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

Mr. John Mcintyre

Mr. John Mcintyre , formerly a Member of the Wallace County Council, resides on the Rothiemurchus Estate, near Thornbury Junction, Southland. He was born, in 1837, at Rothiemurchus, Inverness-shire, and after leaving school he worked on a farm until he was nineteen; he then entered the timber trade, in which he was occupied for four years. Mr. McIntyre left Scotland in 1860 by the ship “Silistria,” on her maiden voyage for Otago. His first experience was in shearing and other station work, and when the “rush” set in to Tuapeka, he proceeded to that field and remained for seven months, meeting with fair success. For about three years after that he was engaged in the carrying trade, and in 1864 obtained a rail way contract to construct a section of the line from Ryal Bush towards Winton. He purchased his present farm of 1400 acres in 1865, and devotes the land to mixed farming. Mr. McIntyre has been a very successful breeder of entire horses and shorthorn cattle, with which he has been a frequen-prize-taker at the Invercargill, Dunedin, and Riverton agricultural shows. He is a member of the Highland Society of Southland. In 1871, Mr. McIntyre was married to a daughter of Mr. Thomas Bath, of Cornwall, but lost his wife in 1896.

Gerstenkorn, photo.Mr. J. Mcintyre.

Gerstenkorn, photo.
Mr. J. Mcintyre.