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Gisborne Photo News (1954-1975, 1993–1996)
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Nelson Photo News (1960-1972)
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Tributes Online (obituaries)
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Whanganui Council Property Rolls
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Te Papa Collections - People
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| Alexander James Johnston | 1820 | 1888 | Male |
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Alexander Turnbull Library
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| Portrait of Judge Alexander James Johnston | PA2-2573. Portrait of Judge Alexander James Johnston. ca 1870s. [Item] | |
| Merivale Tennis Club :Theatre Royal, Thursday June 16th. The performance will commence with a costume concert [followed by] the trial scene from "Pickwick", under the patronage and in the presence of His Honor Mr Justice Johnston. [Programme. 1881 or 1887?]. | Eph-A-VARIETY-1880s-02. Merivale Tennis Club :Theatre Royal, Thursday June 16th. The performance will commence with a costume concert [followed by] the trial scene from "Pickwick", under the patronage and in the presence of His Honor Mr Justice Johnston. [Programme. 1881 or 1887?].. [Theatre ephemera and programmes for music-hall, comedy and variety productions in New Zealand, 1800s]. (Eph-A-VARIETY-1800s). [Item] |
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| Portrait of Judge Alexander James Johnston | Head and shoulders portrait of Judge Alexander James Johnston photographed by an unknown photographer in the 1870s Same as PA2-2571 Inscriptions: Verso - Judge Johnston. Mother was married from their home in Wellington N. Island Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print | Not specified | TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library | |
| Inward letters - Alexander J Johnston | 49 letters written from Auckland and Wellington, 1860-1876, and undated Quantity: 1 folder(s). Finding Aids: Piece-level inventory in folder of letters accessioned prior to 1969. | Not specified | TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library | |
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Macdonald Dictionary Record: Alexander James Johnston | One record, handwritten in ink on rectangular card, with biographical information for Alexander James Johnston. Written by George Ranald Macdonald for the Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biography project, 1952-1964. | George Ranald Macdonald | Canterbury Museum / Canterbury Museum |
| Photographer unknown :Portrait of Mr Justice Johnston | Same as PA2-2571 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). | Not specified | TAPUHI / Alexander Turnbull Library | |
| Chapter VII - The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 32 | Are the Anti-land-selling League and the King movement breaches of the Treaty of Waitangi. The writer has no wish to go specially into these matters at present. But if it be true that the members of the Anti-land-selling League do not only use persuasion and argument but resolve to use force to prevent persons entitled to alienate their land fr... | Alexander James Johnston | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
| Appendix.—Note A - The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 32 | On the question—whether a Sovereign ought to observe the common laws of war towards rebellious subjects—Vattel says, c. 18:— Sec. 288.—"The name of rebels is given to all subjects who unjustly take up arms against the ruler of the society, whether their view be to deprive him of the supreme authority, or to resist his commands in some particular... | Alexander James Johnston | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
| Chapter VI - The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 32 | The general course of policy which a Government ought to follow in the practical application of the treaty seems already pretty plainly indicated. To keep steadily in view the ultimate, and not far distant, amalgamation of the races, and an ultimate identity of habits, feelings, and modes of enjoying the rights and privileges of British subject... | Alexander James Johnston | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
| Chapter V - The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 32 | Did the treaty of Waitangi carry out in letter and spirit the kind of policy indicated in Chapter II.? Few observations on this subject are now necessary. The treaty, certainly, is silent as to many matters of the highest importance to the Native race; but still it does not affirm any principle at variance with a sound policy. Had it been more ... | Alexander James Johnston | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
| Chapter II - The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 32 | Intercourse of the Maories with strangers before the treaty of Waitangi—and its effects. From the first discovery of New Zealand by Tasman, some 200 years after the settlement of the Maori immigrants, down to the later visits of Captain Cook a century after, the amount and nature of the intercourse between the New Zealanders and strangers does n... | Alexander James Johnston | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
