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

Thomson, John

Thomson, John , Farmer, “River-side,” Thomson's, near Winton. Mr Thomson was born in 1844, in Kinrossshire, Scotland, where he was brought up to farming. He came to New Zealand
Gerstenkorn, photo. Mr. And Mrs J. Thomson.

Gerstenkorn, photo.
Mr. And Mrs J. Thomson.

land at the age of twenty by the ship “Lady Raglan,” and landed at Port Chalmers. Mr Thomson at once settled in the Winton district, where he acquired 664 acres of freehold, and engaged in farming. He has since increased his holding to 1,100 acres, and devotes himself to mixed farming. In 1901, Mr Thomson established a flax- page 981 mill on his property, with a complete plant, driven by steam power. The raw material is cut on his own estate which has a frontage of three miles and a half to the Oreti or New River, sixteen men are employed, and the output of the mill is fourteen tons of dressed flax per month. Mr Thomson is a Justice of the Peace. He was married, in 1878, to a daughter of the late Mr David Warnock, of Invercargill, and has seven sons land four daughters. Mr Warnock, who died in 1902, was well known as a breeder of Ayrshire cattle and Clydesdale horses. Mr Thomson is elsewhere referred to in connection with the Winton Agricultural and Pastoral Association.
The Clinton Valley.

The Clinton Valley.