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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

Mr. John Arthur Wilkinson

Mr. John Arthur Wilkinson , who was elected a member of the Dunedin Licensing Committee in March, 1903 has been for many years closely identified with the temperance movement in Otago. Mr. Wilkinson is a son of Mr. Alfred Wilkinson, engineer, and was born in Dunedin in 1867. He was educated at the local public schools, and afterwards trained to the wood-turning trade in Dunedin and Christchurch. In 1888, in partnership with his brother, Mr. James H. Wilkinson, he took over the business formerly conducted by his father. Mr. Wilkinson is an office-bearer in the King Street Congregational Church, and has for several years been a member of the Otago District Committee of the New Zealand Congregational Union. He was married, in November, 1891, to Miss J. M. Abernethy, of Dunedin, and has one son and one daughter.