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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Mr. John Carl

page 358

Mr. John Carl is a native of Germany, where he was born in 1835. He was educated in his native land, and brought up to a nautical life. Mr. Carl went to sea as steward during the time of the Crimean war, and was subsequently wrecked at the Dunedin Heads, in the ship “Genevieve,” then on her voyage to Port Chalmers, at the time of the Otago gold rush. He joined another vessel in Dunedin, and was for some years engaged in trading on the coast. Subsequently Mr. Carl abandoned the sea, and was afterwards in business in Dunedin. He settled in Christchurch in 1863. In 1870 Mr. Carl started the Empire Hotel, of which he afterwards purchased the freehold. Mr. Carl was one of the promoters of the Plumpton Park Trotting Club, and has been connected with it since its inception in 1890. He is also a life member of the New Brighton Trotting Club.