John Hosking was the first Mayor of which Australian city?
John Reader Hosking John Reader Hosking John Reader Hosking (11 July 1896 – 14 October 1946) was a New Zealand natural products chemist. The son of John Henry Hosking, a judge, Hosking was born in Dunedin in 1896. He was part of the 5th (Wellington) Regiment in the Samoan Advance Party at the outbreak of World War I. He rejoined the effort via the Australian forces in Sydney as an Acting Bombardier. He gained a PhD from Auckland University College, graduating in 1927. In 1930 Hosking returned to New Zealand from Europe and started working at the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research
John Hosking John Hosking Sir John Henry Hosking (1854 – 30 May 1928) was a judge of the New Zealand Supreme Court. Hosking was born in Penzance, Cornwall, England, in 1854. He emigrated to New Zealand with his family on the "Rock City" when he was one year old, arriving in Auckland on 6 June 1855. Hosking received his education in Auckland and at age 16, he was articled to Samuel Jackson. He passed his qualifications in 1875 and went to Dunedin, where he first worked for E. P. Kenyon, and from 1877 to 1898 was a partner in the firm Kenyon