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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Neill, James William
Neill, James William , Farmer, Woodlands. Mr Neill, who is a son of Mr John Neill, secretary of the Southland Education Board, was born in 1877, educated at Gore and Invercargill, and brought up to mercantile life. He was for some time in an insurance office, and was afterwards in the employment of the J. G. Ward Company. In 1895, Mr Neill turned his attention to farming, and in 1902 bought his present property of 113 acres of freehold, which he devotes to dairy farming, and keeps twelve cows. Mr Neill was married, in 1902, to a daughter of Mr Robert Wallace, of Waianiwa, and has one son.