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

Laing, Peter

Laing, Peter , Farmer, Dipton. Mr Laing owns 600 acres of freehold, which he took up in 1884. The property, which was then covered with tussocks, has been laid down in English grasses, and is worked as a grain farm. Mr Laing was born in Inverness-shire, Scotland, in 1852, and accompanied his father to New Zealand by the ship “Storm Cloud,” which arrived at Port Chalmers in 1861. The family settled at Wallace-town, and Mr Laing was brought up on his father's farm. In 1878, he commenced contract ploughing at Castlerock, where he resided for about seven years, prior to settling on his present property at Dipton.

Mr. P. Laing.

Mr. P. Laing.