The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]
Mr. James Hay
Mr. James Hay
has represented the County of Akaroa on the Lyttelton Harbour Board since 1894. He was born in Wellington in 1841, and has lived from early childhood in the Pigeon Bay district. His father, Mr E. Hay, a native of Ayrshire, arrived in New Zealand in 1840, by the first vessel that
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left Scotland for the shores of New Zealand. He purchased an estate at Pigeon Bay in the early forties, and shortly afterwards went to live there with his family. In those primitive times public schools were unknown, and Mr James Hay had to content himself with but a brief course of instruction, and at an early age he turned his attention to the farm. Mr. Hay was one of the original members of the Pigeon Bay Road Board, on which he sat for over thirty years. He was also for sixteen years a member of the Akaroa County Council, of which he was chairman for six consecutive terms. School committees and other local bodies have likewise received his services. He is also an active member of the Presbyterian Church. Mr. Hay was married, in 1884, to Miss Campbell a lady from Scotland, and has one son.
Standish and Preece, photo.
Mr. J. Hay.