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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Tylee, Walter Edward Charles
Tylee, Walter Edward Charles, Sheep Breeder and Farmer, “Tataramoa,” Makuri, near Pahiatua. Bankers, Bank of New Zealand. Mr. Tylee is the fifth son of the late Mr. J. T. Tylee, who was Commissioner of Lands for the Hawkes Bay provincial district under the Provincial Government. The subject of this notice was born at Napier, Hawkes Bay, in 1865, and was educated partly at Hawkes Bay and partly at Nelson. On leaving school, he served as a cadet on several stations. He then went for a trip to the Argentine Republic, and was for some time at the River Plate increasing his knowledge of the sheep industry. He returned to New Zealand in 1887, and in 1889 took up the present run of 1200 acres. The property at that time was standing bush, and Mr. Tylee had a most trying time getting it cleared. The so-called roads were but tracks, and in winter he had, in order to get to Pahiatua, to send his horse through about ten miles of bridle track, six feet wide, and two feet deep with mud, the ten miles generally taking about seven hours to traverse. He has now a considerable part of his estate sown with English grasses, and is a large breeder of Border Leicester and Lincoln sheep. He is a [gap — reason: illegible]