102 YEARS OLD
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Auckland Woman has Lived Under Six Sovereigns
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AUCKLAND, Last Nigbt. Mrs. M. A. Hills, of- upper Queen strcet. Onehunga, celebrates ber 102nd birthday on Wednesday nest. ,Sbe has lived under six BritiSh sovereigns. Borti in Kent in 1835, wben William IV was King, sbe knew Auckland in 1855. wbcu it was a hamlet, wben Queen jtreet was a dirfcy clay track without footpaths, qnd wben a verai^ab was a curiosity. Sbe arrived in Auckland as a brido by the sbip Mercbantnian. Govefnor Gore-Brown was a fellow '".asenger.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 95, 8 May 1937, Page 6
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94102 YEARS OLD Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 95, 8 May 1937, Page 6
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