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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]
Mr. John Thomas Gwynne
Mr. John Thomas Gwynne , who has been Secretary of the Palmerston Racing Club since 1880, and is secretary of the Palmerston South Cemetery Trust, was born in Montgomeryshire, in North Wales, in 1832. He was educated in Wales and England, and emigrated to Adelaide, South Australia, in 1848. Four years later he went to the Victorian goldfields, where he stayed until 1864, when he came to Otago. In 1874 he settled in Palmerston, where he established himself in business as a bookseller and stationer, and has ever since been well known in connection with the district. Mr. Gwynne has hold office as registrar of electors, and returning officer for Waihemo county, since 1892. He was married, in 1876, to a daughter of Mr. J. Keown, of Ireland, and has four sons and four daughters.