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

Mr. Ninian Finlayson

Mr. Ninian Finlayson , sometime of “Willowburn,” Riverside, was a son of the late Mr Kenneth Finlayson, of Waikiwi, and was born in 1843. at Woolongong, New South Wales. He was brought up to farming at Waikiwi, and in 1877 removed to the Riverside district, where he took up 600 acres of land on deferred payment, in conjunction with two of his brothers. Subsequently, he took over 200 acres on his own account, and, later on, acquired a further area of 200 acres. The land was then chiefly in swamp, but Mr Finlayson lived to see the entire property in a good state of cultivation. Mr Finlayson served as a member of the Dipton Creek River Board, and on the Riverside school committee, and was also a member of the Presbyterian church committee at Dipton. He was married, in 1881, to a daughter of Mr Alexander Gillanders, of Ross-shire, Scotland, and at his death, on the 4th of September, 1896, left one son. Mrs Finlayson survives her husband, and resides with her son on the farm.

The Late Mr. N. Finlayson.

The Late Mr. N. Finlayson.