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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Jones, William H. P.
Jones, William H. P., Farmer, Morrison Bush, Greytown South, is the youngest son of Mr. Ty. Jones, jeweller, of Ludgate Hill, London. Mr. Jones came to New Zealand in 1862 and was one of the first at the celebrated Shotover diggings in Otago. In the following year he came to the Wairarapa. Commencing in business as a sawmiller, he worked with success till 1879, when he sold his interest and entered into farming pursuits at Morrison Bush. Mr. Jones has a splendid freehold property of some 270 acres. He has abstained from entering into political life, preferring to attend to his own business. In his younger days he served as a member of the local volunteer corps and also in the militia.