10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «QUEEN STREET FARMER»
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The Godzone Dictionary: Of Favourite New Zealand Words and ...
Queen Street farmer An urban business person who owns a farm property as a
financial proposition. The term, which has derogatory connotations, dates from
the 1950s and refers to Auckland's main commercial street. Also sometimes
heard ...
2
Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the ...
There are idiomatic and colloquial NZE items of three or more words: for example
warrant of fitness (for a car), main trunk line (railway between Auckland and
Wellington), Queen Street farmer (absentee farm-owner), on the pig's back ...
Stephen Adolphe Wurm, Peter Mühlhäusler, Darrell T. Tyron, 1996
Queen Street farmer - City businessman owning rural property. Ranch slider -
Sliding glass door giving onto the garden or decking. Rangatira - General term
for a Maori chief. Rapt - Well-pleased. Rattle your dags - Hurry up. Root - Vulgar
term ...
Laura Harper, Tony Mudd, Paul Whitfield, 2002
Look, you know I've always loved your house, Julie, and well, Harry wants to
retire and become a Queen Street farmer . . . Anyway, the bottom line is . . . if it's
for sale, we'd like to buy it.” The relief on Julie's face was evident to see. “Kate ...
Joint ventures of a dubious nature, Queen Street farmer with a plot in Burma?
HArTleTON: A little imagination can be such a dangerous thing. I think you'd
better remove yourself from the premises immediately. Kelly, standing his ground:
One ...
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Wildflowers, Wilderness and Wine
'You know, the way to tell a Queen Street farmer is when they wear their Akubra.' I
'm trying to break the ice by getting him to laugh. 'Only the upper part will be
bleached from sitting in the back window of their vehicle. Under the brim, their hat
...
J. MATHISON — You were not there. We were present. Mr GORDON— If the
honourable member will be patient I shall tell him what did in fact happen. In
1950 Mr Perry Mr DF.AS — You were not there. Mr CARTER— The Queen Street
farmer ...
New Zealand. Parliament, 1962
* Farlow, G. R., I889, (firm, Farlow and Barker) 127 Queen street Farmer, Henry
John, 1863, com 'l'.L.A., com V., (firm, Farmer and Turner) 54 Elizabeth street
Farmer and Turner (Henry John Farmer and Herbert Turner) 54 Elizabeth street ...
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Addresses and Proceedings - New Zealand Dairy Conference
The essence of the Bill when it came forward in 1953, I think, was to keep the "
Queen Street farmer" out of the country — and I think Ernie Corbett was the first
person to coin the phrase "Queen Street farmer". Now this is what we want today.
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Awards, Agreements, Orders, and Decisions Made Under the ...
Johnstone Bros., Queen Street. Farmer, — Buick, E. Fishmongers, — Masterton
Fresh Fish Supply Company (G. Feraro, manager). Flour-millers, — Chamberlain
Bros., Albert Street. Grocers, — Boyd, William, Queen Street. Charman, William ...
New Zealand. Dept. of Labour, 1910
