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

Mr. James Mcarthur

Mr. James Mcarthur , who was one of the first councillors of the borough of Winton, was also Mayor for two years. Mr McArthur was born at Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland, in 1833, and was brought up as a cabinetmaker and joiner at Montrose. He came out to Melbourne by the ship “Commodore Perry,” in 1857, and worked on the Victorian goldfields till 1861, when he came to Otago. He worked for some time at Gabriel's Gully, and was one of the first to arrive on the Dunstan diggings. In 1863, when he came to tled in Invercargill, where he opened the first blacksmith's shop in Dee Street. In the following year, he visited Whakamarina, Marlborough, and was at Hokitika, in 1865, before a house was built in that township. Mr McArthur worked on the West Coast diggings for some years, and removed to the Thames, Auckland, in 1869. He returned to Southland, in 1871, and settled at Winton, where he has since resided.

Gerstenkorn, photo. Mr. J. McArthur.

Gerstenkorn, photo.
Mr. J. McArthur.