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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]
Mr. Albert Francis Turner
Mr. Albert Francis Turner, the preacher in charge of this cause, was born in Port Albert, Gippsland, Victoria, on the 21st of February, 1856. Coming to New Zealand, Mr. Turner was for twelve years in the grocery business in Dunedin. In 1876 he was immersed at the Great King Street Church in Dunedin, and from that time, as opportunities offered, actively engaged in Church work as Sunday school teacher, deacon, and occasionally as preacher of the Gospel in the surrounding districts. In 1888 Mr. Turner was urged to go entirely into the work, and for two years lived in Mataura, Gore, and Invereargill. In January, 1890, he was appointed to the Empire City.