Henry Moses MLC

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A recent return of the large areas held by private owners in N.S.W., shows that the Hon Henry Moses, M.L.C. has 41,649 acres of leasehold land in his possession.
Windsor and Richmond Gazette Saturday 20 February 1892 p3

AUSTRALIAN GASLIGHT COMPANY.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Annual General MEETING of this Company will be held at the Company's Office, Kent-street, Sydney, on MONDAY, 25th July instant, at a quarter past 2 o'clock in the afternoon, to receive the Report of the Directors for the past half-year, to elect Directors, to appoint Auditors, and to transact suoh other business as may be brought forward in conformity with rule.
Candidates for the Directions are to give not less than seven days notice in writing to the Secretary.
The retiring Directors, viz , Goorge Judah Cohen, Peter Reid, William Barnard Walford, Samuel Dickinson, John Rae, Hon Jas Norton, William Cornelius Goddard, Charles Henry Myles, Joseph Henry Storey, Hon. Henry Moses, William Munnings Montagu Arnold, and James Scroggie, Esqs., have given the requisite notice that they are Candi- detes for re-election, for which they are eligible under the Act.

By order of the Board

W. JOHNSTON,

Secretary. Company's Office,

Sydney. 4th July,1892
Sydney Morning Herald Wednesday 13 July 1892 page 2

The " Daily Telegraph" London correspondent :.-" Among the recent arrivals in London is Mr. Henry Moses, M.L.C. (once M.P. for the Hawkesbury, and brother to Mr. W. Moses, of Windsor), who came as far as Perim by the China, and thence journeyed to Brindisi in the Carthage and spent an enjoyable week or two on the Continent before crossing the Channel. Mr. Moses, I understand, intends to remain in the old country till the fall of the year."
Windsor and Richnond Gazette Saturday 18 June 1898 page 3

Our Sydney correspondent reports that Mrs. Annie Moses, the wife of Mr. H. Moses, M.L.C., of Macleay-street. Potts Point, who died on January 15, left an estate valued for probate purposes at £71, 472. The bulk of the estate was left for the benefit of the testator's sons, Messrs. William Moses, Herbert Charles Moses, and Frank Sydney Moses.
The Advertiser (Adelaide) Saturday 7 April 1923 page 15

Henry Moses - two more obituaries

MR. HENRY MOSES.

Mr. Henry Moses, a former M.L.C. and known as 'Father of the Council,' also former owner of Combadello Station, near Moree, died on Saturday at the age of 94. The late Mr. Moses resigned from the Council in. July, 1923, his parliamentary career having extended over 53 years. When he resigned he returned to the Railway Department his gold pass, which he was entitled to retain. His view was that as he had ceased to be a legislator he should no longer use a legislator's concession.

Deceased had had a very adventurous career. He had travelled the greater portion of Australia, and could tell thrilling stories of shipwrecks, railway accidents, and meetings with bush rangers, which had come within the scope of his experience. Coming to Moree 42 years ago, he bought Combadello Station, transferring it later to two of his sons. He was also a director of the Commercial Banking Company for many years.

The late Mr. Moses was born at Windsor and was married in that town. As a lad he served in a lawyer's office, but the Ophir gold rush led him in pursuit of the precious metal. He was a very keen sportsman, and cricket and racing in the Hawkesbury district found in him an ardent sup porter. He had six sons and four daughters. The four surviving sons are Mr. F. A. Moses (at present in England), and Messrs. Harry, Herbert and Leslie Moses (of Sydney). Mr. Fred. Moses and the late Mr. William Moses bred valuable blood stock, including the racehorse Poitrel. His son, Harry, played a sensational innings of 298 against the Melbourne Cricket Club.

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser Monday 21 June 1926 page 3

MR. H. MOSES DEAD.

Romantic Career. SYDNEY, Saturday.

Mr. Henry Moses, a former M.L.C., who was known as the 'Father of the Council,' died at 5 a.m. to-day, at the age of 94. The late Mr. Moses resigned from the Council in July, 1923, thus terminating a Parliamentary career extending over 32 years, bridging the gap between Sir Henry Parkes and Mr. Lang.

His early life was crammed with romance and adventure. Shipwrecks, railway smashes, and threatening bushrangers came his way. He travelled a large portion of Australia, but Windsor always loomed large in the memories that he cherished, for Windsor was his birthplace, and there he was christened and married. There as a lad, he wrestled with writs and mortgages in a lawyer's office, but soon the Ophir gold rush led him in chase of the Will-o'-wisp luck. Later, he was a station owner for a time, and then to Parliament, where, as a staunch 'free trade' advocate, he fought hard for his ideals. The sporting life, too, had a fascination for him, and cricket and racing in the Hawkesbury district, found him an ardent supporter. His son, Harry, played a sensational innings of 298 not out against the Melbourne Cricket Club. One of his proudest thoughts was that two of his sons owned Poitrel, winner of the Melbourne Cup.

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser Monday 21 June 1926

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Death of Mr H Moses 1926

DEATH OF MR. H. MOSES. 

Public Man and Pioneer.

After a career which demonstrated with its variety, resource, and success the romance of business, Mr. H. Moses, formerly a member of the Legislative Assembly, and, later of the Legislative Council, known widely for a score of activities, died on Saturday. He was 93 years of age.

For many years Mr. Moses had been an active figure in the commercial, industrial, and pastoral life of New South Wales, and only in the last year or two had he relinquished some of his responsibilities as the guiding hand of some of the largest business organisations in the State.

