Oswald Curtis

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Early life

Curtis was born on 20 January 1821 in London. He was the son of Stephen Curtis and Eleanora Llewellyn.[1] Together with his elder brother Herbert,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". he migrated to Nelson in 1853, arriving on 18 June.[1][2]

Mahomed Shah

The Curtis brothers had been passengers on the barque Mahomed Shah. The ship sailed from England for New Zealand on 15 January 1853. On 18 April, about Script error: No such module "convert". south of Cape Leeuwin, the ship caught fire. All on board were rescued two days later by the brig The Ellen under Captain Pardon. The Ellen was sailing from Mauritius to Hobart, Tasmania. The ship's position was given as Script error: No such module "Coordinates"..[3] Those rescued were taken to Hobart, arriving there on 6 May 1853.[4]

Political career

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As Superintendent, Curtis opened the Nelson Waterworks on 16 April 1868 and turned the first sod at Stoke for the cutting of the Nelson–Foxhill Railway on 6 May 1873.[5]

Community service

Curtis had been, at various times, Magistrate, Warden, Coroner, College Governor at Nelson. He was also Fellow of the New Zealand University and held a seat on its senate from 1870 to 1888.[6]

Curtis was also the second President of the Nelson Chamber of Commerce, succeeding Alfred Fell (father of Charles Fell).[7]

He died at his residence Highbury in Nelson on 1 March 1902, aged 81.[8]

Notes

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References

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Political offices
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Superintendent of Nelson Province
1867–1876 Template:S-ttl/check 		Provincial Councils abolished
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Postmaster-General
1872 Template:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by
New title Telegraph Commissioner
1872 Template:S-ttl/check
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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Member of Parliament for Nelson
1866–1879
Served alongside: Edward Stafford, Nathaniel Edwards,
Martin Lightband, David Luckie, John Sharp, Acton AdamsTemplate:S-ttl/check 		Template:S-aft/check Succeeded by

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