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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]

Elgin

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Elgin.

Elgin is fifty-eighty miles from Christchurch, and within five miles of Ashburton. There is a local post office, and a daily mail service. Agriculture is the prevailing industry of the district.

Kennedy, Hugh, Farmer, Elgin, Ashburton. Mr. Kennedy is a native of County Antrim, Ireland, where he was brought up to farming on his father's farm. Shortly after his marriage in 1869, he sailed for New Zealand by the ship “E. P. Bouverie.” He landed at Port Chalmers, and after working on a farm at Greendale for two years, he took up 100 acres in the Wakanui district, where he farmed for eleven years. In 1883 he sold out and bought 265 acres in the Elgin district. Mr. Kennedy served on the Wakanui school committee for some years, and has also served on the Elgin school committee. He has five daughters and six sons.