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

Procter, George Milton

Procter, George Milton , Pharmaceutical Chemist, Medical Hall, Itchen Street, Oamaru. Telephone 37. P.O. Box 7. Bankers. Bank of New Zealand. Private residence, Wharfe Street. This business, which is one of the oldest in Oamaru, was established about 1870 by Mr. H. H. Coggins, and was subsequently conducted by Mr. J. R. Hayne till 1884, when it was bought by the present proprietor, who conducted it for some time under the style of Dodds and Co. The premises, which adjoin the Star and Garter Hotel, now consist of a stone building erected on freehold land. The shop is excellently appointed with glass show-cases and handsome mirrors, and contains a large and well-assorted stock of toilet requisites, patent medicines, and other classes of goods maintained in a first-class business. Mr. Procter is proprietor of Dr. Mantell's Cough Syrup, Dr W. R. Hayne's celebrated Indigestion Mixture, Effervescing Fruit Saline, White Pine Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil With Hypophosphites and Creasote, also Healing Oil for horses. Mr. Procter has a family and dispensing business. He was born in 1865 in Dunedin, where he was educated and commenced to gain experience in the drug business with Mr. T. M. Wilkinson, and afterwards served an apprenticeship to Mr. J. R. Hayne in Oamaru. When the latter gentleman left the business Mr. Procter became its purchaser. He is a member of the Loyal Oamaru Lodge of Oddfellows, M.U.I.O.O.F., and of Lodge Alfred, I.O.O.F., and also of Lodge Oamaru Kilwinning, No. 82, New Zealand Constitution. Mr. Procter has for many years been a director of the Oamaru Caledonian Society, and was president in 1896–7. He has long been connected with the Phœnix Bowling Club, of which he has been president, secretary, and treasurer. Mr. Procter was married in April, 1893, to the daughter of Mr. Thomas Fairley, of Oamaru.

Mahan and Muir, photo. Mr. G. M. Procter.

Mahan and Muir, photo.
Mr. G. M. Procter.