A native of the Hawkesbury River, Mr. Moses commenced business as a flour miller when a young man. He pluckily bought a mill that from a business point of view was considered a failure, and although he was handicapped by lack of experience in the trade developed the business on sound lines. About 40 years ago he retired from this industry, and by keen business acumen he became a prominent figure in the city.

He was a director of the old Australian Steam Navigation Company, and for many years of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, the Perpetual Trustee Company, the Australian Gaslight Company, Rich and Co.: and the Commercial Union Assurance Company. In the later part of his life he became interested in pastoral properties, and owned Yowendah and Moorabie stations, fronting the Castlereagh and Barwon Rivers, Nombi Station, on the Liverpool Plains - which formerly belonged to Sir Patrick Jenning - Comballo Station, on the Mehi River, and Terryhiehie Station, near Moree.

Mr. Moses also owned several large city properties, including the building now occupied by Proud's, Limited, jewellers, at the corner of Pitt and King streets; Primrose Buildings, in George-street; Fenchurcb Building, in Pitt-street, which he sold about three years ago for £85,000; and several buildings In York and Oxford streets. In Queensland also Mr. Moses was interested in several station properties.

Mr. Moses commenced his Parliamentary career when he entered the Legislative Assembly as the member for the Hawkesbury electorate on December 18, 1869, and he continued to be the district representative until November 3, 1880. Two years later he was elected for Canterbury, but he resigned from the seat in 1885, and was subsequently appointed to the Legislative Council. He resigned his seat in the Legislative Council in July, 1923. Tbe King approved of his retaining the title Honourable.

Mr. Moses had six sons and three daughters, Messrs William and Frederick were the owners of Comballo Station, and of the famous Arrowfield stud. They bred some of Australia's greatest racehorses including Poitrel. Mr. Henry was for many years a prominent cricketer. Mr. Herbert is a solicitor; Mr. Frank is interested in the wool business; and Mr. Leslie for a number of years was connected with the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney. Of the daughters, Amy married Mr. J. A. Thompson, a Sydney solicitor; Lurline, Brigadier-General Price; and Ella Maude, Colonel Sir Henry Horace McMahon, D.S.O.

The funeral, which will be by motor, will leave St. John's Church, Darlinghurst, for the Waverley Cemetery, this morning, after a service at 9.45.

(Sydney Morning Herald June 1926)

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Death of Henry Moses 1926

Racing Pioneer.

MR. H. MOSES' DEATH

 OLD TIMES RECALLED

By the death of Mr Henry Moses, the turf has lost the last of the pioneering committee men of the Hawkesbury Racing Club (writes "Martindale" in the "Sunday News.")

The Saturday before his  death the genial old Australian was present at Randwick to witness the Steeple chase. In a chat after the race the veteran, in company with Mr. G. Varley, spoke of men and horses of years gone by. 

A native of the Hawkesbury district, Mr. Moses had his first association with racing, back in the fifties, in connection with the meetings in those parts, when Messrs Schroder, I. Gorrick, B. Richards, J. Onus. R. Skuthorpe. C. Heather, G. T. Rowe. J. Windred, and others, raced on the old course with such famous old horses as Veno, Cooramin, Wilberforce. Black Jack, Lord Raglan, Running Rein, one of D. Mayne's first horses, and Jorrocks.

 

FIGHTING "CORNSTALKS."

They were fine old country gentlemen, who were present the day that bluff old John Iliffe won the first Hawkesbury Grand Handicap in 1871, and many a pleasant half-hour have we spent chatting about them and their doings.

When the horses dropped out of the conversation we would turn to those old-time "cornstalks.'' who could quite hold their own with or without boxing gloves. The names of Bill Chalker, G. Bailey, Kable, Dargins, and others would crop up.

No doubt the death recently of his son, William, was a hard blow to the veteran. His sons, Messrs. W. and F. Moses, played a leading part for years in the breeding of horses at their stud farm, Arrowfield, producing some of the best ever seen on the Australian turf. In their younger days the Moses brother's were also famous on the cricket field.

(Muswellbrook Chronicle June 1926 page 6)

DEATH OF MR. H. MOSES.    

The death of Mr H Moses of Sydney, was announced in the "Courier" on Monday last. Mr Moses was a Hawkesbury native and 93 years of age. He was a director of the old Australian Steam Navigation Company and for many years, of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney, the Perpetual Trustee Company, the Australian Gaslight Company, Rich and Co and the Commercial Union Assurance Company. In the later part of his life he became interested in pastoral properties, and owned Yowendah and Moorabie stations, fronting the Castlereagh and Barwon Rivers, Nombi station on the Liverpool Plains - which formerly belonged to Sir Patrick Jenning - Comballo station on the Mehi River, and Terryhiehie station near Moree. Mr Moses also owned seven large city properties including the building now occupied by Prouds Limited jewellers, at the corner of Pitt and King streets; Primrose Buildings in George-street; Fenchurch Building in Pitt-street, which he sold about three years ago for £80,000; and several buildings in York and Oxford streets. In Queensland also Mr Moses was interested in several station  properties.

Mr Moses commenced his Parliamentary career when he entered the Legislative Assembly as the member for the Hawkesbury electorate on December18, I869, and he continued to be the district representative until November 9 1880. Two years later he was elected for Canterbury but he resigned from the seat in 1885 and was subsequently appointed to the Legislative Council. He resigned his seat in the Legislative Council in July 1923.

 (Brisbane Courier 24 June 1926 page 4) 

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