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

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1905, Christchurch

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Mr. Leonard Cross , the Junior Partner, was born at Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, in 1867, and came to New Zealand in 1879. His parents settled at Fernhill, in the Winton district, and after leaving school he learned the trade of a painter and paperhanger. Mr Cross settled in the Orepuki district in 1888, and followed mining until the Te Tumutu sawmill was started in 1901. He still holds an interest in the “Undaunted” claim. Mr Cross is a deacon in the local Presbyterian church, and was superintendent of the Sunday school. He is a member of the school committee, and also of the Public Library Committee, and for ten years he took a leading part in football and cricket. He has been Lodge Deputy of the Independent Order of Good Templars.

Mr Cross was married, in 1893, to a daughter of Mr James Fortune, of Orepuki, and has one son and one daughter.