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

Mr. Charles Keay

Mr. Charles Keay , Manager of the Seaward Downs Dairy Factory was appointed to the position in 1903. He was born at Crail, Fifeshire, Scotland, in 1870, but attended school in Edinburgh. When twenty years of age, he came to Port Chalmers by the s.s. “Aorangi,” Mr Keay went to the Clinton district, where he was employed in farm work. In 1900 he commenced to get experience in dairy work at the Gore factory, and after two seasons gained further experience at the Aparima factory, Riverton, where he was an assistant for one year. As an Oddfellow, Mr McKeay is connected with Lodge Alma, Wyndham; and as a Freemason, he belongs to Lodge Mokoreta, No 63, New Zealand Constitution.He was married on the 22nd of September, 1904, to the daughter of the late Mr John Taylor, farmer, of Taieri.