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

Mr. H. A. Reynolds

Mr. H. A. Reynolds , J.P., one of the Proprietors, was born in Cambridge, England, and served his apprenticeship with the “Cambridge Chronicle.” He came to New
Messrs J. Smith, H. A. Reynolds And G. Davis. Wriggleswoth and Binns, photo.

Messrs J. Smith, H. A. Reynolds And G. Davis. Wriggleswoth and Binns, photo.

Zealand in 1875, and was for two years subsequently employed on the “Otago Daily Times.” In 1877, he and some other gentlemen started the “Morning Herald,” the first penny paper issued in Dunedin. It ceased to exist in 1884. Mr. Reynolds has always taken a prominent part in local polities. He was a member of the Mornington Borough Council for sixteen years, and Mayor for the year 1893–4. He has also been a member of the Mornington school committee, of which he was chairman for three years. Mr. Reynolds was appointed a Justice of the Peace in 1894. As a Freemason he has gone through all the chairs of his lodge.