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

Mr. William John Millar

Mr. William John Millar was born in 1839, in the North of Ireland, where he was brought up to agricultural pursuits. He came out to Port Chalmers, in 1863, per ship “Victory,” and joined in the West Coast “rush,” but settled in the Naseby district in 1865. Till 1875, Mr. Millar had a hotel in Naseby, on the site of the present County Council Chambers. Subsequently he bought land in the Eweburn district, where he kept the Eweburn hotel, and resided up to the time of his death on the 13th of April, 1900. Mr. Millar was married on the 23rd of April, 1859, to a daughter of Mr. D. McCloy, of County Antrim, Ireland, and left a family of five sons and three daughters. The family still have the Eweburn property, which consists of 444 acres of freehold land, and about 500 acres underlease in perpetuity. The local post and telegraph office is conducted on the premises.

Mrs Millar And The Late Mr. W. J. Millar.

Mrs Millar And The Late Mr. W. J. Millar.