Title: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Author: Cyclopedia Company Limited

Publication details: The Cyclopedia Company, Limited, 1897, Wellington

Part of: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 New Zealand Licence

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Vicary, William, J.P., Farmer, “Ferndale,” Apiti. Mr. Vicary is said to own one of the model farms of the district. There are seventy head of well-bred Ayrshire and shorthorn cattle grazing on the farm. Forty cows are milked during the summer months, and a great quantity of cocksfoot is grown on the estate. Mr. Vicary was born in 1850 in Devonshire, where he was educated and brought up to a country life. For three years he travelled in Canada, and on his return, after three months in the Old Country, came out to Lyttelton in 1875, per ship “Cicero.” For over fourteen years Mr. Vicary was in the South Island before settling in Apiti. He became a member of the Pohangina Road Board, and when that local body was altered to a County Council he was elected unopposed. Mr. Vicary exerted himself to forward the interests of the district in the matter of the construction of the Apiti Bridge over the Oroua River, and also in obtaining a telephone for Apiti. He also acts as a director of the Apiti Co-operative Dairy Company. Mrs. Vicary is a daughter of the late Mr. T, Ware, of Okain's Bay, Banks Peninsula, who came out with the Canterbury pilgrims in 1850. There are three sons and two daughters.