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on 20 July 1874, becoming not only the second mayor, but also the second Jewish mayor of Auckland. At the end of 1874 he declined to stand for re-election as mayor because he would shortly retire and return to London. Councillor
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The brothers participated in the establishment of major Auckland financial institutions and served the community in various ways, Henry as an Auckland City councillor and representative of the council on the
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base in 1842, moved to Auckland in 1865 and they ran a troop provisioning business from central Auckland during the
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This article is about the New Zealand merchant. For the Lord Mayor of London in 1889, see
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Among other important enterprises the brothers were promoters of
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in which Edward represented the brothers' interests.
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