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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Matarawa. — Gallon, Alexander

Matarawa.

Gallon, Alexander, Sawmiller, Matarawa Steam Saw, Planing, and Moulding Mills, Matarawa. Born in 1839 in Morayshire, Scotland, where he received his early education, Mr. Gallon entered a mercantile office, where he remained four years. In 1861 he arrived at Dunedin by the ship “Robert Henderson,” and for three years he was in the timber business in Stewart Island. Coming to the Wellington province, Mr. Gallon worked for three years for Mr. Cruickshank at the Upper Hutt. When Messrs. Smith and Revans built the sawmill at Woodside, in 1867, he came to the Wairarapa as manager of the mill, which situation he filled for seven years. After this he entered into partnership with Mr. Hart Udy, under the style of Udy and Gallon, purchasing the present property, which the firm worked successfully till 1892, when Mr. Udy retired from the business. Since this time Mr. Gallon has carried on the business on his own behalf. As a member of the Foresters' Order, Mr. Gallon has been connected with the Greytown Lodge since its foundation. He is a married man and has nine children.