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

Mr. William Aitkin

Mr. William Aitkin , formerly Proprietor of Gleniffer Estate, was a native of Paisley, Scotland, and came out in 1852 to Melbourne, where he engaged in commercial pursuits. He disposed of his business daring the land boom of 1889 and purchased the Gleniffer property. Subsquently he re-entered his old line of business in Sydney, in 1895, and left the management of the estate to his son, Mr. Robert Aitkin, J.P. Mr. W. Aitken died in 1902.