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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Stratford-Henniker, Augustus Henry Aldborough
Stratford-Henniker, Augustus Henry Aldborough , Barrister and Solicitor, Tyne Street, Oamaru Mr. Stratford-Henniker joined the service of the Otago Provincial Government in the Provincial Engineer's office at Dunedin, in 1862, and the General Government service in January, 1863. He has been Resident Magistrate at Wellington. Wairarapa, and Thames, and spent about twenty years in the same capacity on the Otago goldfields, and at Oamaru, whence he was transferred to the Grey-Buller district and subsequently at Lawrence and Balclutha, where he was Stipendiary Magistrate and Warden. He came to Otago from Australia about the time of the first “rush,” and brought over the brigantine “Marchioness.” During his early experience in New Zealand he studied law and was admitted to the Bar by Mr. Justice Williams in 1884. Mr. Stratford-Henniker was formerly in the Royal Navy and wears medals for services in the page 527 Navy. He retired from the office of Stipendiary Magistrate at Lawrence in 1902, and then settled in Oamaru, where he established his present practice.