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

Mr. Allan Jones

Mr. Allan Jones , sometime of “Gladvale,” Drummond, was the second son of Mr. E. Jones, builder. He was born at Whittington, Shropshire, England, in 1854, educated at the local national school, and trained as a carpenter at the London and North Western railway workshops, where he worked until leaving England by the ship “Earl of Zetland” for Port Chalmers. On his arrival he proceeded to the Bluff, and worked at his trade for ten years in the Riverton district, and also farmed some land in that neighbourhood. In 1894, he purchased 600 acres of the Gladfield estate, which he cultivated upon the mixed plan, principally raising fat lambs for export, and also growing linseed. Mr. Jones was well known throughout Southland, Otago, and Canterbury as an experienced and successful breeder of draught horses, as well as a prize exhibitor of linseed at the agricultural shows, at Dunedin, Riverton, and Winton. He was a keen sportsman, and was vice-president of the Drummond Racing Club; he had also been a steward of the Western Districts Agricultural and Pastoral Society for several years. Mr. Jones was married, in 1878, to Miss Newton, and had six children. He died some time ago, but his widow and family still live at “Gladvale.”