George Gould (businessman), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Farmer, businessman, stock breeder, racehorse owner and breeder, racing administrator
Date of Birth: 06-Apr-1865
Date of Death: 26-May-1941
Profession: farmer
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About George Gould (businessman)
- George Gould (6 April 1865 – 26 May 1941) was a New Zealand farmer, businessman, stock breeder, racehorse owner and breeder, and racing administrator.
- He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand on 6 April 1865.
- His father (1823–1889), a prominent businessman, had the same name.
- He was the uncle of George Macdonald.
- He was the grandfather of British politician, Bryan Gould. He was chairman of the New Zealand Shipping Company for some time.
- In 1929, he proposed a variety of measures to relieve traffic congestion in Colombo Street and Cathedral Square, including a new bridge over the Avon River connecting Oxford Terrace with Durham Street south, and a new diagonal street from the Armagh Street / Manchester Street intersection to Gloucester Street near its intersection with Colombo Street.
- The latter proposal would have required the demolition of the Colosseum.
- Gould suggested this diagonal street be called Little High Street, in reference to the diagonal High Street further south in the central city.
- Only two weeks after Gould's proposal, a group of businessman led by Arthur Francis Stacey put a proposal for a new street with a Spanish theme to Christchurch City Council's town planning committee.
- The group had secured options on the Colosseum and on those two properties that separated the Colosseum from access onto Armagh Street.
- New Regent Street is what came from Stacey's proposal. He died on 26 May 1941 in Christchurch.
- His sister Mabel, the widow of the Hon.
- Henry A.
- Hannen (himself the son of James Hannen, Baron Hannen), died in the same week.
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