The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]
Mr. Martin Smith
Mr. Martin Smith, Manager of Greta Vale station, was born in Gloucestershire, England, in 1857. He came with his parents to Lyttelton in 1861 in the ship “Motoaka,” and settled at Flaxton, where He was brought up to sheep farming. Mr. Smith has long been engaged in shepherding throughout Canterbury, and in 1890 became a shepherd on Greta Vale station. He was appointed manager of the station in 1900. Mr. Smith was married, in 1894, to a daughter of the late Mr. Cross, of Norfolk England.
Wrigglesworth and Binns, photo.
Mr. and Mrs M. Smith.