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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Edward Howlison
Mr. Edward Howlison , who was elected to the Dunedin City Council, for Leith Ward, in 1838, and re-elected in 1899, was born in Roslyn, Dunedin, in 1866, and is the second son of the late Mr. Robert Howlison, builder, contractor, and architect. He was educated at All Saints' parochial school, and at the Dunedin Boys' High School, and after-wards entered the service of the City Corporation as a cadet in the water department, of which he subsequently became chief officer. In 1896 he resigned to join Mr. Cooke in his then newly-established business in Great King Street. From boyhood Mr. Howlison has taken a keen interest in almost every phase of sporting life in the city. He was a member of the High School Cadet Corps, and later on joined the Dunedin Artillery Volunteers, with which he was connected for two or three years. In 1878 he promoted the Zingari Football Club, of which he continued to be a member till its union with the Richmond Football Club, and he then joined the Pirates Football Club. As a cyclist he is well known throughout the colony, having many times appeared in competitive matches. He was one of the promoters of the Otago Cycling Club, and is now a member of the Dunedin Cycling Club.