| Chapter VIII - The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 32 | William King's Case May be tested—when the facts are undisputed—according to all the foregoing considerations. Whether he had any show of title or not depends upon facts which the writer does not know to have been yet ascertained beyond dispute, and on views of Maori rights and customs much disputed, though possibly without any just cause. That... | Alexander James Johnston | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
| Introductory - The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 32 | Suppose a man of average intelligence, desirous of forming an opinion for himself upon the present and future relations between the Colonial Government and the Colonists of New Zealand on the one side, and the Aboriginal Inhabitants on the other. Let him be a humane and just man—calm in temper and judgment, and free from prejudices arising from... | Alexander James Johnston | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
| [preface] - The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 32 | The following notes were hastily put together before the meeting of the Assembly and the publication of the papers laid before it respecting the war and the land question. They were not compiled, originally, for the purpose of publication; but the writer has consented to their being published—although he has not had an opportunity of revising th... | Alexander James Johnston | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
| Chapter I - The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 32 | Retrospect.—Settlement of the Maories in New Zealand.—Occupation of Land.—Tribes and Hapus.—External Relations.—Internal Economy.—Property.—Sovereignty.—Chieftainship.—Position and Rights of Chiefs. It would appear that some 400 years since a considerable body of barbarians, originally derived from the Malay race, found their way from the Island... | Alexander James Johnston | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
| Chapter IX - The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 32 | The Policy of the Future. Supposing it to be evident that the Queen's sovereignty, secured by the treaty of Waitangi, and heretofore in various ways acknowledged by persons and tribes now in arms against it, must be vindicated by force; and that, too, in such a way as to shew the Maori people the utter folly and hopelessness of any further or f... | Alexander James Johnston | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
| Chapter III - The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 32 | The characteristics of a wise, just, and humane policy for establishing an English Colony among such a people. The candid inquirer having now arrived at as definite ideas as he could reach with regard to the origin, customs, polity, and rights of the aboriginal race, and of the modifications thereof and the new practices introduced up to the tim... | Alexander James Johnston | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
| Chapter IV - The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 32 | The Treaty of Waitangi. Remembering how the British Government had been forced by external pressure, and in spite of its avowed scruples on behalf of the aboriginal inhabitants, to permit and ratify colonization by British subjects in the Islands of New Zealand, and to accept on behalf of the British Crown the sovereignty of of the country, if v... | Alexander James Johnston | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
| Judge Johnston (Caption: Photograph of Judge Johnston) | Photograph of Judge Alexander James Johnston in a carved wooden frame. The picture was too large to take down from the wall and examine closely. The frame matches the style of other items in the house carved by Alice Maxwell. | Tauranga City Libraries Photograph Collection / Tauranga City Libraries | ||
| Advertisement - The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 48 | This Lecture, in part taken from one given by Mr. Justice Johnston at the recent re-opening of "The Wellington Athenæum," was delivered by His Honor at the request of The Rev. H. W. St. Hill and other members of the Church of England at Napier, for the purpose of helping, with the admission money, to procure a Bell for the English Church now in... | Justice Alexander James Johnston | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
| Lecture - The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 48 | Ladies and Gentlemen,— Deeply convinced as I am, from experience and reflection, of the importance of the encouragement of intellectual pursuits and the cultivation of the liberal arts, for the promotion of individual happiness, of social welfare, and of public virtue,—it gives me much satisfaction, when the avocations of my official position a... | Justice Alexander James Johnston | New Zealand Electronic Text Collection / Victoria University of Wellington | |
| The New Zealand justice of the peace, resident magistrate, coronor,and constable By Alexander J. Johnston v.2 | Physical Description: v. : 22 cm. Note: Includes index. Edition: 2d ed. Published: Wellington : G. Didsbury, 1870. | Johnston, Alexander James, 1820-1888. | HathiTrust Digital Library / HathiTrust |
Macdonald Dictionary Record: Alexander James Johnston
One record, handwritten in ink on rectangular card, with biographical information for Alexander James Johnston. Written by George Ranald Macdonald for the Macdonald Dictionary of Canterbury Biography project, 1952-1964.
