See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• JOHN BALLANCE (1839-1893)

BALLANCE (1839-1893)  , New See also:

• ZEALAND (also SEALAND Or SEELAND; Danish Sjaelland)

Zealand statesman, eldest son of See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel See also:

• BALLANCE, JOHN (1839-1893)

Ballance, See also:

• FARMER, RICHARD (1735–1787)

farmer, of Glenavy, See also:

• ANTRIM
• ANTRIM, RANDAL MACDONNELL, 1ST EARL OF (d. 1636)
• ANTRIM, RANDAL MACDONNELL, 1ST MARQUESS OF (1609-1683)

Antrim, See also:

• ULSTER
• ULSTER, EARLS OF

Ulster, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born on the 27th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1839 . He was educated at a See also:

• NATIONAL

national school, and, on leaving, was apprenticed to an ironmonger at See also:

• BELFAST

Belfast . He became a clerk in a wholesale ironmonger's See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house in See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham, and migrated to New Zealand, intending to start in business there as a small jeweller . After settling at See also:

• WANGANUI

Wanganui, however, he took an opportunity, soon offered, of See also:

• FOUNDING (from Lat. fundere, to pour)

founding a newspaper, the Wanganui See also:

• HERALD (O. Fr. heraut, herault; the origin is uncertain, but O.H.G. heren, to call, or hariwald, leader of an army, have been proposed; the Gr. equivalent is Kddpvi : Lat. praeco, caduceator, fetialis)

Herald, of which he became editor and remained See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief owner for the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of his See also:

• LIFE

life . During the fighting with the See also:

• MAORI

Maori chief Titokowaru, in '867, Ballance was concerned in the raising of a See also:

• TROOP (an adaptation of Fr. troupe, O. Fr. trope; cf. Ital. troppa, troppa; Med. Lat. truppus; the origin is doubtful; suggestions have been made that it represents a German conception of Latin turba, crowd, or is an adaptation of Norw. tarp, flock)

troop of volunteer See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, in which he received a ' See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission . Of this he was deprived owing to the See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance in his newspaper of articles criticizing the management of the See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign . He had, however, behaved well in the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field, and, in spite of his dismissal, was awarded the New Zealand See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal . He entered the See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony's See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament in 1875 and, with one See also:

• INTERVAL

interval (1881-1884), sat there till his See also:

• DEATH

death . Ballance was a member of three ministries, that of See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

George See also:

• GREY, CHARLES GREY, 2ND EARL (1764-1845)
• GREY, HENRY GREY, 3RD EARL (1802-1894)
• GREY, LADY JANE (1537-1554)
• GREY, SIR EDWARD
• GREY, SIR GEORGE (1812–1898)

Grey (1877-1879); that of Sir See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert Stout (1884-1887); and that of which he himself was premier (1891-1893) . His See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance with Grey ended with a notorious and very painful See also:

• QUARREL

quarrel . In the Stout See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government his portfolios were those of lands and native affairs; but it was at the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury that his prudent and successful See also:

• FINANCE

finance made the chief See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark . As native See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister his policy was pacific and humane, and in his last years he contrived to adjust equitably certain See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long-See also:

• STANDING

standing difficulties See also:

• RELATING

relating to reserved lands on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island .

He was resolutely opposed to the See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

sale of See also:

• CROWN

crown lands for See also:

• CASH

cash, and advocated with effect their disposal by perpetual See also:

• LEASE (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. laxare, to loosen)

lease . His See also:

• SYSTEM

system of See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state-aided " See also:

• VILLAGE

village settlements," by which small farms were allotted to peasants holding by lease from the crown, and See also:

• MONEY

money See also:

• LENT (0. Eng. lenclen, " spring," M. Eng. lenten, lente, lent; cf. Dut. lente, Ger. Lenz, " spring," 0. H. Ger. lenzin, lengizin, lenzo, probably from the same root as " long " and referring to " the lengthening days ")

lent them to make a beginning of See also:

• BUILDING

building and cultivation, has been on the whole successful . To Ballance, also, was due the See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law reducing the life-See also:

• TENURE (Fr. tenure, from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenure of legislative councillors to one of seven years . He was actively concerned in the advocacy of woman See also:

• SUFFRAGE (Lat. suffragium)

suffrage . But his best known achievement was the See also:

• IMPOSITION (from Lat. imponere, to place or lay upon)

imposition, in 1891, of the progressive See also:

• LAND

land-tax and progressive income-tax still levied in the colony . As premier he brought together the strong experimental and progressive party which long held See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in New Zealand . In office he showed debating See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, constructive skill and tact in managing men; but in 1893, at the height of his success and popularity, he died at See also:

• WELLINGTON
• WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY, 1ST DUKE OF (1769-1852)

Wellington of an intestinal disease after a severe surgical operation . Quiet and unassuming in manner, Ballance, who was a well-read See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man, always seemed fonder of his books and his See also:

• CHESS

chess-See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board than of public bustle; yet his loss to New Zealand See also:

• POLITICAL

political life was See also:

• GREAT

great . A statue was erected to his memory in front of Parliament House, Wellington . (W . P .