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

Mr. James Hugh Scott

Mr. James Hugh Scott , Second Engineer at the Mataura Freezing Works, has occupied his present position since January, 1901. He was born in Nelson, in August, 1870, and attended school in that city. His father, Mr John Scott, was the first engineer of the Burnside Freezing Works, the first established in the colony, and his brother, the late Mr J. H. Scott, was engineer to the second freezing works established in New Zealand. The subject of this notice was apprenticed in Dunedin to Messrs A. and T. Burt, and, having qualified, served as chief engineer of the freezing hulk “Edwin Fox,” at Port Chalmers for two years, and at Picton for four years. When the hulk was dismantled, he removed to Mataura to take his present position. Mr Scott is a member of the Mataura Rifle Club. In 1897, he was married to a daughter of the late Captain McKinnon, of Port Chalmers, and has two sons and one daughter.