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Canterbury Museum / Canterbury Museum
Legacy.com NZ Obituaries
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| Alexander JOHNSTON | JOHNSTON, Alexander James (Alec): Peacefully, after a short illness, at Christchurch Hospital, on November 19, 2014, in his 84th year. Very dearly loved husband and soul mate of Claire, devoted and adored father and father-in-law of Karen and Martin Cuttance, Greg and Alex, much... | on Nov. 20, 2014 |
| Alexander JOHNSTON | JOHNSTON, Alexander James (Alec): Peacefully, after a short illness, at Christchurch Hospital, on November 19, 2014, in his 84th year. Very dearly loved husband and soul mate of Claire, devoted and adored father and father-in-law of Karen and Martin Cuttance, Greg and Alex, much... | from Nov. 20 to Nov. 21, 2014 |
Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph
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James Alexander Johnston
6/4277
World War I, 1914-1918
Alexander Johnston (father), Yaldhurst, New Zealand
Labourer/Civilian
Tahiti or Maunganui
Wellington/New Zealand
Wellington/New Zealand
1 April 1916
Suez/Egypt/North Africa/Africa
3 May 1916
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
11th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Private
British War Medal (1914-1920)
James William Alexander Johnston
NZ404874
World War II, 1939-1945
Son of James and Violet Maude Johnston of Dunedin
Husband of Doreen nee Mitchell married ca. 1946
Attended Parnell School 1928 - 1929 then Auckland Grammar School 1929 - 1933
Service from 1 December 1940
Known as Alec
Presbyterian/Christian
26 Jul 1915
Dunedin/Otago/New Zealand
Single
Violet Maude Johnston (mother), 33 Wembley Road, Mt Eden, Auckland, New Zealand
Warehouseman/Civilian
Royal Air Force, No. 487 (NZ) Squadron
No 3 PRC United Kingdom
No 2 AG School
No 3 FTS, Ohakea
No 4 AC School
Royal New Zealand Air Force attached to Royal Canadian Air Force
No 1483 Flight
No 13 OTU
No 1 M depot
No 4 EFTS, Whenuapai
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Leading Aircraftman/Military
Pilot Officer (temporary) (Pilot)
Royal New Zealand Air Force
War Medal 1939-1945
New Zealand War Service Medal
Height/Unknown Period
5 foot 9 inches
04 May 1983
Cremated
Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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Find A Grave (NZ cemeteries)
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| Name | Born | Died | Cemetery | Cemetery location | Region |
| Alexander James Johnston | 10 Dec 1930 🔍 | 19 Nov 2014 🔍 | Harewood Memorial Gardens & Crematorium | Harewood, Christchurch City | Canterbury |
| Alexander James Johnston | 1 May 1916 🔍 | 22 Mar 1993 🔍 | Ōamaru Old Cemetery | Ōamaru, Waitaki District | Otago |
Kura Heritage Collections (Auckland)
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Upper Hutt City Libraries Heritage Collections
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NZ Electronic Text Centre
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Archives NZ
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Justice Department > Inwards letters and registered files
| Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| From: Mr Justice [Alexander James] Johnston, Auckland Date: 5 November 1858 Subject: Oaths of allegiance and Office | 1858 | Wellington | Open |
Department of Internal Affairs, Head Office > Central filing system
Hamilton High Court > Hamilton divorce files - first sequence
| Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| Dargan, Alexander James v Dargan, Elizabeth and Goodlet, Keith Johnston | 1951 ‑ 1952 | Auckland | Restricted |
High Court Auckland, Department of Justice > Auckland actions/civil proceedings files
| Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| Action File - Andelia ... Bay Clerk and Wallace Albert Johnston ... Eady Engineer and Charles D M ... | 1947 ‑ 1948 | Auckland | Open |
Timaru Court Office > Timaru Probate Files
| Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| JOHNSTON Alexander James - Oamaru - Retired | 1993 | Christchurch | Open |
Christchurch High Court > Christchurch Probate files
| Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| JOHNSTON Alexander James - Christchurch - Judge Supreme Court of New Zealand | 1890 | Christchurch | Open |
New Zealand Defence Force, Personnel Archives > Military Personnel Files
| Name | Scan | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| JOHNSTON, Alexander James Malcolm - WW1 83622 - Army | 1914 ‑ 1918 | Wellington | Open |
Justice Department > Coroners Inquests, case files
| Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| Coroners inquests Unnecessary - ... | 1962 | Wellington | Open |
