In the Mason book given in the source below, there is a brief but good description of the rather difficult journey in George’s life as a pastoral farmer, after fire destroyed his farm homestead (‘Wharetoka’ in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand) in 1886, and a year later destroyed 4000 acres of grassland.
Birth Reg: 1860/7356 / Mason George Morris / Jane & Thomas [1]
The Family of Thomas and Jane Mason of Taita, Evagean Publishing ISBN 0-909032-04-01. 1994.
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