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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. Adam Grierson
Mr. Adam Grierson , Stationmaster at Mataura, was born at Bishopton, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, in 1874, and was educated at the Burgh and Kircudbright Academies. After leaving school, he proceeded to Bradford, Yorkshire, where he entered the service of Messrs A. and S Henry and Co, soft goods merchants, with whom he remained until the failure of the City of Glasgow Bank. He then sailed for New Zealand, in 1879, by the s.s. “Kent,” via Melbourne, and, in 1881, joined the New Zealand Railway Department as a porter at Lawrence. Subsequently, he was promoted assistant stationmaster at Pelichet Bay, and afterwards temporary station-master at Mataura. For some time he acted as relieving officer, and in 1885 was permanently appointed to Mataura. Mr Grierson is a member of the American Order of Oddfellows, and is Past Grand of the Lodge Mataura, No. 40. He was married, in 1889, to Miss Macgregor a daughter of the Town Clerk of Mataura
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Mr. A. Grierson.