James Alexander Robertson Menzies

James Alexander Robertson Menzies (21 February 1821 – 18 August 1888) was the first Superintendent of the Southland Province in New Zealand from 3 August 1861 to November 1864 during its breakaway from Otago Province (1861 to 1870). He continued serving on the Provincial Council after his superintendency ended.

During his tenure as Superintendent, two railways projects were undertaken, a railway to link Invercargill to the port at Bluff and a wooden railway to Winton. The former is now known as the Bluff Branch, while the latter was upgraded to the standards of a normal railway and extended to ultimately form the Kingston Branch.

He served on the Legislative Council for 30 years, from 1858 until his death in 1888, and promoted the interests of Southland.

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James Menzies (disambiguation)

James Menzies was Superintendent of Southland Prvince, New Zealand.

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James Menzies (Australian politician)

James Menzies (9 August 1862 – 1 November 1945) was an Australian politician representing the electoral district of Lowan in the Victorian Legislative Assembly between 1911 and 1920 for the Nationalist Party of Australia. He was the brother of Hugh Menzies and father of Sir Robert Menzies, the 12th and longest serving Prime Minister of Australia.

Biography

Menzies was born in Ballarat West, Victoria to emigrant parents Robert and Elizabeth of Scotland. Before entering state politics, Menzies was a coach painter and storekeeper as well as a long serving Councillor for the Shire of Dimboola in the Wimmera region of western Victoria. Following a change in the economy, he moved to Jeparit in Victoria, where he became trustee and lay preacher at the Methodist Church before entering state parliament representing the Commonwealth Liberal Party in Lowan.

After losing his seat of Lowan at the 1920 Victorian state election, Menzies moved to the Melbourne suburb of Kew where he worked as a statistical officer for BHP and as chairman of the Menzies Home for Boy's in Frankston. Menzies also served as a member of the Council of Agricultural Education from 1917 to 1945. He passed away on 1 November 1945 at the age of 83 at his 65 Wellington Street home in Kew, Victoria. His funeral was held at Kew Presbyterian Church and he was buried at Box Hill Cemetery. His wife, Kate Menzies (nee Sampson) passed away aged 80 on 30 June 1946 and was interred beside her husband. Prime Minister Ben Chifley sent a telegram of condolence to the Menzies family.

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List of Twilight characters

The following is a list of characters in the Twilight novel series by Stephenie Meyer, comprising the books; Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn, as well as The Twilight Saga film series adaptations.

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Bella Swan

Isabella Marie "Bella" Swan (later Bella Cullen) is the fictional protagonist of the Twilight series, written by Stephenie Meyer. The Twilight series, consisting of the novels Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, and Breaking Dawn, is primarily narrated from Bella's point-of-view.

In Twilight, Bella moves to her father's home in Forks, Washington, meets the mysterious Cullen family, and falls in love with Edward Cullen. However, she soon discovers that the family is a coven of vampires. Bella expresses a desire to become a vampire herself, against Edward's wishes. In the second novel, New Moon, Edward and the other Cullens leave Forks in an effort to keep Bella safe from the vampire world. Jacob Black, a member of the Quileute tribe who is also a shape shifter taking a wolf form, comforts the distraught and severely depressed Bella. She comes to care deeply for Jacob, though less than she loves Edward. In Eclipse, Bella becomes engaged to Edward, and they marry in Breaking Dawn. Edward then transforms Bella into a vampire after she nearly dies giving birth to their daughter, Renesmee. Bella has the ability to shield her mind (from mind reading, attacks, etc.), an ability she's had from the beginning. But once she is transformed into a vampire, her ability is enhanced to where she can also expand her shield to protect others from mind control.