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Armishaw was a keen boxer in his youth and maintained an interest in the sport his whole life. He fought his first match as a bantamweight aged 15. He won the
Auckland amateur welterweight title in both 1925 and 1927. He won the New Zealand welterweight title (Morgan Cup) in 1927 after finishing
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on the West Coast in 1906. His family moved to
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practice of having no tipping signs placed at airports and in hotels to signal to tourists to refrain from doing so.
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local elections he "topped the poll", receiving more votes than any other candidate. He was also a member of the
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