| Coroners inquests unnecessary - ... | 1961 | Wellington | Open |
| Coroners inquests unnecessary - ... | 1958 | Wellington | Open |
Hamilton High Court > Hamilton Land Sales / Land Valuation Proceedings Files
| Name | Year(s) | Held At | Access |
| Marsden Mervyn Bishop to Alexander James Malcolm Johnston | 1945 | Auckland | Open |
| Application for consent to sale - Alexander James Malcolm Johnston to William Robert Jeffrey | 1944 | Auckland | Open |
Tinui History
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Masterton Anglican History
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Canterbury Museum Collections - People
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Lower Hutt MyRecollect
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Dictionary of NZ Biography (Scholefield, 1940)
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| Alexander James Johnston | JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER JAMES (1820-88) was the eldest son of James Johnston, banker, of Wood Hill, Kinnelar, Aberdeenshire. He was educated at Marischal College, and later at King's College, London, and in Paris. He graduated M.A. at Aberdeen in 1835 and then, being too young to be called, he spent two years in France, Italy and Russia, and in 1838 entered at Lincoln's Inn to read for the bar. In 1841 he was admitted as a special pleader. While still reading he published, in 1842, a short treatise on exchequer bills. Called to the bar by the Middle Temple in Jan 1843, Johnston practised till 1858 on the Northern Circuit and at the West Riding sessions. In 1857 he was deputy recorder of Leeds. He also practised in Westminster Hall and before parliamentary committees. From 1847 to 1858, with the Hon G. Denman and J. P. Bulwer, he contributed to the Law Journal the reports of the Court of Common Pleas, and he collaborated with Mr Justice Chitty in works on law. In 1858, pursuant to a resolution of both Houses of the New Zealand Legislature, Johnston was selected as a puisne judge of the Supreme Court. Her Majesty's warrant was issued for the post in Apr, and he arrived in New Zealand in Oct. For the next 17 years he lived in Wellington, and in 1875 removed to Christchurch, where he presided for the remainder of his life. In 1867 and in 1884 Johnston was acting-Chief Justice, and several times acting-Governor. He published Notes on Maori Matters (1860), observations respecting the law upon riots and the defence of person and property by private persons; three volumes of the reports of the Court of Appeal (1867-77); three editions of the New Zealand Justice of the Peace and Coroner (1863, 1870 and 1879) and The Practice of the Supreme Court. He was a member of several royal commissions, including that on statute law consolidation (1879). In 1861 Johnston was deputed to consider the claims of the Ngati-Awa to lands in Taranaki. He presided at the trial of most of the native prisoners during the Te Kooti and Titokowaru risings and of the Maungatapu murderers. As a criminal lawyer he showed great acumen. On the bench he upheld in a determined manner the high traditions and lofty tone of British justice. A man of great culture and high attainments, he had a dry humour, was socially popular and interested in social movements, and was a lover of music in all forms, and of art. (In 1861 he lectured on "The Influence of Art on Human Happiness.") At the time of his death he was chairman of the committee which established the home for the aged needy in Christchurch. His wife (Amelia Devonport Yallop), who died in 1885, was also closely associated with all philanthropic objects. Johnston died on 3 Jun 1888, while visiting England. E. Maxwell; N.Z. Times, 4 June 1888; Portrait: General Assembly Library. | Volume 1, page 236 |
JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER JAMES (1820-88) was the eldest son of James Johnston, banker, of Wood Hill, Kinnelar, Aberdeenshire. He was educated at Marischal College, and later at King's College, London, and in Paris. He graduated M.A. at Aberdeen in 1835 and then, being too young to be called, he spent two years in France, Italy and Russia, and in 1838 entered at Lincoln's Inn to read for the bar. In 1841 he was admitted as a special pleader. While still reading he published, in 1842, a short treatise on exchequer bills. Called to the bar by the Middle Temple in Jan 1843, Johnston practised till 1858 on the Northern Circuit and at the West Riding sessions. In 1857 he was deputy recorder of Leeds. He also practised in Westminster Hall and before parliamentary committees. From 1847 to 1858, with the Hon G. Denman and J. P. Bulwer, he contributed to the Law Journal the reports of the Court of Common Pleas, and he collaborated with Mr Justice Chitty in works on law.
