A Crown For The Lady The Unravelling of a Pioneer Story by Colin Innes Assisted by Keiran Lynch

Moana Press 1989. First edition.

Mint condition, hard to find book.

Card cover. 163 pages. Black and white. Packed with photographs, land ownership history, newspaper clippings and advertisements, over 70 illustrations.

A pioneer story of the Waikato Breweries and the Innes family who built the business.

Also the Huntly coal mines, the development of Huntly and Taupiri townships, the Royal Hotel in Hamilton East, the Ralph family of Huntly.

These families pioneered in the Waikato. Anthony Ralph. Lousia Jane Harris (nee Ralph) and Lewis Bassiere Harris their lives, businesses and family. Rosanne Esther Lovell (nee Ralph) and William Henry Mitchell Lovell. Robert Riley Ralph. Sarah Margaret Ralph.