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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
The Rev. P. W. Fairclough
The Rev. P. W. Fairclough , F.R.A.S., the Circuit Superintendent, was born in South Australia, and came over to the West Coast of New Zealand at the time of the gold rush. There he became a local preacher, and being recommended for the ministry, was trained under the Rev. A. R. Fitchett, and was subsequently under the care of Principal Fletcher, at the Newington College in Sydney. More than half of his thirty years' ministry has been given to the Canterbury district. Mr. Fairclough is a man of original mind, and is a capable preacher, and effective writer, page 186 and a brilliant platform speaker. He was elected President of the Conference in 1897, and is now Chairman of the Otago District. Mr. Fairclough was for six years editor of the denominational paper, in which he strongly supported woman's franchise and temperance legislation.