1. Henry Valder was a New Zealand storekeeper, sawmiller and business reformer.
12 Facts About Henry Valder
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Henry Valder arrived in 1881 and worked as a labourer in the King Country before joining John William Ellis as a partner in his Kihikihi store in 1884.
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Henry Valder was a long-time district representative and vice president on the Dominion Federated Sawmillers' Association.
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In 1922, Henry Valder promoted industrial partnership by publishing a plan to give employees shares in profits and directors on boards in a co-partnerships.
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In 1940 Henry Valder financed a fellowship which produced a 'Report on industrial relations in New Zealand' in 1946.
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Henry Valder was founder president of the Rotary Club of Hamilton in 1923, chaired the Waikato Social Welfare League in 1932, co-founded the Waikato Land Settlement Society and, in 1940, helped Te Puea Herangi buy Turangawaewae.
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Whilst briefly in England, Henry Valder married Ellen Green on 17 January 1901 at Edingthorpe.
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Henry Valder went to Sonning School and St Cuthbert's College, was a secretary and, from 1930 to 1963, developed a farm from bush below Mt Pirongia with her sister Mollie.
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Henry Valder planted many native trees in the grounds of his Hamilton riverside home, Edingthorpe.
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Henry Valder was a keen follower of cricket and enjoyed social tennis.
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Henry Valder married a widow, Marie Herbert in Thames on 11 April 1934.
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Henry Valder died suddenly at home on 12 February 1950, survived by his three daughters and second wife.