In 1858, pursuant to a resolution of both Houses of the New Zealand Legislature, Johnston was selected as a puisne judge of the Supreme Court. Her Majesty's warrant was issued for the post in Apr, and he arrived in New Zealand in Oct. For the next 17 years he lived in Wellington, and in 1875 removed to Christchurch, where he presided for the remainder of his life. In 1867 and in 1884 Johnston was acting-Chief Justice, and several times acting-Governor. He published Notes on Maori Matters (1860), observations respecting the law upon riots and the defence of person and property by private persons; three volumes of the reports of the Court of Appeal (1867-77); three editions of the New Zealand Justice of the Peace and Coroner (1863, 1870 and 1879) and The Practice of the Supreme Court. He was a member of several royal commissions, including that on statute law consolidation (1879). In 1861 Johnston was deputed to consider the claims of the Ngati-Awa to lands in Taranaki. He presided at the trial of most of the native prisoners during the Te Kooti and Titokowaru risings and of the Maungatapu murderers. As a criminal lawyer he showed great acumen. On the bench he upheld in a determined manner the high traditions and lofty tone of British justice. A man of great culture and high attainments, he had a dry humour, was socially popular and interested in social movements, and was a lover of music in all forms, and of art. (In 1861 he lectured on "The Influence of Art on Human Happiness.") At the time of his death he was chairman of the committee which established the home for the aged needy in Christchurch. His wife (Amelia Devonport Yallop), who died in 1885, was also closely associated with all philanthropic objects. Johnston died on 3 Jun 1888, while visiting England.
E. Maxwell; N.Z. Times, 4 June 1888; Portrait: General Assembly Library.
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Masterton Library Wairarapa Archive
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BillionGraves (NZ cemeteries)
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NZSG Kiwi Collection (non-member records)
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| Name | Date | Record Type |
|---|---|---|
| JOHNSTON, Alexander James 🔍 | Aug 2018 | NZ Genealogist |
| JOHNSTON, Alexander James 🔍 | 13 Feb 1890 | NZ Probates |
| JOHNSTON, James Alexander 🔍 | Auckland War Memorial Museum - Cenotaph | |
| JOHNSTON, James Alexander 🔍 | 14 Dec 1934 | NZ Probates |
| JOHNSTON, James Alexander 🔍 | 1940 | NZ Probates |
| JOHNSTON, James Alexander 🔍 | 03 May 1940 | NZ Probates |
| JOHNSTON, James Alexander 🔍 | 26 Feb 1957 | NZ Probates |
| JOHNSTON, James Alexander 🔍 | 28 Apr 1978 | NZ Probates |
| JOHNSTON, James Alexander 🔍 | 1984 | NZ Probates |
| JOHNSTON, James Alexander 🔍 | 1988 | NZ Probates |
| JOHNSTON, James Alexander 🔍 | 06 Jul 1988 | NZ Probates |
| JOHNSTON, James William Alexander 🔍 | 04 May 1983 | Auckland War Memorial Museum - Cenotaph |
| JOHNSTONE, James Alexander 🔍 | 21 Jul 1959 | NZ Probates |
| JOHNSTONE, James Alexander 🔍 | 1977 | NZ Probates |
Puke Ariki Collections - People
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Hocken Digital Collections
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| Name | Born (approx.) | Died | Age | Type | Buried/Cremated | Plot | Cemetery | Region |
| Alexander James Johnston | 1907 | 16 Jun 1972 🔍 📰 | 65 | Cremation | 19 Jun 1972 📰 | Karori Crematorium and Chapels | Wellington Region |
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