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

Mr. Charles North

Mr. Charles North , formerly the proprietor, was born in 1850, in Sweden, and brought up in California, where he gained his first experience as a miller. He landed in Wellington, in 1865, but removed to Canterbury; he worked in Timaru and Christchurch at his trade, till 1882, when he was engaged as a miller at the Kakanui mill, in Maheno. In 1890, he bought a flourmill at Rakaia, and worked it till 1893, when the place was destroyed by fire. Mr. North was next employed by Messrs Meek in Oamaru till January, 1898, when he returned to Maheno as manager of the Kakanui mill, which he leased twelve months later. He was married to Miss Cruickshank, from Scotland, in 1889, and has two sons and two daughters.