HOOS, CONRAD, was born in Germany and acquired some experience in farming there and elsewhere on the Continent and in Scotland. He came to New Zealand on the discovery of gold at Gabriel's Gully, and followed the rush to Westland in 1865. He was a member of the Canterbury Provincial Council (for Westland) in 1866-67, and a member and first chairman of the Westland county council (1868). About 1870 he edited the West Coast Times. Hoos stood for the superintendency against Bonar, M. Kennedy and J. White in 1874, but was at the bottom of the poll. He was the author of The New Zealand Practical Agriculturist (1882).

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Reference: Volume 1, page 223

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