallam, of Piper's River, in 1930, when he imported a ram and a number of ewes from the Shripney stud of Mr. E. H. Hobgen, of England. Rams and ewes have since been imported from the Woodhorn stud of Mr. W. H. Pitts and the Head Hone stud of Mrs. V. G. Stride. The stud to-day numbers approximately 100 ewes, and is almost pure English blood. Messrs. E. and A. Little, of Piper's River, selected 20 ewes from the Laroona flock that were all mated to Laroona rams. Mr.…

…Marriage: England Marriage Index (2Q1922 Westhampnett vol 2b p917); exact date from Rootsweb WorldConnect (nickmartin) ; William birth from England Birth Index (2Q1885 Westhampnett vol 2b p396) with exact date from Rootsweb WorldConnect (nickmartin) and place from 1891 census and exact place from Rootsweb WorldConnect (nickmartin) ; William baptism, parents from England Births and Christenings batch I03120-7 ; William occupation from Advocate (Burnie, Tasmania) 20 September 1939 ; William death from England Death Index (1Q1964 Chichester vol 5h p682) with exact date rom Rootsweb WorldConnect (nickmartin)…

…for whom he played wicket-keeper in cricket in 1921 and 1922, as well as hockey. Death: 1978, in Chichester district , West Sussex Census: 1911: Climping, West Sussex: John Herbert Langmead is aged 5, born in Climping, Sussex Sources: Birth: England Birth Index (3Q1905 E. Preston vol 2b p338); exact date from Cricket Archive ; exact place from 1911 census Parents: 1911 census Education: Cricket Archive Death: Cricket Archive Joyce Hilda (Langmead) Robinson Birth: 1904 in Climping, West Sussex, England Father: John Langmead Mother: Mary (Loveys) Langmead Married: James H. Robinson in 1925, in Westhampnett district , West Sussex, England Census: 1911: Climping, West Sussex: Joyce Hilda Langmead is aged 7, born in Climping, Sussex Sources: Birth: England Birth Index (1Q1904 E Preston vol 2b p346); exact place from 1911 census Parents: 1911 census Marriage: England Marriage Index (1Q1925 Westhampnett vol 2b p649) Leslie Langmead Birth: 1910, in Climping, West Sussex, England Father: Walter James Langmead Mother: Elizabeth Jane (Peeke) Langmead Notes: Leslie was nominated for High Sheriff of West Sussex in 1977 ( London Gazette 18 November 1977 p14511 ) and 1978 ( London Gazette 30 November 1978 p14347 ) and then successfully in 1979 ( London Gazette 30…

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Body on Railway Line, RETURNED SOLDIER'S DEATH. Early Morning Discovery Near . Landsborough.

4 September 1936, Nambour Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser (Qld. : 1922 - 1954), page 2

…know one or two? — Of course it is quite easy to buy a farm and borrow the money to do so. 16,897. I am speaking of farmers who came to Wisborough Green during the agricultural depression, like, I believe, Mr Langmead did in the southern part of the county, and who held on and have consistently made money, and who have been able now to buy their farms? — I have known people buy a farm when they had not got much money to do it with, and when, probably, it was against their own interest to do so. Western Mail (Perth, Western Australia) 23 September 1937 Stud Stock Importations. Of outstanding interest in recent arrivals of stud stock was the high class Southdown ram imported by Mr. R. E. Burges, of Hunting Lodge, Meckering, from England. Mr. Burges made his purchase from Messrs. John Langmead and Son's celebrated Northwood stud at Arundel, Sussex. Death: 25 August 1950, in Chichester district , West Sussex, England, aged 79 Census & Addresses: 1881: Whitstone, Bovey Tracey, Devon 1891: Kents Farm, Climping, West Sussex 1901: Climping, West Sussex: John Langmead, head, is aged 29, born in Bovey Tracey, Devon. He is a Farmer. 1908: The Court, Climping, West Sussex   (…

…Occupation: 1901 census; A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 5 Part 1 (T.P. Hudson ed., 1997)…

…Occupation: 1881, 1891, 1901 census; A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 5 Part 1 (T.P. Hudson ed., 1997)…